How to repair trucks in a crisis?
- October 3, 2022
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After the well-known events of February, the system of repair and supply of spare parts for Kommtrans that had developed in Russia, due to the departure of major
After the well-known events of February, the system of repair and supply of spare parts for Kommtrans that had developed in Russia, due to the departure of major brands, came as a shock. But despite the difficulties, the industry is gradually adapting to the situation. Portal “AutoVzglyad” tells – how.
With the departure of major truck manufacturers from Russia, which was sometimes shyly masked with statements about “temporary suspension of activities”, deliveries of original car parts also stopped as a rule. At the moment there are still some stocks of “consumables” and components in the Russian warehouses of official dealers, but they are melting and will soon be completely exhausted. In this regard, the issue of not only warranty service, but also heavy equipment repair in general is booming. But, of course, there is a way out, because the field of filter pads can almost always be found in a suitable analogue of the “original”.
But if we are talking about replacing, for example, the components of the distribution drive or the fuel injector of the tractor? It is clear that in this case you can no longer think of a warranty. The owner of the car has a much more mundane job: to keep it in working order here and now. The way out of this situation is non-original spare parts.
But their suppliers can provide an adequate replacement for far from the entire list of popular components. This problem is especially relevant for relatively new technology. Parts dealers have been able to partially solve it since February 2022. At the moment, the stage of “establishment” of the new supply system of the “original” for the transportation of Western brands that escaped from Russia is underway.
Intermediary companies have already appeared, also in European countries, which officially bought lots of OE spare parts from the “officials” there and then resold them, for example, to Turkey or the UAE, from where containers with parts essential for the Russian commercial fleet go. to our country. A bizarre chain of middlemen increases their price by 30-100%, and sometimes even higher. But at least the parts are coming.
The “informative” aspect of the withdrawal of leading western brands from Russia, and not just car brands, deserves a separate discussion. We are talking about suppliers of diagnostic and repair equipment, among other things. It was left without the option of software updates and access to proprietary databases and catalogs hosted on servers in Europe and the United States. Sometimes this very catastrophically disrupts the identification of a malfunction and its elimination. Some experts in the auto repair industry say they have heard of cases of successful software hacking of foreign equipment, but there is no need to talk about a huge trend in this direction.
As a result, the current situation in Russia in terms of truck repair is literally pushing carriers and fleet owners into the arms of Chinese car manufacturers. After all, they do not even think about leaving the Russian market and increasing the supply of their cars to us.
The official dealers of the “Chinese” maintain a fair stock of spare parts in their Russian warehouses. In general, there are now no problems with the repair of a Chinese truck or tractor of a popular brand in any region of Russia. Almost the same as with Russian technology.
Although it must be admitted with her, there are some nuances in this sense. When it comes to the maintenance and repair of models equipped with components of European origin, a scenario has been included that partly copies the situation with the cars of departed western car brands. That is, partly – the disappearance, and partly – a sharp rise in the price of components. True, in the case of domestic cars, this problem is not so acute. The fact is that the most modern technologies are not used on such equipment. Accordingly, it is much easier for her to select analog parts from the same China.
Summarizing the above, we can assume that in the near future the trend towards an increasingly massive replacement of original components for the repair of European and American car brands with analogues from China will continue. The degree of reliability and quality will put a heavy burden on truck owners, but in the absence of clear and affordable alternatives, they will have to gradually come to terms and switch to “China”.
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With the departure of major truck manufacturers from Russia, which was sometimes shyly masked with statements about “temporary suspension of activities”, deliveries of original car parts also stopped as a rule. At the moment there are still some stocks of “consumables” and components in the Russian warehouses of official dealers, but they are melting and will soon be completely exhausted. In this regard, the issue of not only warranty service, but also heavy equipment repair in general is booming. But, of course, there is a way out, because the field of filter pads can almost always be found in a suitable analogue of the “original”.
But if we are talking about replacing, for example, the components of the distribution drive or the fuel injector of the tractor? It is clear that in this case you can no longer think of a warranty. The owner of the car has a much more mundane job: to keep it in working order here and now. The way out of this situation is non-original spare parts.
But their suppliers can provide an adequate replacement for far from the entire list of popular components. This problem is especially relevant for relatively new technology. Parts dealers have been able to partially solve it since February 2022. At the moment, the stage of “establishment” of the new supply system of the “original” for the transportation of Western brands that escaped from Russia is underway.
Intermediary companies have already appeared, also in European countries, which officially bought lots of OE spare parts from the “officials” there and then resold them, for example, to Turkey or the UAE, from where containers with parts essential for the Russian commercial fleet go. to our country. A bizarre chain of middlemen increases their price by 30-100%, and sometimes even higher. But at least the parts are coming.
The “informative” aspect of the withdrawal of leading western brands from Russia, and not just car brands, deserves a separate discussion. We are talking about suppliers of diagnostic and repair equipment, among other things. It was left without the option of software updates and access to proprietary databases and catalogs hosted on servers in Europe and the United States. Sometimes this very catastrophically disrupts the identification of a malfunction and its elimination. Some experts in the auto repair industry say they have heard of cases of successful software hacking of foreign equipment, but there is no need to talk about a huge trend in this direction.
As a result, the current situation in Russia in terms of truck repair is literally pushing carriers and fleet owners into the arms of Chinese car manufacturers. After all, they do not even think about leaving the Russian market and increasing the supply of their cars to us.
The official dealers of the “Chinese” maintain a fair stock of spare parts in their Russian warehouses. In general, there are now no problems with the repair of a Chinese truck or tractor of a popular brand in any region of Russia. Almost the same as with Russian technology.
Although it must be admitted with her, there are some nuances in this sense. When it comes to the maintenance and repair of models equipped with components of European origin, a scenario has been included that partly copies the situation with the cars of departed western car brands. That is, partly – the disappearance, and partly – a sharp rise in the price of components. True, in the case of domestic cars, this problem is not so acute. The fact is that the most modern technologies are not used on such equipment. Accordingly, it is much easier for her to select analog parts from the same China.
Summarizing the above, we can assume that in the near future the trend towards an increasingly massive replacement of original components for the repair of European and American car brands with analogues from China will continue. The degree of reliability and quality will put a heavy burden on truck owners, but in the absence of clear and affordable alternatives, they will have to gradually come to terms and switch to “China”.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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