Our Story: Keeping the Repair Industry Honest

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At IQ Auto Solutions, we are a team of repair and sales insiders. We spent decades working behind the counters of service departments and on dealership sales floors. We didn't leave the industry because we lost our passion for the work—we left because we couldn't stand watching good people get handed excessively inflated service costs and over valued sales markups.

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Why Getting a Repair Estimate Feels Like a Trap

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Years ago, taking your vehicle or fleet in for a fix was based on a simple handshake and a fair price. Today, the corporate repair world runs on a different set of rules.

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Most mechanics and service advisors are good, hardworking people. But the corporate system they work for forces them to hit aggressive monthly sales targets. Their paychecks are almost always commission-based. If they don’t hit their "minimum ticket averages" or find a way to add extra maintenance, flushes or padded labor to your bill, they can't make a livable wage or worse, keep their jobs.

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This creates a system where padding the bill is just part of the daily routine. Shops routinely use tricks that the average buyer can't see, like:

• Double-dipping on labor: Charging you full price for two separate repairs, even though the mechanic is  already working in the same area.

• Phantom fees: Adding vague charges and shop supplies that don't match the actual work done.

• Unnecessary add-ons: Pushing part replacements and fluid flushes long before your factory manual says you actually need them.

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Fleet managers and everyday drivers simply don't have the time or the factory databases to question these bills. So, billions of dollars are blindly paid out to overcharges every single year.

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We Work For You—Not the Shops

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IQ Auto Solutions was built to stand right between you and the service counter. We don't fix vehicles, and we don't sell them either. Our purpose is to be the expert in your corner helping you navigate the system designed to capture every possible dollar from your wallet. We are your independent guard dog.

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When you send us a quote or an invoice, we look up your exact model in the official factory databases that the manufacturers use. We check exactly how many labor hours the job is officially supposed to take, what the parts should cost, and where the shop tried to sneak in a markup.

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Our mission is simple: to give you the real numbers so you have the power to say no to a bad deal. If a shop treats you fairly, we'll give you the green light to proceed. But if they're padding the bill, we'll give you the exact data and the script to demand a rewrite. You shouldn't have to be a mechanical expert just to get a fair price.