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Brought my truck in today for oil/tire rotation & dealership called suggesting
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:39 am
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:39 am
that I get the following maintenance done:
air filter: $55
wiper blades: $49
fuel service: $239 (
)
engine coolant service: $159
rear differential service: $159
transmission service: $211
rear brake drum service: $60
tune up: $500
I'll do the air filter and wipers myself. I told them to go ahead and service the rear brakes. The technician told me that everything in bold is stuff that I don't necessarily need to have done today, but that it will need to be done in the near future. How bad are they trying to frick me?
FWIW, my truck has just over 99k miles on it and I've been bringing it in for the oil change/rotation/inspection every 6k miles. They've suggested minor maintenance before, but nothing this extensive. Which of these issues should I address first? Can I get by without getting some of this done? I knew that I'd be needing a tune up at 100k, but I wasn't sure about the fuel, engine coolant, rear differential and transmission services.
air filter: $55
wiper blades: $49
fuel service: $239 (
) engine coolant service: $159
rear differential service: $159
transmission service: $211
rear brake drum service: $60
tune up: $500
I'll do the air filter and wipers myself. I told them to go ahead and service the rear brakes. The technician told me that everything in bold is stuff that I don't necessarily need to have done today, but that it will need to be done in the near future. How bad are they trying to frick me?
FWIW, my truck has just over 99k miles on it and I've been bringing it in for the oil change/rotation/inspection every 6k miles. They've suggested minor maintenance before, but nothing this extensive. Which of these issues should I address first? Can I get by without getting some of this done? I knew that I'd be needing a tune up at 100k, but I wasn't sure about the fuel, engine coolant, rear differential and transmission services.
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Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:40 am to ForeverLSU02
Engine coolant can be done way cheaper yourself
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:40 am to ForeverLSU02
Nothing I enjoy more than taking my car in for some routine service and having a mechanic shove a "dirty" air filter in my face while I'm waiting.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:41 am to ForeverLSU02
Read diff is usually easy to do yourself.
Trans service is hit or miss from what I read. What year truck?
Trans service is hit or miss from what I read. What year truck?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:41 am to ForeverLSU02
They are a business attempting to upsell and create more business.
I doubt they're "trying to frick you"
They have to pay the tech's salary along with the service writer's salary. That's why a shop's labor rate is $65 per hour and up.
I doubt they're "trying to frick you"
They have to pay the tech's salary along with the service writer's salary. That's why a shop's labor rate is $65 per hour and up.
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 10:42 am
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:41 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
my truck has just over 99k miles on it
They are trying to get you to believe that something changes at 100K and your vehicle needs all this extra maintenance, special oil and other crap. Get the filter and wipers and bounce.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:41 am to ForeverLSU02
I think the wiper blades is the funniest part. You need them replaced today
I flushed the engine coolant myself at around 130,000 miles on my truck. Wayyyy cheaper. Not the easiest thing in the world but can be done following YouTube videos.
I flushed the engine coolant myself at around 130,000 miles on my truck. Wayyyy cheaper. Not the easiest thing in the world but can be done following YouTube videos.
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 10:44 am
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:42 am to brgfather129
quote:One of my headlights had just blown out the last time that I brought my truck in for routine service. They wanted $65 to change out a fricking bulb
Nothing I enjoy more than taking my car in for some routine service and having a mechanic shove a "dirty" air filter in my face while I'm waiting.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:42 am to jimbeam
quote:
Engine coolant can be done way cheaper yourself
Yeah they want to charge extra for environmental fees and disposal... blah blah blah.
You can save a lot of money by just dumping it in the ditch behind your house.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:43 am to roadGator
quote:'11 Sierra
What year truck?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:43 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
wiper blades: $49
Are they made of Titanium? Jesus
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:44 am to terd ferguson
You could bring it to auto zone for a nominal fee
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:45 am to ForeverLSU02
if you haven't done any of that service to the truck before, i would think you need some.
you're pushing 100k, so you will need other systems to be addressed besides just the regular maintenance every 6k.
most of that you can youtube and learn to do yourself, if you don't want to pay the labor.
congrats to you though, if you have a truck pushing 100k and no other service besides the 6k maintenance.
you might want to write a book on how to properly own a truck.
you're pushing 100k, so you will need other systems to be addressed besides just the regular maintenance every 6k.
most of that you can youtube and learn to do yourself, if you don't want to pay the labor.
congrats to you though, if you have a truck pushing 100k and no other service besides the 6k maintenance.
you might want to write a book on how to properly own a truck.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:46 am to ForeverLSU02
Your owners manual should give you recommended mileages for those services
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:48 am to ForeverLSU02
Can I rebuild your transmission after they mess it up?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:48 am to akimoto
quote:Most cars these days can easily make it well beyond 100k with nothing but routine maintenance.
congrats to you though, if you have a truck pushing 100k and no other service besides the 6k maintenance.
you might want to write a book on how to properly own a truck.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:49 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
wiper blades: $49 air filter: $55
Both can be installed at autozone for free.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:49 am to ForeverLSU02
quote:
transmission service: $211
Depending on what this entails, there's a chance this could actually damage your transmission. This is especially true if they're going to do a transmission "flush & fill". Here's as good of an explanation as I've found on why you don't want to do this....
quote:
The only ones who do recommend flushing as a maintenance procedure are the companies that sell the flush machines and the shops that buy them. The flush machine manufacturers state quite clearly in their operating manuals not to use their machines on "high-mileage vehicles". That simple statement proves that flushing is not a safe procedure. It also absolves them of any responsibility of any damage that may occur due to the use of their equipment. This leaves the shop wholly responsible for anything that happens and the cost of correcting the damage that occurs.
The Dangers Of Flushing...
Flush machines do what they say; they force high pressure cleaning solvents back through the engine and transmission and clean out some of the accumulated junk that has formed. Now engines have small passages and galleries through which oil or automatic transmission fluid flow and there are one-way valves that keep the fluids from backtracking for whatever reason. By using an aggressive cleaning procedure like flushing, large chunks of accumulated sludge are broken off and forced backwards through these galleries and valves and, more often than not, lodge tightly and block them. This cuts off the normal flow of the fluid and causes lack of lubrication in an engine and abnormal or no shifting in a transmission. The results are expensive repairs, or more often, engine or transmission replacement.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:49 am to WDE24
quote:
Most cars these days can easily make it well beyond 100k with nothing but routine maintenance.
I would call everything in his post routine or at least preventive
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:49 am to Darth_Vader
Yea take Darths advice on this. Don't do that.
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