In the chart below we see the wholesale price repair shops pay for a “basket” of parts from three categories: maintenance parts, under vehicle parts and underhood parts. The Undercar category includes: exhaust, steering, suspension, brakes; the Underhood category includes: engine parts, electrical, HVAC, cooling; and the Maintenance category includes: filters, spark plugs, belts and hoses.
As the chart shows, the under vehicle category experienced the largest price increase during the past quarter.
Next, we examine the price change consumers experienced for a select number of services, as illustrated in the chart below. Pricing information is from repair orders and includes parts, labor and all markups. Alignment, tune-up and oil change categories experienced the largest price increases during the past quarter.
The data is collected from service repair centers with additional service repair center level pricing information provided by Nu-Way Automotive.
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