Lift down
"No alignments today. Oil changes still on."
The customers who only needed an oil change keep coming; the alignment jobs reschedule themselves.
86PaperSign for auto shops
The lift is down. Your listing isn't.
Bays go down, parts don't show, backlogs pile up. Tell every customer at once — from under the hood, with the wrench still in your other hand.
The moment
Three shop-floor emergencies the counter phone can't keep up with.
Parts truck missing
"Brake jobs pushed a day."
Post the delay once instead of making the counter call every ticket in the rack.
Inspection backlog
"End of month. Everyone needs a sticker."
"Book ahead for inspections" on the listing beats a waiting room full of walk-ins.
One text, start to finish
From bay two, before the coffee's cold.
Your public listing — right now
Limited service today
Post: Service update: some bays are limited today. Oil changes and inspections still running.
What you can update
Everything a broken lift can break — besides the schedule.
- Temporary and holiday hours
- Temporary closures and reopenings
- Temporary announcements where approved Google capabilities support them
- Exact preview before approval
- Separate submitted and verified-readback statuses
How it plays out
The morning the alignment rack quit.
Illustrative example — a composite scenario, not a real client.
Millbrook Auto Care, 8:55 AM
The alignment rack throws a fault code with four alignments on the book and a lobby already filling. The owner texts from bay two: no alignments today, oil changes and inspections still running, affected customers getting calls.
He approves the preview before the diagnostic scanner even boots. The drive-up customers who check the page first come in for the work the shop can do — and nobody burns a lunch break driving over for the one service that's down.
Thursday, rack fixed: "Alignments back on, booking today." One text, full schedule by Friday.
Auto shop questions
Straight answers.
Can it pause one service without closing the shop?
A temporary announcement may describe a service interruption where the approved Google capability supports it. Direct service-list edits are not in the initial scope.
Can customers see that finished vehicles are still ready for pickup?
Yes. Pickup notes ride along with hours changes, so an early close doesn't strand anyone's car keys behind a locked door.
Can it push seasonal services?
Yes. Tire-swap season, AC-check summer, inspection end-of-month — post the push when the bays have room, pull it when they don't.
Founding list
Next time a bay goes down, your listing should know first.
Founding pilot: invite-only, no card, no charge. $49 per location per month is the planned price at general availability, and we will tell you before it applies to you. This preview collects no card.
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