Car maintenance reminders before the date passes
A reminder that ignores the odometer goes off at the wrong time. RPMBase attaches a car maintenance reminder to the service you logged: a date, a kilometer target, or both.
Free to start. Reminders live on your phone. This website does not save due dates.
BMW 320i
148,200 km
Coming up
What a reminder can follow
A date
Inspection and insurance are calendar jobs. They belong on the car even when they are not a repair.
A kilometer target
Oil often comes due in distance. Write the figure from the invoice, not a round number you invented.
Whichever comes first
If the shop gave both a month and a distance, keep both. The useful reminder matches how the work was specified.
The job, named
Service the car is not a job. Oil and filter is. A named reminder is harder to dismiss.
The car, named
Two vehicles do not share an alarm. Each reminder points at one log.
No invented schedule
RPMBase does not invent your official intervals. You set the next mark. The checklist tool is a reference, not a manual.
From a finished job to the next one
- 01
Log what you just did
The reminder needs a starting point: this service, this date, these kilometers.
- 02
Enter the next due mark
Use the figure on the invoice when it has one. Otherwise use a date or a kilometer gap you are willing to stand behind.
- 03
See it before it is late
The garage home and the calendar are there to answer what is next, in words, not as a badge you have to decode.
Reminders worth setting
Oil and filters
Whichever comes first: the month or the kilometers. Write down the rule you were given.
Inspection and insurance
These are dates. They belong on the car even though they are not a repair.
A job you always postpone
Brake fluid, wipers, a tire check. A named reminder is harder to wave away than a vague intention.
The windshield sticker is doing too much work
Oil, inspection, insurance, and tires do not come due on the same schedule. A phone alarm set for 'sometime in spring' is easy to dismiss because it does not say which car or which job.
If you drive a little or a lot, kilometers and months disagree. The useful reminder is the one that matches how the work was specified.
When you record a service, you can save the next date or the next kilometers from the invoice or from your own judgment. The garage can then show what is coming before it is late.
This is not a generic alarm clock. A car maintenance reminder in RPMBase points at a car and a job. If you have two cars, their reminders do not mix.
The windshield sticker is doing too much work. Oil, inspection, insurance, and tires do not come due on the same schedule. A phone alarm set for sometime in spring is easy to dismiss because it does not say which car or which job.
If you drive a little or a lot, kilometers and months disagree. The useful reminder is the one that matches how the work was specified, hanging from the last service you actually logged.
This website will not send push notifications. Get App is the waitlist for the phone garage where those reminders will live.
Questions
Will RPMBase invent my car's service schedule?ShowHide
No. You set the next date or kilometers. The service checklist tool shows common intervals as a reference. Your manual and your invoice win when they disagree.
What if I only know the date?ShowHide
Save the date. Add kilometers later if the invoice has them. A partial reminder is still better than none.
Is this the same page as the maintenance tracker?ShowHide
The tracker is where you write the work. Reminders are how that work tells you when to return. Start with the log if you do not have a due point yet.
See what is next
A reminder should name the job and the car. Get the app when the stores are live.