Due to sanctions, delivery times for imported auto parts to Russia began to reach one and a half years. In this respect report With reference to Izvestia insurance companies.
Thereupon, Absolut Sigorta announced that they had to wait 18 months since May last year to install an AdBlue tank for a Mercedes-Benz brand vehicle. For the same Mercedes-Benz, the rim wait lasted 16 months.
Sovcombank Sigorta CEO Igor Lappi stated that the most difficult parts to obtain include parts for Japanese and Korean automobiles such as Toyota, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Honda, Kia and Hyundai.
As confirmed by the Russian Association of Automobile Insurers (RUA), there are cases when parts were waited for a year and a half. They added that such situations occur in rare cars.
Alexander Kazachenko, formerly President of the Automotive Service Association statedThat there are not enough spare parts for Chinese cars, since there are no official suppliers in Russia. According to him, there are also difficulties with the “big German three” in auto services: Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. According to Kazachenko, spare parts for this brand of cars take a very long time to reach Russia.
In this context, the prices of spare parts in insurance repair catalogs are increasing.
happened before knownIn Russia, a shortage of original spare parts for cars of popular brands in the country is expected.