Recently, we reported on difficulties repairers in three states had encountered while invoicing for using third parties — asTech, AirPro and even the dealer level — in diagnostic scanning. One shop said State Farm had [...]
Vehicle diagnostics provider CarMD on Wednesday reported that its third-party PRO SCAN tool had found issues on 80 percent of 5,642 vehicles checked by repairers. CarMD wrote that “a majority” of those 80 percent had [...]
Some businesses have offered consumers aid amid the possibility of COVID-19 coronavirus financial hardships. For example, Ford on March 19 announced it would cover three months of new-car payments and let customers defer three more. [...]
Canada’s two largest provinces have declared auto repair an essential service, permitting the regions’ auto body shops to stay open during their governments’ broad mandatory COVID-19 coronavirus-related shutdowns. Besides a likely relief to the Canadian [...]
As the nation deals with shortages caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus response, Harbor Freight Tools has announced it would donate its full supply of certain personal protective equipment to hospitals in its markets. Any hospital [...]
I-CAR last week announced it would permit auto body shops and technicians to repeatedly seek 30-day extensions on Gold Class, Platinum and welding credential renewals as a response to the COVID-19 coronavirus issue. “Should you [...]
Auto Care Association Paint Body and Equipment Specialists segment liaison Paul Fiore on Monday said jobbers are continuing to operate during state COVID-19 coronavirus closures. Major national distributor LKQ also assured the industry Thursday it [...]
AutoWorks Paintless Dent Repair and Catastrophe Solutions International on Monday announced they had closed on a merger one CEO said would offer “unprecedented resources to our insurance, collision repair and fleet partners.” Terms of the [...]
Last week, we drew collision repairers’ attention to the importance of liquidity during a business disruption like the national COVID-19 coronavirus response. Do you have enough cash or credit to cover critical expenses like payroll [...]
Allstate on Wednesday said it would use Virtual Assist more frequently for initial estimates to minimize the threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus. “With the world’s attention on COVID-19, our focus is on the health and [...]
