Vehicle history at intake
See prior visits, repeat concerns and open warranty follow-up before creating another isolated job.
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR OPERATIONS
Auto repair shop management software for every bay, approval, and pickup
Run the repair operation around vehicles and authorized work—not disconnected tickets, calendars and customer messages.
This App shows service-advisor intake, estimate decisions, technician work, parts waits, final inspection and customer pickup with fictional sample vehicles.
Free for up to five users. No credit card required.
Adapt fields, workflows, and dashboards without code. Explore 1,000+ app templates and use cases
The gallery contains fictional sample records. Open a view to inspect how the fields, handoffs and decisions work before installing your own copy.
11connected forms for customers, jobs, decisions, work, parts, communication and quality
45sample records across waiting, blocked, rework, ready, follow-up and completed states
5 usersincluded on Jodoo’s Free plan; no credit card required
- 01
Book
Record vehicle, concern, availability and expected visit.
- 02
Inspect
Confirm condition, mileage, warning signs and initial evidence.
- 03
Authorize
Share a versioned estimate and preserve accepted and declined work.
- 04
Repair
Assign operations, labor, parts and findings to the work order.
- 05
Return
Complete quality checks, explain the work and capture pickup.
Keep the vehicle and authorized scope in the same conversation
A useful shop system shows what may be done, what has changed and what still prevents release.
Additional work with a decision
Record the new finding, revised amount and customer response before it reaches the technician.
Release tied to verification
Do not treat invoice readiness as proof that the road test, checklist and handover evidence are complete.
Make every update answer a customer question
Status communication becomes more useful when it explains the decision or dependency behind the delay.
What did you find?
Connect plain-language diagnosis to supporting evidence and proposed work.
What did I approve?
Preserve estimate versions, expiry and declined lines instead of overwriting the earlier scope.
When will it be ready?
Base the promise on technician capacity, parts ETA and rework risk rather than the next empty calendar slot.
Run the day from exceptions, not a wall of open work orders
The most urgent job is not always the oldest job.
| What changed | What the team needs to see | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| New finding | Evidence, safety impact, revised scope and estimate | Ask for a documented decision |
| Bay occupied | Current operation, remaining hours and next booked job | Rebalance work or update the promise |
| Wrong part received | Order, supplier, expected item and work impact | Correct the order and reschedule |
| Repeat concern | Original job, warranty position and failed outcome | Open a comeback review |
WHY JODOO FITS THIS JOB
Fit the workflow to the way your shop actually works
Jodoo lets an operations owner change the repair record without rebuilding a conventional shop system.
Teams can configure a tailored repair workflow in hours while retaining specialist tools for diagnostics, catalogs, accounting and payments.- 01Add vehicle, inspection or authorization fields
- 02Route estimate and quality tasks by branch or job type
- 03Create focused queues for advisors, technicians and parts
- 04Change dashboards as service targets evolve
Use Jodoo for repair workflow—not specialist machine functions
Jodoo fits when the shop needs configurable records, clear handoffs, exception queues, mobile forms and management visibility.
Strong fit
Repair intake, estimates, approvals, scheduling, work steps, parts dependencies, inspections, status updates, handover and comeback follow-up.
Keep specialist tools
Continue using vehicle diagnostics, labor-time databases, native POS and payment processing, accounting ledgers, insurance estimating or device imaging where those functions are required.
Connect the systems you keep
Use links, imports, exports or integrations to keep Jodoo’s repair record aligned with specialist systems that remain authoritative.
Questions about auto repair shop management software
What is the difference between auto repair software and a generic CRM?
A repair operation needs vehicle identity, intake condition, estimate versions, authorized scope, work steps, parts dependencies, inspections and pickup. A generic CRM can hold contacts but usually needs an operating model added around the repair job.
Can Jodoo track declined auto repair work?
Yes. Store proposed work, customer decisions and declined lines with the estimate version, then make that history visible on future visits.
How should an auto shop handle additional work found after approval?
Create a new finding, revise the estimate, route a fresh customer decision and block the added operation until it is authorized.
OPEN THE POPULATED REPAIR APP
See a repair shop operating system built around the actual job
Open the populated automotive views, inspect the records behind each status and adapt the workflow to your services, branches and roles.
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