System and method for detecting vehicle environmental exposure and for determining maintenance service according to detected exposure

摘要

A method of operating a usage-based maintenance system for a vehicle among a plurality of vehicles includes determining, for a time period, an exposure parameter of the vehicle. The exposure parameter indicates an amount of exposure to an environment during the time period. The method also includes scoring the exposure parameter according to an exposure model to produce an exposure score. Moreover, the method includes determining a maintenance discount according to the exposure score.