“Older vehicles, but also more electrified”: why maintaining your car always costs more

A surge in automobile maintenance and repair prices. The 10th edition of the annual idGarages.com barometer, an online garage comparator, which we are revealing, established on a sample of nearly a million quotes generated in the first quarter of 2026, records a surge in prices. The average price jumps from 394.43 euros to 428.73 euros in 2026 (+ 8.70%), after an apparent normalization in 2025.

In detail, the increases are particularly marked on technical interventions: clutch kit (+ 11.62%), distribution kit (+ 11.38%), front discs and pads (+ 10.60%). These hurt motorists’ budgets all the more as they are part of a phenomenon of continuous increase for ten years: + 66% on the clutch kit, + 49% on distribution since 2017, + 72% on servicing (i.e. approximately + 15 euros per year).

By Editor