Auto repair AI answering service for shops with full bays
Answers every call, knows your regulars and their cars, and books the drop-off with the symptom already on the work order.
Answer the call, recognize the customer, book the drop-off with the symptom attached, and file it all to CRM with an email confirmation out the door.
The phone shouldn't compete with the impact wrench
The phone rings while you're under a lift with a torque wrench in hand. In most shops that ring goes nowhere. A 411 Locals study found 62% of calls to small businesses go unanswered, and Hiya's industry call data says roughly 80% of callers who hit voicemail hang up without leaving a message. Each hang-up is a brake job, a timing belt or a diagnostic driving to the shop down the street. A Fasrad auto repair AI answering service picks up every time, in one ring, whatever is happening in the bays.
When a regular calls, the agent already knows them: name, car, what you fixed last time. Per-caller memory persists across calls. It captures the symptom in the customer's own words, checks your drop-off slots in the live calendar, and books the appointment during the call. The work request, the contact and the full transcript are waiting in your CRM when you slide out from under the car.
Auto repair-specific proof points:
- Returning callers recognized. "Hey, it's Sam" is enough. The agent connects the call to Sam's Civic and the alternator job from March.
- Symptoms captured verbatim. "Grinding noise when I brake" goes onto the work request exactly as the customer said it, so your tech starts with real information.
- Drop-offs booked mid-call. The agent reads open slots from your actual calendar and confirms one before the caller hangs up.
- Diagnosis stays in the bay. It records the symptom and books the visit, and your tech decides what's wrong.
- Every call on record. Contact, summary, transcript and the booked slot get filed automatically, with nothing scribbled on a greasy notepad.
Sam calls at 4:50 PM about a grinding noise. The agent greets him by name, pulls up the Civic, offers Thursday's 8 AM drop-off, books it, and notes the symptom on the work request. It's a 51-second call you never had to step away for.
Generic AI receptionists answer the phone and stop there. Fasrad's receptionist is the same agent that handles your website chat and email, with one memory of every customer, one calendar and one CRM. The caller who messaged your site last month and phones today is the same person to it, with the same history.
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Frequently asked questions
Will my regulars put up with talking to an AI?
Yes, because it greets them like a regular. It remembers the caller, their car, and previous visits. The voice is natural and fully interruptible, so the conversation moves at their pace, in their language if it isn't English.
Does it book the appointment or just write down a callback?
It books. The agent checks drop-off slots in your real calendar during the call and confirms one, like "Thursday 8 AM", before the customer hangs up.
How does the tech know what the customer said?
The symptom is noted on the work request in the caller's own words, and the full transcript is attached to the contact in Fasrad's built-in CRM. Summary, booking, and confirmation email are all automatic.
Does it try to diagnose the car?
No. It captures the symptom and the booking and leaves causes and repair quotes to your shop. Diagnosis happens in the bay, where it belongs. Anything it couldn't handle is in the call summary for you to follow up.
Do I lose the shop number everyone has saved?
No, you keep it. Standard carrier forwarding sends calls from your existing number to your Fasrad line, so customers dial the same number they always have.
How much does it cost?
Start with a 7-day free trial. Full access, no card needed. Then $49 per month. It's a flat subscription with no per-minute or per-call fees.
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