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Dealer Service Department Experience Evaluation

Captures how customers rate a recent dealer service visit — advisor communication, timeliness, pricing transparency, and repair quality — then uses an AI follow-up to uncover the real story behind their satisfaction or likelihood to return. Built for dealership service managers and fixed-ops teams tracking retention drivers.

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13 questions · ~7 min
Q01
Message

Thanks for bringing your vehicle in for service! We'd love your honest feedback on your recent visit — it takes about 7 minutes and helps us fix what's not working.

Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired

What was the main reason for your most recent service visit?

  • Routine maintenance (oil change, tires, etc.)
  • Mechanical repair
  • Warranty work
  • Recall service
  • Diagnostic / inspection only
  • Other
Q03
Opinion ScaleRequired

Overall, how satisfied were you with this service visit?

Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Very dissatisfiedMax:Very satisfied
Q04
MatrixRequired

How much do you agree with each statement about this visit?

5 rows × 5 columns
  • The service advisor communicated clearly about what was needed and why
  • My vehicle was ready within the promised timeframe
  • The final price matched the original estimate
  • The service area/waiting area was clean and comfortable
  • The issue was fixed correctly on the first attempt
Columns: Strongly disagree · Disagree · Neutral · Agree · Strongly agree
Q05
Rating ScaleRequired

How would you rate the service advisor who helped you?

Range: 1 – 5
Min:PoorMax:Excellent
Q06
Multiple ChoiceRequired

Was your vehicle ready when the dealer said it would be?

  • Yes, right on time
  • Yes, earlier than promised
  • No, it took longer than promised
  • Not applicable / no timeframe given
Q07
Opinion ScaleRequired

How likely are you to bring your vehicle back to this dealer for future service?

Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q08
Multiple Choice

Did you run into any of these issues during your visit? Select all that apply.

  • Unexpected charges not on the original estimate
  • Long wait time to be seen or checked out
  • Poor communication about status or delays
  • Repeat repair needed for the same issue
  • Vehicle returned dirty or with new damage
Q09
AI Interview

Explore the reasoning behind the respondent's satisfaction rating and their likelihood to return for future service. If either score was middling or low, dig into the specific moment or interaction that drove it down and what would need to change for them to give a higher score. If they flagged any issues (unexpected charges, delays, communication, repeat repair), get the concrete details of what happened and how the dealer handled it. If scores were high, probe what specifically stood out as excellent so it can be reinforced.

Q10
Short Text

What's the one thing this dealer could do differently to improve your next service visit?

Q11
Multiple Choice

How long have you been a service customer at this dealer?

  • Less than 6 months
  • 6 months to 2 years
  • 2 to 5 years
  • More than 5 years
  • Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice

Did you purchase or lease your vehicle from this dealer?

  • Yes, purchased here
  • Yes, leased here
  • No, purchased/leased elsewhere
  • Prefer not to say
Q13
Message

That's everything — thank you for the feedback! Your responses go directly to the service management team to help improve wait times, communication, and repair quality.

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Goes beyond static ratings with an AI follow-up interview that explores the reasoning behind a customer's satisfaction score and their likelihood to return — not just the number itself
  • Combines structured diagnostics (advisor rating, on-time completion, pricing transparency, issue checklist, matrix agreement statements) with an open-ended AI probe and a direct short-text improvement question
  • Segments respondents by tenure and purchase/lease origin, so fixed-ops teams can see whether retention drivers differ for long-time customers vs. newer ones
  • Automated per-response quality scoring and an auto-generated report mean service managers get synthesized findings, not just raw survey exports to sort through manually

QuestionPro

Dealer Service Evaluation Survey Template

A purpose-built, fielding-ready template for dealer service evaluations, covering similar ground (advisor interaction, timeliness, satisfaction). It's a static question set aimed at the same use case as ours, making it the most directly comparable competitor here.

What it does well

  • Directly targeted at the dealer service use case, so questions map closely to fixed-ops priorities
  • Backed by an established survey platform with broad question-type and reporting support
  • Ready to deploy without customization for basic satisfaction tracking

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up — respondents can't be probed further on why they gave a particular rating
  • No published methodology showing exactly how responses are scored or synthesized into a report
  • Likely relies on fixed question paths rather than conversational, per-response quality scoring

Jotform

Create Free Service Evaluation Forms - Service Evaluation Form Templates

This is a general service-evaluation template gallery/category page rather than a dealer-specific, fielding-ready survey — it covers service evaluation broadly across industries. Useful as a form-builder starting point, but requires manual customization to fit a dealership service context.

What it does well

  • Free tier and large library of customizable form templates across many service industries
  • Familiar drag-and-drop form builder for quick setup
  • Wide range of field types for basic ratings and open comments

Where it falls short

  • Not dealer-specific out of the box — lacks pre-built questions on advisor communication, repair quality, or dealer retention drivers
  • Static form fields only, with no adaptive AI interview to dig into the 'why' behind a rating
  • No automated quality scoring of responses or auto-generated insight reports

SurveySparrow

Dealership Experience Survey Template | For Automobile Companies

A dealership-focused survey template aimed at automobile companies, making it a relevant comparison for measuring dealership experience. It appears to center on conversational-style forms and satisfaction metrics, though scoped more broadly to 'dealership experience' rather than the service department specifically.

What it does well

  • Purpose-built for automobile dealership audiences, with a conversational form format
  • Likely supports chat-style, mobile-friendly survey delivery
  • Part of a platform with broader marketing/CX survey tooling

Where it falls short

  • Framed around general dealership experience rather than service-department-specific retention drivers like advisor performance or repair timeliness
  • No AI-led follow-up interview to explore the reasoning behind satisfaction or return-likelihood scores
  • No transparent, per-response quality scoring or automated diagnostic report generation

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