Digital Vehicle Inspection
Digital Vehicle Inspection (DVI) software allows automotive repair shops to replace paper inspection sheets with digital inspections that include photos, videos, technician recommendations, and customer-facing reports.
Better inspections, informed customers, and a stronger bottom line. Digital Vehicle Inspections from Repair Shop Solutions help your shop master the inspection process while giving customers a transparent, visual reference of their vehicle’s health. Built by shop owners with 50+ years in the bay, our digital inspection software eliminates the friction of manual paperwork, making your service advisor’s job easier and your technicians more productive. Trusted by independent shops across North America, with millions of inspections completed.
What Is Digital Vehicle Inspection?
A Digital Vehicle Inspection (DVI) is a technology-based vehicle inspection that allows automotive technicians to document a vehicle’s condition using a tablet or mobile device instead of a traditional paper inspection sheet.
During a digital inspection, technicians can record their findings, take photos and videos, identify recommended repairs, and provide detailed information about the vehicle’s condition. The completed inspection can then be sent electronically to the vehicle owner, giving them a clear visual report of what the technician found.
Digital Vehicle Inspection software helps repair shops create a more consistent inspection process while making it easier for customers to understand and make informed decisions about their vehicle.
How Does a Digital Vehicle Inspection Work?
A typical digital vehicle inspection follows a simple process:
- The technician performs the inspection using a smartphone, tablet, or shop computer.
- The technician documents the vehicle’s condition, including items that are operating properly and items that may need attention.
- Photos and videos can be added to document specific findings and provide customers with visual evidence.
- Recommendations are recorded so the customer can clearly see what needs immediate attention and what may be recommended for future service.
- The inspection report is sent to the customer digitally, usually by text message or email.
- The customer reviews the report remotely and can communicate with the repair shop about recommended services.
This process replaces a paper checklist with a digital, visual inspection report accessible from virtually anywhere.
Why Do Repair Shops Use Digital Vehicle Inspections?
Digital Vehicle Inspections can improve communication between technicians, service advisors, and customers. Instead of relying solely on a technician’s verbal explanation, customers can see photos and videos of the actual vehicle and understand why a repair may be recommended.
For repair shops, DVI software can also help standardize the inspection process, document technician findings, maintain inspection records, and create a consistent customer experience.
Repair Shop Solutions provides Digital Vehicle Inspection software designed specifically for automotive repair shops, with tools for inspections, photos, videos, customer communication, reporting, and integration with shop management systems.
What's It Look Like?
AI-Powered Tech Notes and Recommendations
Stop wasting time on typing. Our digital vehicle inspection tool uses ChatGPT-integrated recommendations and intuitive drop-down menus to help your technicians generate professional, full-sentence reports in seconds.
Seamless History and Unaddressed Issues
Never miss a sale. Technicians can instantly view and copy over unaddressed issues from previous visits, ensuring that past recommendations stay front and center for the customer.
High-Resolution Photo and Video Evidence
Build instant trust by adding photos (up to 1GB) and videos to your inspections. Show your customers exactly what your techs see, validating every recommendation with clear visual proof.
Give your advisors the tools they need to review the results of an inspection before talking to the customer on the Audit Inspection screen
Add photos up to 1GB to inspections, allowing your team to easily share their findings with the customer.
Your technicians can view and copy over unaddressed issues found during previous visits to streamline the inspection and focus on new problems.
Clean up capitalization errors with a single click before sending out an inspection.
Easily find and make recommendations from a pre-built list, with a field for custom text.
Download text straight out of the inspection tool to copy into your repair order system
With our AI assistance, clear and concise recommendations have never been easier.
Know the status of every vehicle inspection in your shop at a glance.
Benefits for Technicians and Mechanics
The Fastest Digital Vehicle Inspection Workflow Ever Built for Technicians
We know that if a tool isn’t fast, it isn’t used. Our digital vehicle inspection software is engineered to keep your technicians in the bays, not stuck at a computer.
- AI-Generated Tech Notes: Stop typing and start clicking. Use ChatGPT-integrated recommendations and smart drop-down menus to create professional reports in seconds.
- Instant Vehicle History: Techs can instantly pull unaddressed issues from past visits, ensuring no maintenance item is overlooked.
- Mobile-Optimized: Our platform runs on any smartphone or tablet, allowing techs to take high-res photos and videos directly at the vehicle.”
Shop Wide Benefits
Shop-Wide Growth Fueled by Digital Vehicle Inspection Efficiency
Implementing a digital vehicle inspection platform isn’t just a technical upgrade; it’s a business strategy. When your entire team uses a unified tool, the results are felt across the entire shop.
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Increase Average Repair Order (ARO): By presenting clear, visual evidence and AI-powered recommendations, shops using Repair Shop Solutions typically see a significant lift in their ARO.
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Faster Job Approvals: Reduce the time cars spend taking up space in your bays. Customers approve work faster when they can see the “restaurant menu” of needs on their own mobile device.
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Data-Driven Decision Making: Use integrated analytics to track technician productivity and identifying which types of inspections are driving the most revenue.
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Reduced Friction Between Front and Back of House: Eliminate the “he-said, she-said” by having a single digital record that connects the technician’s findings directly to the advisor’s workstation.
Benefits for Managers and Advisors
Empower Your Service Advisors to Close More Jobs Faster
Stop wasting time translating messy technician notes. Our digital vehicle inspection platform provides advisors with polished, professional reports that do the heavy lifting of the sale for them.
- AI-Enhanced Tech Notes: Turn raw technician findings into professional, full-sentence recommendations with ChatGPT-integrated tools, reducing the time spent editing reports.
- Faster Approval Times: Send digital vehicle inspections directly to the customer’s phone via desktop texting. Visual evidence leads to quicker “yes” responses and less time spent on the phone.
- Increased Average Repair Order (ARO): By presenting a clear, visual list of vehicle needs, advisors can easily prioritize repairs and help customers understand the “why” behind every recommendation.
Benefits for Shop Owners
Drive Scalable Growth with the Industry’s Most Efficient DVI Platform
As an owner, you need tools that deliver a measurable return on investment. Our digital vehicle inspection software is engineered to optimize your entire shop floor, turning transparency into a tangible increase in revenue.
- Maximized Average Repair Order (ARO): By providing customers with visual proof and AI-powered recommendations, our shops consistently see a significant lift in approved work.
- Faster Approval Cycles: Reduce the time vehicles spend taking up space in your bays. With integrated desktop texting, your advisors get the “yes” they need without the back-and-forth phone tag.
- Data-Driven Business Intelligence: Use RSS Insights to gain a 360-degree view of your shop’s health. Track technician productivity and identify revenue leaks in one centralized dashboard.
Pricing
By not hiring an expensive commissioned sales staff, we can offer you the best pricing in the industry!
Integrations
We developed our DVI software to work with the most popular shop management systems out there. Whatever you use, RSS will fit right in.
Alldata
Auto Apps
Digital Wrench
Freedomsoft
Janco StockTrac
Mitchell
MaxxTraxx
NAPA Tracs
Omnique
Pace Shop Management Systems
Protractor
RO Writer
ServiceShop
Shop Boss Pro
Shop Controller
Shop Ware
TekMetric
TCS TirePower
VAST
Winworks
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DVI Highlights
Engineered for Peak Shop Efficiency
Our digital vehicle inspection platform isn’t just about taking photos; it’s about providing the data and speed your team needs to move cars through the bays.
- AI-Powered Recommendations: Leverage ChatGPT-integrated tools to generate professional, full-sentence tech notes in seconds. No more typing, just clicking.
- Integrated Service History: Instantly pull forward unaddressed issues from past visits. Our DVI software ensures that deferred work stays top of mind for both the advisor and the customer.
- CarFax Data Integration: Automatically sync vehicle information and service history, giving your technicians a complete picture of the vehicle the moment it enters the bay.
- Real-Time Shop Visibility: Every inspection syncs instantly to your digital whiteboard, allowing managers to track progress without ever leaving the front counter.
Schedule a Demo!
The best way to learn what Repair Shop Solutions can offer your business is to see it first hand. Schedule a one-on-one demo today!