Labor General Information
LABOR TIMES: THE LABOR TIMES SHOWN IN THE GUIDE ARE IN HOURS AND TENTHS OF AN HOUR (6 MINUTES) AND ARE FOR REPLACEMENT WITH NEW, UNDAMAGED PARTS FROM THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER ON A NEW, UNDAMAGED VEHICLE. Any additional time needed for collision DAMAGE ACCESS, ALIGNMENT PULLS, NON-ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT or USED PARTS should be agreed upon by all parties. Times for some operations are applicable after necessary bolted, attached or related parts have been removed. Exceptional circumstances, including all the sub-operations or extra operations, are indicated as notes throughout the text or are identified in the Procedure Explanations. The actual time taken by individual repair facilities to replace collision damaged parts can be expected to vary due to severity of collision, vehicle condition, equipment used, etc.
STRIPES, DECALS and OVERLAYS: The labor times shown in the Guide for these items refer to installation only.
BASE MODEL VEHICLE: Vehicle with the minimal level of equipment available from the manufacturer.
TYPES OF VEHICLES: The types of vehicles covered are regular production models only.
COMPREHENSIVE LABOR TIME: Completeness is strived for in each Guide. There will be instances, however, in which a labor time has not been established for an operation at the time of publication. If an item requires replacement and can be replaced as an individual item but shows no time, a time should be agreed upon among all parties and recorded on the damage report.
PROCEDURE REFERENCE: Throughout each vehicle "service'' there are Procedure Explanation reference notes located immediately following the main section headings. Example: FUEL TANK is followed by, "Use Procedure Explanations 10 and 18, with the following text.'' This indicates that the text portion and the Procedure Explanations for Fuel Tank should be used in conjunction with one another when writing a damage report. LABOR RELATED NOTES IN THE TEXT PORTION OVERRIDE THE PROCEDURE EXPLANATION PAGES.
PROCEDURES: The Procedure Explanations on the following pages outline the operations which are or are not included in the labor time listed in each vehicle "service''. You are encouraged to become familiar with these procedure pages to be sure you have a thorough understanding of the Mitchell approach to collision estimating.
The left Included Operations column means that the labor time shown in the Mitchell Collision Estimating Guide text includes that particular operation or operations.
The right Not Included Operations column means that the labor time in the text does not include that particular operation or operations. Performance of one or more of these operations may or may not be necessary as determined by the individual job requirements. If an add-on time has been established for any of these operations it will be shown in the text. If a time has not been established or if the add-on time is dependent on conditions that vary due to collision damage (example: access time, free up parts), the additional time should be recorded on the damage report. Labor times relating to the repair of a damaged
Additions to Labor Times
Due to the wide range of collision damage and vehicle conditions, labor times for the following operations are not included in the Guide.
ACCESS TIME: Remove extensively damaged parts by cutting, pushing, pulling, etc.
DETAIL: Clean vehicle to pre-accident condition.
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS:
Time to remove and install as necessary, includes wiring and/or wiring harness and computer module.
Time to reset memory code function (example: radio presets) when battery has been disconnected to perform repairs.
Time to modify or fabricate wiring/harness
FREE UP PARTS: Time necessary to free up parts, bolts frozen by rust, corrosion or collision damage.
REPAIR OR ALIGN: Parts adjacent to parts being replaced.
REWORK PARTS: To fit a particular year or model