The invention relates to equipment running monitoring method, which comprises the following steps of: (302) acquiring and judging whether the vehicle speed is zero through a proximity switch (PX1), and if so, performing a next step; otherwise, returning to the same step; (303) recording shutdown start time, and popping up a dialog box; (304) acquiring and judging whether the vehicle speed is zero through the proximity switch, if not, entering a next step, and if so, returning to the same step; (305) recording shutdown end time; (306) judging whether the shutdown duration is larger than a set shutdown parameter, if so, performing a next step, otherwise, returning to the step (302); and (307) storing shutdown start and end time serving as a record in an efficiency database, wherein a dialog box control program in the step (303) comprises the following steps of: (401) inquiring a shutdown cause number data structure, and displaying the dialog box; (402) receiving a shutdown cause input by a user, judging whether the shutdown cause is input, if so, performing a next step, and if not, entering the step (404); (403) updating the equipment efficiency database; (404) closing the dialog box; and (405) ending.