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Service appointments
Oil changes, brakes, inspections and check-engine lights. It captures vehicle details and the concern, then books a drop-off or wait appointment.
AUTO REPAIR
An AI receptionist for auto repair shops
so the service writer can stay with the customer at the counter.
The phone rings most when the shop is busiest: early drop-offs, lunchtime and pickup time. An AI receptionist answers on your number, books service appointments with the year, make, model and the problem described, answers routine questions like hours and towing, and gives customers the status updates your shop management system makes available.It doesn't diagnose vehicles or estimate repairs. It records what the customer describes and books the inspection; your service writers handle pricing and approvals.
AI Receptionist for Auto Repair Shops · Inbound flow Live
- Inbound callConversation captured
- LeadQualification complete
- RoutingRule matched
- BookingNext step queuedReady
Illustrative workflow
Review AI Receptionist for Business: 24/7 Answering & Booking. A related guide to check alongside this page is How Auto Shops Lose Work to Missed Calls.
WHAT IT HANDLES
The calls a shop takes every day.
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Shop information
Hours, location, loaner and shuttle policy, towing partners and which makes you service, in your words.
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Status questions
Where your shop software allows it, it tells customers whether their vehicle is ready; otherwise it takes a message for the service writer.
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New customer calls
First-time callers get a friendly intake, the shop's policies explained and an appointment booked.
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After-hours drop-offs
Explains your key-drop process and records the vehicle and concern so the team is ready in the morning.
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Follow-up and reminders
Appointment reminders, and follow-up for declined work you want customers reminded about later.
EXAMPLE
A Monday 7:45am rush.
All answered
Three calls at once Two customers are at the counter and three calls come in. The AI receptionist answers all three.
Brake noise
Call one A customer describes grinding brakes on a 2017 Camry. It books a Wednesday drop-off and notes the symptom.
Is my car ready?
Call two It checks the status your system exposes and tells the customer the vehicle is waiting on a part, with the service writer copied.
Do you do diesel?
Call three Your notes say you don't, so it says so politely and suggests calling back for other services.
Uninterrupted
The counter The service writer finishes with the customers in front of them, and the calendar already has the new booking.
LIMITS
What it will not do in a repair shop.
It does not diagnose problems, estimate repair costs or say whether a vehicle is safe to drive. It records the symptoms and books the inspection.
It does not authorize repairs. Approvals and changes to an estimate always go to your service writer.
It only shares job status that your shop system makes available, and it never invents a completion time.
Review this workflow with your team.
Bring one routine request and one exception. Review existing-number forwarding where supported, plus AI transparency.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions shop owners ask us first.
Where your system offers an integration or API we connect to it for booking and status; where it doesn't, bookings go to a shared calendar and status calls become messages. We confirm this in the demo.
It can mention services you choose, such as a seasonal inspection, but it won't push repairs. Recommendations come from your technicians.
It follows your rules: share your towing partner's number, take details for a callback, or transfer to someone on duty.
Only as much as you want. Many shops have it answer when the counter doesn't pick up within a few rings and after hours.
Want to hear it on your own calls?
Secure your spotAnswer every call
without leaving the counter.
Secure your spot and we'll look at your call volume by hour, your booking rules and what your shop system can share.
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