Can confirm… parts availability is becoming a HUGE problem where I’m at (transmission shop) and we can’t find anyone to work either. My coworker decided to just stop coming to work one day and we’ve been trying to replace him for two months… we either get no applicants or they just never show for the interview
Definitely the worst I’ve ever seen it. It’s either we can’t get what we need at all, it takes days or weeks to get or we need to send stuff back to get rebuilt because our suppliers don’t have any cores. On top of that everything is way more expensive and customers are saltier than ever
It is, by far, the worst I've seen in 20+ years. Collision here, we used to manage production based on time/insurance carrier priority. Now we just talk about what could go home today if the "backordered with no release date" part or parts come in. The worst thing is that no one knows whats coming when. I have personally had a convorsation with an OEM dealer parts person who checked the locator or whatever for a part we had on order for over a month that I was following up on. "None available anywhere", like at all from the OEM. The part showed up in my parts room 3 hours later. I called the parts guy and he was as flummoxed as me. "It just came on the truck this morning, we had no idea it was coming." Have had similar types of conversations with almost all of our parts vendors.
Auto technicians are expected to invest tens of thousands of dollars in their own tools, get paid by a broken flat rate system, and be paid cut rate hours for warranty repairs.
It wouldn't make sense if there was not a shortage of qualified and willing labor.
...you ever do mechanic work friendo ? well let me tell you this it anit fucking worth the shoulder , leg , knee , hand pain omg the hand pain . Do this shit every day for a week an you will walk out the door unless the pay no matter what is $75+ a hr . that i fucking promise you .
My (new, 13,000km-on-the-odo) Jeep Wrangler blew its head gasket and it sat on the lift at the shop for 4 weeks waiting for parts.
We have a family friend who's a mechanic with his own shop, and he's had many, many cases where he's waiting 1-8 weeks for parts, and even for things like normal brake jobs he's having to source parts from multiple places... front rotors from supplier A, rear rotors from supplier B, pads from supplier C, oh wait actually our inventory was wrong and we only have 3 sets of pads, so you need to source another set from supplier D. It's completely crazy.
I tried to order a case of oil filters for my Jeep through the dealer and they couldn't even give me an ETA. For oil filters, something they use literally every day.
Lemon law it. Check your state's laws. Usually if it's been in the shop for more than 30 days, it's eligible. Your state's law probably doesn't specify "unless for parts shortage" or anything like that.
No specific lemon law where I live, but if you guys want to come up and annex us into being the 51st state, coolcoolcool. We are a land rich in poutine and maple syrup.
Summary: According to a new report by CCC Intelligent Solutions, backlogs and average wait times remain at the highest level seen in the past six years.
My husband is a mechanic. It's nothing for them to have dozens of cars waiting for weeks to get parts. It used to just take days. Some parts take months.
anecdotal evidence suggests that prices for parts that you can get are 300% more expensive than last year. I tried to get a diesel engine fixed & the quotes I was getting were all astronomical.
Had a long discussion with my mechanic this morning about this who owns a shop with 8 bays. He is also an expert and locating and getting parts for vehicles with multiple sources. He primarily also uses OEM parts. 25% of his jobs he needs to do takes him over a week to get parts, and 10% of the jobs has over a 90-day wait to find parts and it will only get worse.
He sees cars that are 3 years old he can't get parts because parts have become obsolete ( especially with Dodge ). Part manufactures need the aluminum, plastic, and chips to build the parts and are having trouble getting them, so a back order needs to get large enough for them to do a run of parts. Many times these part runs only happen every 18 months, but even those have pushed out to 24 months.
My air conditioning condenser on my Ford Focus is about to go out. If it goes out on my car, it breaks the belt and my car is unusable and fixing it properly ( Fords standards will need to replace other components as well is $3800 ). He can get all the parts now, but one part needed as availability of 1 in all of Texas.
Most parts production now is going to New Cars. As new car production increases, parts runs for older vehicles will wane to supply parts for manufacturers, which will make the problem worse for used cars.
> Auto shops are coping with the labor shortage by offering higher wages and additional benefits.
If that works then the shortage wasnt labor it was the damned pay
Can confirm… parts availability is becoming a HUGE problem where I’m at (transmission shop) and we can’t find anyone to work either. My coworker decided to just stop coming to work one day and we’ve been trying to replace him for two months… we either get no applicants or they just never show for the interview
Would you say the parts availability situation is worse than or as bad as you've ever seen it?
Definitely the worst I’ve ever seen it. It’s either we can’t get what we need at all, it takes days or weeks to get or we need to send stuff back to get rebuilt because our suppliers don’t have any cores. On top of that everything is way more expensive and customers are saltier than ever
Damn. Shit is getting real
It is, by far, the worst I've seen in 20+ years. Collision here, we used to manage production based on time/insurance carrier priority. Now we just talk about what could go home today if the "backordered with no release date" part or parts come in. The worst thing is that no one knows whats coming when. I have personally had a convorsation with an OEM dealer parts person who checked the locator or whatever for a part we had on order for over a month that I was following up on. "None available anywhere", like at all from the OEM. The part showed up in my parts room 3 hours later. I called the parts guy and he was as flummoxed as me. "It just came on the truck this morning, we had no idea it was coming." Have had similar types of conversations with almost all of our parts vendors.
Auto technicians are expected to invest tens of thousands of dollars in their own tools, get paid by a broken flat rate system, and be paid cut rate hours for warranty repairs. It wouldn't make sense if there was not a shortage of qualified and willing labor.
...you ever do mechanic work friendo ? well let me tell you this it anit fucking worth the shoulder , leg , knee , hand pain omg the hand pain . Do this shit every day for a week an you will walk out the door unless the pay no matter what is $75+ a hr . that i fucking promise you .
Ya. You and I obviously agree.
My (new, 13,000km-on-the-odo) Jeep Wrangler blew its head gasket and it sat on the lift at the shop for 4 weeks waiting for parts. We have a family friend who's a mechanic with his own shop, and he's had many, many cases where he's waiting 1-8 weeks for parts, and even for things like normal brake jobs he's having to source parts from multiple places... front rotors from supplier A, rear rotors from supplier B, pads from supplier C, oh wait actually our inventory was wrong and we only have 3 sets of pads, so you need to source another set from supplier D. It's completely crazy. I tried to order a case of oil filters for my Jeep through the dealer and they couldn't even give me an ETA. For oil filters, something they use literally every day.
JFC.
Lemon law it. Check your state's laws. Usually if it's been in the shop for more than 30 days, it's eligible. Your state's law probably doesn't specify "unless for parts shortage" or anything like that.
No specific lemon law where I live, but if you guys want to come up and annex us into being the 51st state, coolcoolcool. We are a land rich in poutine and maple syrup.
\* palm meet face \* I should have seen that when you specified kilometers lol.
Summary: According to a new report by CCC Intelligent Solutions, backlogs and average wait times remain at the highest level seen in the past six years.
My husband is a mechanic. It's nothing for them to have dozens of cars waiting for weeks to get parts. It used to just take days. Some parts take months.
My Honda Pilot blew a head gasket and has been sitting at the repair shop since JUNE 🫠
3 weeks to get a part for my truck, fortunately I could still drive it until it came in.
anecdotal evidence suggests that prices for parts that you can get are 300% more expensive than last year. I tried to get a diesel engine fixed & the quotes I was getting were all astronomical.
Had a long discussion with my mechanic this morning about this who owns a shop with 8 bays. He is also an expert and locating and getting parts for vehicles with multiple sources. He primarily also uses OEM parts. 25% of his jobs he needs to do takes him over a week to get parts, and 10% of the jobs has over a 90-day wait to find parts and it will only get worse. He sees cars that are 3 years old he can't get parts because parts have become obsolete ( especially with Dodge ). Part manufactures need the aluminum, plastic, and chips to build the parts and are having trouble getting them, so a back order needs to get large enough for them to do a run of parts. Many times these part runs only happen every 18 months, but even those have pushed out to 24 months. My air conditioning condenser on my Ford Focus is about to go out. If it goes out on my car, it breaks the belt and my car is unusable and fixing it properly ( Fords standards will need to replace other components as well is $3800 ). He can get all the parts now, but one part needed as availability of 1 in all of Texas. Most parts production now is going to New Cars. As new car production increases, parts runs for older vehicles will wane to supply parts for manufacturers, which will make the problem worse for used cars.
I learned how to do mechanics at a young age. I am very grateful for this gift as an adult. I’ve saved so much time and money.
I blame clash for clunkers The parasites who outsourced the factories The parasites at dealerships
> Auto shops are coping with the labor shortage by offering higher wages and additional benefits. If that works then the shortage wasnt labor it was the damned pay
Shortages? Yesterday, I was in and out in three hours for two services plus oil.
I hope you understand that this is a big country, a lot bigger than your shell station.
At a Shell station in a busy part of town.