09/26/2026
Not every repair needs a diagnostic fee. A coolant leak you can physically see doesn't require hours of testing. An oil leak with an obvious source gets quoted and fixed.
But when a customer says their car is idling high and it's not doing it when they pull in? Now The Benz Shop has to verify it, duplicate it on a test drive, and trace it back to the root cause. That process is a job on its own, and we treat it like one.