Patent ID: 6972669

Claim:
An on-vehicle breakdown-warning report system, wherein an occurrence of break-down is detected and judged based on a signal in an electronic control system installed on a control apparatus for an engine ignition system, a charging system, an engine fuel system, a engine cooling system, a power transmission system, and an oil lubricating system of an automobile or a diagnosis display system; a current vehicle position and diagnostic data are sent to an information terminal device of at least a service company having plural diagnosis and maintenance agencies, as a contents information, using an on-vehicle mobile communication apparatus, and a proposal for an emergency measures and a maintenance schedule are requested; and said service company requests estimates for maintenance proposals from diagnosis and maintenance companies based on said current position and diagnostic data; an estimate for maintenance from said diagnosis and maintenance agencies, which is transmitted from said service company as a collection of responsive estimates for maintenance from said diagnosis and maintenance agencies, is received, and said estimate is presented to a user; said user is allowed to select a diagnosis and maintenance agency; the user's selection of a diagnosis and maintenance agency from among the diagnosis and maintenance agencies is received for displaying navigation information for travel to the selected diagnosis and maintenance agency, based on position information of the selected diagnostic and maintenance agency.