AI receptionist for auto dealerships. Handle sales and service calls after hours.

Chleb AI can answer configured dealership calls after hours and whenever your team is busy, including after the BDC closes. It asks whether the caller needs sales, service, parts, or finance, and collects the vehicle or stock number they are asking about along with their contact details. Booking depends on your connected calendar and the appointment types approved during setup. Without a verified booking connection, it captures an appointment request for your team. It does not read your dealership's DMS inventory directly; your sales team confirms vehicle availability.

What does an AI receptionist do for a car dealership after hours?

AI receptionist for dealership sales and service calls. Check booking, department routing, warm transfers and dealer-system access before forwarding calls.

Illustrative call at 8:42pm. The caller, vehicle and contact details are fictional.

What the caller actually hears

I can take down the details for our sales team to confirm. Do you have the stock number or the trim package details?

An illustrative dealership call

Illustrative call at 8:42pm. The caller, vehicle and contact details are fictional.

Caller
Hi, I'm interested in the 2025 Camry XSE I saw on your website. Is it still available?
Chleb AI
I can take down the details for our sales team to confirm. Do you have the stock number or the trim package details?
Caller
It was the white one with the panoramic sunroof, the XSE trim I think.
Chleb AI
Got it, the white XSE with the panoramic sunroof. I'll pass those details to our sales team to confirm the listing and availability before your visit. Are you looking to test drive, get a trade appraisal, or talk to someone about financing options?
Caller
I'd like to test drive it tomorrow and also see what lease options look like.
Chleb AI
I can request a test drive with our sales team. The available times need to be confirmed on the connected calendar. Which window should I pass along?
Caller
Let's do 1pm.
Chleb AI
I can add your finance question to the request for the F&I team. Their availability and lease options need to be confirmed by the dealership. Can I grab your name, phone, and a current car you might trade?
Caller
Mark Davies, 813 555 0182, 2019 Honda Accord 60K miles.
Chleb AI
I'll send the trade details to your appraisal team for review. The dealership will confirm the appraisal path and any appointment details. Anything else should I include?

Your rules come first.

During setup, we review:

  • Configured department routing with a human fallback when the first path does not answer
  • Stock number capture prepared for sales-team availability confirmation
  • After-hours sales capture when the BDC is offline, subject to the configured queue
  • Service drive scheduling with advisor and lane rules verified before direct booking
  • VinSolutions, DealerSocket, and Elead compatibility reviewed per dealership account

Configured per trade

Built around the calls you already take.

The calls you get

  • Sales inquiry (specific stock vs general browsing, route to BDC or sales floor)
  • Service appointment (vehicle year, make, and model, service type, lane-based routing)
  • Parts inquiry (part-detail collection or counter callback)
  • Finance and F&I (lease options, current finance question, route to F&I manager)
  • Body shop and collision center routing
  • Management escalation

Your callers’ words

  • stock number collection, relayed to your sales team to confirm availability
  • trim levels, packages, MSRP vs invoice language
  • test drive vs appraisal vs F&I appointment types
  • lease vs finance vs cash buyer routing
  • service appointment types (oil change, recall, warranty, body shop)
  • trade-in qualification (year, make, model, mileage, condition)

Tools we check for

  • VinSolutions (compatibility listed for review; verify the dealership account)
  • DealerSocket (compatibility listed for review; verify the dealership account)
  • Elead (compatibility listed for review; verify the dealership account)
  • ProMax, AutoAlert, Reynolds Contact Management (compatibility listed for review; verify the dealership account)
  • Webhook delivery, subject to endpoint access and a successful test

These are systems to assess, not verified Chleb connectors. Confirm account permissions, supported read and write operations, and the receiving record before promising an integration. A phone transfer does not itself deliver a transcript or update a dealer CRM.

What to verify in a custom integration

Before you forward a real call

Use fictional caller and vehicle details with a test calendar. Check these five scenarios before forwarding real calls. These are checks to run, not results from a customer deployment.

  1. After-hours stock inquiry

    Pass evidence: A test caller's stock or vehicle details are saved, the availability response is clearly pending sales-team confirmation, and no inventory is invented.

    If it fails: Save the request for the sales team with the caller's details and state that a team member must confirm availability.

  2. Service or recall request

    Pass evidence: Using fictional vehicle details and a test calendar, confirm the appointment appears at the intended time. Repeat the request and check that only one appointment exists. Do not promise recall eligibility.

    If it fails: Save one callback request with the call details and ask the service team to confirm eligibility and scheduling.

  3. Parts or body-shop routing

    Pass evidence: Test parts and collision requests reach the intended department with the vehicle and contact details.

    If it fails: Save the request for a named team member and tell the caller when the department must follow up.

  4. Warm transfer during staffed hours

    Pass evidence: Call during staffed hours and confirm the intended person answers. Separately check that they receive the caller name, vehicle interest and reason for calling. Repeat with nobody answering.

    If it fails: If nobody answers, save the call details for the responsible team and offer the configured callback or appointment path.

  5. Unsupported dealer system

    Pass evidence: Ask the agent to use a dealer system that has not been connected. It should explain the limitation, without claiming to look up inventory or save a record there.

    If it fails: Give the request to the designated team member. Confirm the permitted connection and a successful test before offering automated delivery to that system.

Chleb AI in Tampa, Florida

Chleb AI is based in Tampa, Florida, and configures this dealership call flow for dealers in Tampa and across the United States. The published prices are $297 a month for the CRM, $899 a month for AI Receptionist + Chatbot, and $997 a month for the Front Office Bundle.

Frequently asked questions

What happens when a caller asks about a specific vehicle or stock number?

The AI collects the stock number or vehicle details along with the caller's contact info and sends it to your sales team, who confirm availability and follow up with next steps.

What does the AI do with a service call about a recall?

During setup we can configure a separate service intake for recall calls, so the AI collects the VIN or year, make, and model. The dealership must confirm recall eligibility and a test booking must appear once in the connected calendar before booking is promised.

How does an F&I question get handled on a sales call?

The AI can flag the finance question for your F&I team. The manager's availability and lease or finance options still need dealership confirmation; the illustrative call is not proof of a completed handoff.

Is this a per-call answering service or a flat monthly subscription?

Chleb AI is a flat monthly subscription: CRM at $297 a month, AI Receptionist + Chatbot at $899 a month, or the Front Office Bundle at $997 a month. Call minutes and emails are billed separately at carrier cost, not per call.

What if a caller asks for a manager or wants to escalate a complaint?

The AI captures the details and routes the call to your management escalation queue instead of trying to resolve it itself.

What does the AI do with a parts-department call?

It captures the part or vehicle detail the caller is asking about, along with their contact information, and routes it to your parts department instead of trying to look up inventory itself.

How does a trade-in appraisal request get handled?

The AI can collect the trade vehicle's year, make, model, and mileage and send a request to your appraisal team. The dealership must confirm receipt, eligibility, and timing; the illustrative call is not proof that an appraisal was queued.

Does it handle a body shop or collision repair call differently than a sales or service call?

A body shop or collision inquiry can be routed to the designated body shop or collision team, with vehicle details and caller contact information. Run a synthetic delivery test before promising that a specific team received it.

Does it integrate with my dealer CRM?

Compatibility is checked per dealership. The integration review lists VinSolutions, DealerSocket, Elead, ProMax, and AutoAlert for verification, while anything outside that set needs a separate compatibility decision or a separately tested webhook handoff.

What about live inventory lookup?

The AI collects the stock number or vehicle the caller asks about and sends it to your sales team to confirm availability. Your team can offer alternatives if a specific stock number is gone, in transit, or recently sold.

Can it transfer a hot prospect to a live salesperson during business hours?

A warm transfer can be configured during staffed hours, but test whether the person answers and receives the call details separately. If the recipient does not answer, retain the name, vehicle interest, and intent for the designated team and use the approved callback or appointment path.

Service department wants its own flow. Possible?

Service calls can use a separate intake (VIN or year, make, and model, service type, customer pay vs warranty, advisor assignment). The appointment must appear at an eligible time in the correct service calendar, without duplicates, in a test before direct booking is promised.

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