TMC Fleet Members Top Maintenance Concerns Shift Considerably from Fall 2025 to Spring 2026
TMC Fleet Members Top Maintenance Concerns
Shift Considerably from Fall 2025 to Spring 2026
Cost Containment Listed as Number One Top Five Concern, According to Latest Survey
The things that keep fleet managers up at night shifted considerably through the end of May 2026 according to a spring survey conducted by ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council’s (TMC) — at least when it comes to TMC fleet members’ top maintenance worries.
More than 400 TMC fleet members were asked to share their current top five fleet maintenance concerns, based on a wide-ranging list of 85 possible choices from which to select. Of those responding, the following were identified as the top reported concerns in descending order:
- The top maintenance issue identified in the Spring 2026 Survey was Cost Containment, rising from number two in the previous survey.
- Technician Shortage was identified as number two, and was not in the top five list in the fall of 2025.
- Inflation (Parts, Oil, Fuel, Equipment) was identified as number three, rejoining the top five for the first time in several survey cycles.
- Aftertreatment was number four, falling from the number one spot in fall 2025.
- Technician Staffing was number five, also breaking the top 5 for the first time since spring 2025.
Technician Shortage rejoined the top five for the first time since spring 2025. Diagnostics, Root Cause Analysis, and Labor Rates dropped off the top 5 list completely despite being in the top 5 last quarter.
Technician Training just missed the top five coming in at sixth place. Other concerns mentioned in the top 10 included: New Technology Challenges, Roadside Breakdowns, Diagnostics and Data Communications.
In the fall of 2025, members said their top five concerns were:
1. Aftertreatment
2. Cost Containment
3. Diagnostics
4. Root Cause Analysis
5. Labor Rates
— Robert Braswell, TMC Executive Director