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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SETD03

Motor vehicle repair

Prices for motor vehicle repair rose 2.6% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 1.4% in the month.

12 months+2.6%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+1.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+18.8%seasonally adjusted
Index314.21982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

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Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2002503002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026314.2+1.4%+2.6%
July 2026309.7+1.0%+6.2%
June 2026306.7+1.9%+6.0%
May 2026300.9+1.0%+4.4%
April 2026298.1−0.8%+3.3%
March 2026300.6+1.1%+5.4%
February 2026297.3+0.8%+5.9%
January 2026294.8+0.2%+5.7%
December 2025294.3−3.7%+6.2%
November 2025305.6—+9.7%
September 2025305.3−0.3%+11.5%
August 2025306.3+5.0%+15.0%
July 2025291.6+0.8%+11.0%
June 2025289.4+0.4%+8.2%
May 2025288.3−0.1%+7.4%
April 2025288.7+1.2%+7.6%
March 2025285.3+1.6%+6.4%
February 2025280.7+0.7%+7.9%
January 2025278.8+0.6%+7.4%
December 2024277.1−0.6%+7.2%
November 2024278.7+0.5%+7.8%
October 2024277.4+1.3%+7.3%
September 2024273.9+2.8%+6.0%
August 2024266.3+1.4%+3.4%
July 2024262.8−1.7%+3.4%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SETD03 and CUSR0000SETD03). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.