At the outset of the pandemic, most dealership service departments began sanitizing vehicles not only to set customers' minds at ease but also to protect their workers.
But in May 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clarified that touching surfaces that might have the virus on them is "not thought to be the main way the virus spreads." And as the nation begins to slowly reopen and more people get vaccinated, the unease and fear that gripped much of the country the past 15 months is subsiding.
Regardless, many service departments don't plan to stop sanitizing customers' vehicles.