Feb 4, 2025 | Data Mining, Service Drive
In 2024, the average amount customers paid for service was $515. However, the frustration point at which customers decided to trade their cars for something newer was slightly higher at $518. This indicates that service customers have made multiple high-dollar visits...
Jan 2, 2025 | Data Mining, Service Drive
Current Trends in Service Costs and Vehicle Age Recent data indicates that dealership service customers are now paying an average of $521 for service work on their vehicles. This figure reflects the increasing costs associated with vehicle maintenance and repairs as...
Dec 5, 2024 | Data Mining, Equity Mining, Service Drive
The average DMS database size we see is around 21,000 customers. There are an additional 1,100 service repair orders hitting the database every month. And the number of lease returns varies by dealership. Depending on the market, more than half of these customers are...
Oct 14, 2024 | Data Mining, Equity Mining, Service Drive
I was reading the latest CarDealershipGuy newsletter and became fixated on the recall topic. Since 2016, recalls have stayed above 30 million vehicles per year! Twenty-one million recalls have already happened in 2024. Predictions show 2024 will not be an exception in...