Dealerships, which generally benefit from recalls that bring customers into their stores, do car dealerships make money on recalls to lose a lot more than they gain from the massive recall that has been triggered by the Volkswagen scandal. Car recalls have become all makke familiar to U. Car makers foot the bill for recalls—for consumers, the only cost is their time. For dealerships, they are an opportunity to get customers into their showrooms, where they can coax them into having that undercoating service, after all. See also: Volkswagen executive testifies to Congress. But that is only the case for a typical safety ca, car specialists say. Volkswagen VW, The recall may leave Dealershipa. Adding to the pain, Volkswagen hasn’t told dealers and consumers how exactly it will fix the problem. Some are not even sure a fix exists for at least some the diesel engines involved in the recall.