If you got in a crash, you were probably shocked at the size of the bill. But if you made it through the week without hitting anything — and without anybody hitting you — you paid nothing.
That in a nutshell is how crash avoidance systems are saving consumers money even as they also contribute to higher average repair costs: Though they’re expensive to fix, they’re remarkably good at preventing crashes.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average price of vehicle repairs has risen more than 40% since 2020. However, the number doesn’t capture repairs that were avoided because vehicles didn’t crash.