ASA Leaders Provide Insight on Rising Cost of Auto Repairs in Wall Street Journal Article

ASA Board Chairman Scott Benavidez and Incoming Chair Dan Stander provided insight on the causes behind the rising costs of automotive repairs in an article published today in the Wall Street Journal. The owners of Mr. B’s Paint and Body Shop in Albuquerque, NM and FIX Auto Highlands Ranch in Littleton, CO, respectively, Benavidez and Stander attribute much of the increased cost to an increase in advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). These technologies have saved many lives, but they only function properly if their delicate sensors are properly calibrated. Calibrating ADAS requires highly skilled repair technicians to perform time intensive work. The equipment needed for calibrations are often extremely expensive as well.

Those reading the article can try their hand at an auto repair cost guessing game. The game draws upon real auto repair estimates, several of which come from Benavidez’s and Stander’s shops.

Click here to read the article and play the auto repair cost guessing game.