If you are a British motorist you will spend, on average, approximately ten hours a week in your car. Your vehicle is your pride and joy and cars are not cheap; to buy a vehicle is likely to be the second-biggest purchase you will make in your lifetime.
So naturally, it is devastating if your vehicle sustains damage, whether it be a result of a road traffic accident, an unfortunate car park incident or if you accidentally reversed into a tree, a wall or your neighbour’s brand-new Jaguar. Accidents are an unavoidable part of owning a car but when it comes to fixing your pride and joy, sub-standard repairs are completely avoidable and one fool proof way of ensuring your vehicle returns to, or exceeds, its pre-accident state following any damage is to take it to a manufacturer-approved repairer.
A manufacturer-approved repairer is an accident repair centre that has a direct relationship with the company that built your car and as such, has the technical knowledge, specialist equipment and manufacturer support to ensure a damaged vehicle is restored to the highest manufacturer safety and quality standards. Becoming a manufacturer-approved repairer is no easy feat, as the repairer must adhere to the manufacturer’s strict core standards that focus on repair integrity, customer hospitality, the repairer’s premises and equipment and repair guarantees.
To obtain approval, a repairer must send its technicians on training that is conducted by the manufacturer itself. Here they learn how the manufacturer expects their vehicles to be taken apart, repaired and put back together, which includes processes such as structural aluminium and steel welding, electrics and airbag and refrigerant handling. Furthermore, manufacturer-approved repairers have access to manufacturer repair methods, a paint mixing scheme and diagnostic equipment for their technicians to use back at site to maintain the integrity of your vehicle during the accident repair process.
Manufacturer-trained technicians must also use genuine replacement parts when repairing your vehicle. Non-genuine parts may look extremely similar and cost a little less, but genuine parts have undergone rigorous safety tests and been approved by the manufacturer to ensure your vehicle is as safe as it can possibly be.
Another massive benefit of taking your car to a manufacturer-approved repairer is that you will receive a genuine repair guarantee following the successful completion of the repairs. This means any warranties that are left on your vehicle from when it was purchased remain intact and it guarantees the parts, paint and the repairs themselves. Only manufacturer-approved repairers can issue genuine repair guarantees.
Given how expensive cars can be and how reliant we are as a nation on our cars, safety is paramount. By taking your car to a manufacturer-approved repairer to be fixed will ensure that the safety of your car, your loved ones and yourself will never be compromised as the trust of the company who built your car has been placed in your local manufacturer-approved repairer. Trust those who know and bring your vehicle to PanelCraft UK for a repair experience so exemplary that you won’t even be able to tell that your pride and joy ever had an accident.
