Check a repair quote
Split the quote into parts and labour and the argument gets much easier to have. A high total is not automatically a bad quote — a high labour figure on a two-hour job is.
Regional labor rate is the biggest single driver of the total.
Before tax and shop supplies.
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If the quote is itemised
Leave at zero if you don't have the breakdown.
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If you know it, this beats our regional estimate.
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Not enough to call it
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We do not have a verified labor-rate sample for Arizona yet, so any verdict would be a guess. Enter the shop's hourly rate above and we can work from that instead.
Four questions to ask before you authorise
- Is this OEM, aftermarket, or reman — and what is the warranty on the part and the labor?
- What diagnostic time is included, and is it credited against the repair if I go ahead?
- What is the shop supply / environmental fee, and is it capped?
- If you get in there and it turns out to be something else, do you call me before continuing?
What this assumes
- A quote outside our range is not proof of overcharging. Access time on your chassis, a seized fastener, a dealer-only part, or an after-hours call-out all legitimately move the number.
- A quote inside our range is not proof it is fair either — it means it is unremarkable.
- Parts ranges span aftermarket to OEM. If you were quoted genuine OEM parts, expect the top of the band or above it.
- Diagnostic time, shop supplies, hazmat disposal, and tax are excluded from the comparison. They will be on the invoice.
- Every underlying figure currently carries a TODO(verify) flag. This tool tells you what our published range is, and our published range is provisional until the receipt dataset fills.
Estimates, not quotes. How we build our numbers.