Bahamas Auto Repair Association

27/04/2018

Did you know you can invest more money repairing a vehicle than what you actually bought it for due to poor road construction in the Bahamas.

24/01/2018

As a vehicle owner how often do you get a maintenance check.

23/01/2018

hello to our motoring public we have heard your concerns and we will share them with you this Wednesday @ 10 am on more 94.9
we will share with those of you whom we miss in our survey about the efforts motor dealers are making to ensure that it becomes to expensive for you to own a vehicle

09/06/2014

Safety Tips

Never leave an accident scene without getting a police report. Don't rely on promises, ( call The police). You will need the report to process your insurance claim.

When shipping your vehicle to another island be sure you are covered for ocean travel.

Read your insurance contract to avoid any neglegance to your claim being process by the insurance.

Does your tire have poor threading or uneven wear?
Does your tire have any bulges at the side or top?
Is your steering wheel shaking as you gain speed ?
Is there a grinding sound when you apply brakes?
Is your brake pressure soft or hard?
Does your CV Joint make a loud clicking sound?
Is there heavy vibration in your front suspension?
Is your steering pulling hard to one side as you drive?
Do you hear huming sounds as you drive?
Do you have poor visiblity at night or when it rains?
Do you fall asleep while driving?
Do you leave your vehicle unoccupied while running?

If you answer yes to any of the above, you may be on course for a fatal accident, or having your vehicle stolen. Be the first,take the responsibility to reduce insurance claims and premiums. Contact A BARA technician today. www.barasite.org

The Bahamas Auto Repair Association (BARA) is a not –for– profit trade association formally organized April 19 2012 to represent the interests, common policies and purposes of companies engaged in providing automotive maintenance and repair services, their suppliers and related companies in the auto…

20/06/2013

FLOOD DAMAGE VEHICLES

To those of you who have lost vehicles in the recent flooding here in Nassau Bahamas. The Bahamas Auto Repair Association has reached out to assist the insurance companies with the recording of information of all flood damage vehicles. This information will be stored in our data base to prevent these vehicles from being resold to the motoring public.

29/01/2013

SECRETS OF THE BODY REPAIR SHOP

In most cases when it comes to body repairs, vehicle owners are so ignorant of what is going on. They would trust their insurance adjuster and engineer's who are only concern about how much money they can save the insurance company on their claim and perhaps they do get cash incentives for doing so, at the vehicle's owner expense. ( IMAGINE THAT ).

Autobody repairers who are on an isurance companies list (A LIST THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL GIVE YOU TO CHOOSE A REPAIR SHOP FROM) are committed to what the insurance company wants, and that is to repair your car as cheap as possible or pay nothing at all.

Now the repairer has to make up grounds on his money the insurance wants to cut off, so who do you think is gonna get screwed here. (YOU). The repairer is now going to cut back big time on your repair because he is not committed to you and he needs to make something out of this job.

Have you ever notice your bumper starts to flake or fall apart a few months after being repaired? Have you ever notice the shine in your paint job fades very quickly? Or have you ever notice your so call new wheel bearing starts squeaking in a matter of weeks after a collision repair?

Aside from (INSULTING BAHAMAS CUSTOMS) with false delaration these are just some of the tricks the body shop has to play on you after being influenced by the insurance company to do so.

Sure enough they will tell you they did not instruct your repairer to carry out such practice, but why do you think they keep a list of repaires? (SO THAT THEY CAN CONTROL AND DICTATE THE PROCESS OF YOU REPAIR).

The insurance company will scare the pants off a repairer who is not sound enough to know that they work for the vehicle owner and not the insurance company.

They will try all sorts of tricks like doing an estimate themseleves which is going to be cheaper to suit them, not the actual cost of the repair. or they will try and get a body shop that is fool enough to do their dirty work for them.

So now you know it is not a good idea to let the insurance company choose a repair shop for you, but you make that choice for yourself. Tell them to keep their list for their own vehicle and you will get an estimate from your repairer.( REMEMBER ITS YOUR CAR AND YOU WILL BE STUCK WITH IT AND NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CONCERN ABOUT YOU).

THE BAHAMAS AUTO REPAIR ASSOCIATION WILL GIVE YOU THE PEACE OF MIND YOU TRULY DESERVE...

27/01/2013

TRICKS OF THE MECHANIC TRADE IN THE BAHAMAS.

Some mechanics will pretend to oversee a problem while performing repairs to your vehicle, for example, he will notice you have a bad break rotor while changing your break pads and don't inform you. This is his way of hiting you with another bill to change both the rotor and break pads, or he may not inform you of a simple thing as a worn or striped belt (HOPE YOU GET THE PICTURE).

Some mechanics will charge you for new parts and will install use parts eg. air condition compressor,starter,distributor or any part you may not see once it has been installed.

These are some of the reasons why you as a vehicle owner, should be involve with the repairs that are being done to your vehicle.( SO YOU DON,T GET SWING).