Car Maintenance Advisor
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About this skill
A Maintenance Decision Problem for Owners
When owners see warning lights, abnormal noises, higher fuel use, or charging issues, they usually need a way to separate urgent safety work from routine maintenance. This skill turns car maintenance consultation into a structured workflow: identify the vehicle first, normalize the symptom, then estimate risk, possible causes, checks, and a price-range reference.
How the Skill Works
- Vehicle identification: capture brand, model, year/chassis code, and drivetrain; supports
VINdecoding, nameplateOCR, appearance-photo recognition, and conversation context. - Symptom normalization: maps informal descriptions such as jerking, warning lights, or blue smoke to knowledge-base symptoms for more stable matching.
- Knowledge lookup: searches vehicle-specific
common_faults.json, general maintenance schedules, dashboard warning lights, and tire guides, usingdiagnosis_stepsto guide owner self-checks. - Decision output: distinguishes what can wait, what requires professional repair, and what is safe for DIY, while treating brakes, steering, and structural issues as professional-only.
Scope and Limits
It is useful for pre-repair triage, quote comparison, and maintenance-schedule interpretation, but it does not replace OBD-level diagnosis, professional inspection, or actual repair. If model year, chassis code, or drivetrain is unconfirmed, outputs remain preliminary guidance only.
Use Cases
- Before getting a shop quote, use model and warning-light details to check if repair is necessary and prepare cost expectations.
- Enter a VIN or upload a nameplate photo, then confirm year and drivetrain before discussing tires or repair options and safety limits.
- Convert owner phrasing such as jerking, oil consumption, or weak A/C into knowledge-base symptoms, follow-up checks, and likely causes.
Best For
- German-brand owners: confirm whether a fault is urgent and gather repair items and price-range references before quoting.
- EV owners: determine if range drop, slow charging, or warning lights are safety-critical and what to check next.
- Used-car evaluators: assess model-specific common faults and maintenance costs using available service history.
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