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.
If the quote is itemised
Leave at zero if you don't have the breakdown.
If you know it, this beats our regional estimate.
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.