The Case for Regular Dealership Vehicle Lift Inspections
Key takeaways
- Dealership compliance includes physical safety areas like OSHA and EPA in addition to cyber security.
- An Automotive News article this month highlighted the need for dealerships to inspect their lifts on a regular basis.
- ARMP offers lift inspections as a one-off service without the intent to repair the lifts or sell parts or service.
- ARMP's inspector, Ed Gibbons, is ALI certified when performing dealership lift inspections.
- Regular lift inspections matter both because of possible fines and audits and for the safety of dealership employees.
Summary
Vehicle lift inspections are a physical safety and compliance obligation that often gets overlooked amid the focus on cyber security and data rules. Dealerships operate lifts daily, and OSHA-related safety concerns, along with the possibility of fines and audits, make regular inspection a necessity rather than an optional maintenance task. A recent Automotive News article prompted this reminder that lifts need to be checked on a routine schedule, not just when a problem is suspected.
Dealerships should find an inspector who evaluates lifts without an incentive to sell repairs or parts, since that keeps the inspection honest and focused on safety rather than upselling. ARMP offers this as a one-off service using an ALI-certified inspector who reports what needs fixing and issues a clean bill of health, and the service can be bundled into ARMP's broader compliance program. Whether a dealership uses ARMP or another provider, the core takeaway is that lift inspections protect employees and reduce exposure to regulatory penalties, so they belong on every store's recurring compliance checklist.
Transcript
Compliance covers more than cyber security
Hello, my name is Terry Dortch. I'm with Automotive Risk Management Partners. I'm here today to talk to you a little bit about, well, to talk about compliance in general. You know, there's a whole lot more to the compliance puzzle than cyber security. There's a lot of physical aspects of it. There's OSHA, there's EPA. One of the things I want to talk to you about today is lift inspections.
Need for regular lift inspections
You know, we've got an article in Automotive News that came out this month. In it, you need to take a minute and make sure that you're inspecting your lifts on a regular basis. We're one of the few compliance companies that offer lift inspections. We do it as a one-off. We do it not with the intent to repair those lifts, so we're a little different than what most of your lift inspectors are going to be. We do it in a way where we're going to come in and we're looking to give you a rundown of what needs to be fixed if it needs to, and give you a clean bill of health.
ARMP's ALI-certified inspection approach
Now, our individual, Ed Gibbons, is ALI certified, so everything is perfect when he comes in and does your lift inspections. And at the same time, we're not doing it with the intent to try and sell you parts or the service of the lift, you know, to update or fix anything on them.
Fines, audits, and employee safety
The bottom line is, is that if it's us or anybody else, you need to find somebody to come in and do your lift inspections on a regular basis, for a number of reasons, not just for the fines that could happen and the audits that could occur, but also for the safety of your employees.
Contact ARMP for compliance programs
If you need any question, or if you have any questions on it, want to talk about it, feel free to give us a call. We have it embedded in our programs, um, because we're a complete compliance company. So give us a buzz when you get a chance. Automotive Risk Management Partners' number and everything's on the screen here. Thanks, bye.
Questions this video answers
Why do dealerships need to inspect their lifts regularly?
Regular lift inspections are needed for a number of reasons, not just because of potential fines and audits, but also for the safety of dealership employees who use the lifts.
How is ARMP's lift inspection service different from a typical lift inspector?
ARMP performs lift inspections as a one-off service without the intent to repair the lifts. The inspector gives a rundown of what needs fixing and a clean bill of health, without trying to sell parts or lift service.
Who performs ARMP's lift inspections and are they qualified?
ARMP's individual, Ed Gibbons, is ALI certified, so the inspections are handled properly when he comes in to evaluate a dealership's lifts.
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Covered in this video
- Lift inspections
- OSHA
- EPA
- ALI certification