re: Oil change shop air filter up charge….WTF

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Take it to the dealership for oil changes. If you have issues that arise post warranty, dealers and the automaker can pull up service history and provide assistance if needed.
If you diy oil changes make sure you keep receipts and note the mileage.

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Only with a reputable dealer. I bought a F250 Gas truck in 2014 and at 16K miles the engine had to be replaced. Bearings failed. At about 25K it started doing the same thing. Dealer said it was due to inadequate oil changes. When I mentioned that if the oil had been changed wrong or inadequately they had done it and I had the receipts to prove it they backed away from that and claimed the vehicle had more miles on it than the odometer read. Again, I pointed out to them that were that they case they sold it that way. As it turns out the manufacturer, knowing that dealers CAN adjust odometers on digital odometers far easier than they could with analog odometers can read an odometer remotely from the vehicles onboard computer. Only the manufacturer can do this, none of their service departments have the technology to do it because the manufacturer uses it to ensure the dealer is not screwing the manufacturer. The odometer was right as rain. Dealer still wanted $5K to replace the engine...something about consumables LOL. Ford finally bought the truck back and I bought a GMC. That truck sat on the used car lot at that dealer about 3 days and they had sold it to another buyer so Ford was AT least complacent in that. They may have put a motor in it but they tried to talk me into allowing them to replace the bearings in the chasis instead of replacing the motor. That used to be fairly common when engines were worn out at 100K miles but the expectation to day is that an engine should last far longer than that...and it is damned near impossible to change bearings with no machining and machining in place, where technically possible, is not practical nor sufficiently accurate.

Dealership service departments are often only cursorily associated with the dealership...they are, in my experience, far more corrupt than a local repair shop with a good reputation.