Under-bonnet checks first
Record fluid levels, visible leaks, battery condition, belts, hoses and latches before raising the vehicle.
DIGITAL VHC SOFTWARE
Vehicle health check software for dealerships and garages
Dealer VHC helps UK motor-trade businesses replace disconnected paper checks and messages with structured inspections, secure dealer-to-garage assignments and the right follow-up for dealer preparation or garage customer work.
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What is vehicle health check software?
Vehicle health check software gives a technician a consistent way to inspect a vehicle, record measurements and explain defects. The resulting report helps the business decide what needs attention and gives the customer a clearer account of recommended work.
Dealer VHC keeps the inspection, supporting photographs and job status together. Dealer VHCs continue to job completion and buyer PDI; enabled garage customer VHCs add estimates and online authorisation. Each VHC retains the checklist used when it was created, so later checklist changes do not rewrite an older record.
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A workshop sequence designed for real inspections
Checks are organised around the way a vehicle moves through the workshop.
Mid-height ramp checks
Capture tyre readings, wheel condition, brakes, springs and suspension while each area is accessible.
Full-height underside checks
Inspect steering, brake lines, exhaust, drivetrain, mountings, fuel system and underbody.
Interior and final checks
Finish with controls, warnings, restraints, windows and other interior observations.
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Measurements and traffic-light results
Technicians can record several faults against one check, add their own text and attach evidence photos. Tyre tread entries show calculated wear against an adjustable new-depth baseline, while front and rear brake-pad defaults can be replaced with component-specific measurements.
Green, amber and red results make priorities easy to scan. Measurements remain visible alongside the percentage so the recorded value is never replaced by a simplified score.
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Garage customer VHCs can create authorised work
An enabled garage customer VHC can become a customer-facing report with priced recommendations.
Share a read-only report
Create a time-limited customer link containing the vehicle findings, evidence and quoted repairs.
Record approve or defer decisions
The customer responds against every quoted item, producing a clear decision record.
See authorised jobs together
Accepted work appears on the authorised-work screen so the workshop can see what needs action.
Track rectification
Mark individual repairs complete while preserving the original finding and decision history.
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Separate data for every business
Each dealership has its own users, settings, checklist and vehicle records. Dealerships can invite an external garage, create the vehicle details and assign a specific VHC. The garage manages its own staff but sees only assigned dealership vehicles and cannot create VHCs or change dealer-controlled details inside that dealer workspace.
This separation supports dealer groups, independent dealers and garage partners without combining unrelated customer records.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions about vehicle health check software for dealerships and garages
Who is Dealer VHC designed for?
Dealer VHC is designed for UK car dealerships, vehicle preparation teams and garages that need structured vehicle inspections, repair authorisation and buyer handover records.
Can a dealership change its vehicle health checklist?
Yes. A dealership administrator can clear the template completely, add custom checks, choose checks from the built-in library, edit labels, remove checks and reorder the checklist used for new inspections.
Can technicians add more than one fault to a check?
Yes. Each check can hold multiple selected faults plus custom technician text, notes, measurements and evidence photographs.
Does Dealer VHC calculate tyre and brake wear?
Dealer VHC can calculate wear from recorded measurements and the entered new and service-limit values. Measurements and assumptions remain visible and should be checked against the fitted component and manufacturer information.
Can customers authorise repair work online?
Yes, for VHCs created in an enabled garage customer workspace. A completed inspection can produce a secure, time-limited report where the customer approves or defers every quoted repair. Dealer preparation VHCs do not include this stage.
Bring inspections, approvals and handovers into one record.
Set up a secure Dealer VHC workspace for your dealership.
Create a dealership workspace