Collision labour rate, sublet repair and new fees - May 2026
Change alert
Groups impacted
- Collision repair program participants
- Estimating staff
- MD Account Services
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Supplier Performance Management
Effective date
May 19, 2026
Summary of change
- Destructive weld tests
- New topics have been created for when a destructive weld test is required on estimates, and how they are handled.
- Exotic and classic vehicles
- Classic and vintage vehicles have been added to the topics that discuss the process for exotic vehicles, including applying the classic rate to an estimate, and the rate policy.
- Collision repair program sublet repairs
- Topics have been created to inform collision repair program facilities on the guidelines around subletting repairs, as well as steps regarding applying sublet costs on estimates.
- Total loss handling fee on commercial estimates
- A topic has been created that provides information on applying the total loss handling fee on a commercial estimate.
Updated/new topics(s)
- Add destructive weld test to an estimate (new)
- Destructive weld testing (new)
- Apply the exotic and classic vehicle repair rate to an estimate (updated)
- Exotic and classic vehicle repair rate policy (updated)
- Collision repair program sublet repairs policy (new)
- Apply sublet costs to an estimate when labour time for a sublet operation is not available (new)
- Apply sublet costs to an estimate when labour time for a sublet operation is listed in Mitchell (new)
- Apply the total loss handling fee to a commercial estimate (new)