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title: Why Is My “We Miss You” Template Sending Without Merge Tags?
description: Learn why the We Miss You template does not support vehicle merge tags and how to fix merge tag issues in AppFueled. Remove unsupported tags or switch to the Service Alert template for vehicle-based messaging.
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# Why Is My “We Miss You” Template Sending Without Merge Tags?

## Is your We Miss You template is sending with merge tag text such as: ${Vehicle.Vehicle Make} or ${Vehicle.Vehicle Model} instead of displaying actual customer vehicle information? 

#### ***Watch this 👀\*\*step-by-step guide\*\* ***

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#### **🧩 Why This Happens**

The **We Miss You** template is **not vehicle-specific**.  
It is triggered when a customer **hasn’t visited your shop in a while**, and does *not* attach to a specific repair order or vehicle.

Because of this, any **vehicle-based merge tags** in the template will **not populate** and will send as raw script.

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#### **✅ How to Fix It**

Remove all vehicle-specific merge tags from the **We Miss You** template.

#### Steps:

1. Log in to the **Admin Panel**
   
     - Go to [InstantAutoSite Admin Panel](https://www.instantautosite.net/login).
2. Navigate to: **Marketing → Templates**
   
   **![AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025\_01\_58\_PM](https://appfueled.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_01_58_PM.jpeg?width=552&height=179&name=AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_01_58_PM.jpeg)**
3. Click **Customers** and Scroll to find **We Miss You**
   
   **![AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025\_01\_54\_PM](https://appfueled.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_01_54_PM.png?width=510&height=304&name=AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_01_54_PM.png)**
4. Remove all **vehicle based** merge tags from:
   
     - Email script
     - Text message script
     - Push notification script
5. Click **Update** after modifying **each** message type

After removing the merge tags, your template will send correctly.

 

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#### **🚗 Want to Use Vehicle-Specific Merge Tags?**

If your strategy requires referencing the customer’s vehicle, switch to the **Service Alert (Coupon)** template instead.

This template **supports vehicle merge tags**, including: 

`${Vehicle.Vehicle Model} ${Vehicle.Vehicle Make}`

#### To enable the Service Alert template:

1. Navigate to: **Marketing → Templates**
   
   **![AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025\_01\_58\_PM](https://appfueled.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_01_58_PM.jpeg?width=552&height=179&name=AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_01_58_PM.jpeg)**
2. Click **Customers →Service Alert**
3. Toggle the template **ON**
4. **![AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025\_02\_01\_PM](https://appfueled.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_02_01_PM.jpeg?width=670&height=298&name=AppFueledTM-Admin-Panel-Marketing-11-24-2025_02_01_PM.jpeg)**
5. Click **Update**

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