Maybe you'll get to ride in her new TRX...Don't get me started, the wife is already drooling over the idea, it's her truck...
Maybe you'll get to ride in her new TRX...Don't get me started, the wife is already drooling over the idea, it's her truck...
$22.50 is probably what an OEM filter costs, not to mention the labor. I suspect it's one of the easy ones to change though, not like my G35, wife's Fusion, etc which both require disassembly of the dashboard !! If I had a car at the dealership and they offered to change the cabin filter or engine filter and I knew they were truly due, I'm willing to pay a reasonable rate. I've seen Honda dealers charge $99 to change them when all that's required is opening the glove box, release the hangers, and open the filter door. Nope !....and having the cabin air filter changed was very reasonable as well
Maybe you'll get to ride in her new TRX...
BUT, is it in the FCA owner's/service manual ? If it is, and it is referred to in the sales contract as a term for free oil changes, then they can require it.This is the dealership requirement for the free oil changes, it has nothing to do with FCA warranty requirements beyond having the oil changes recorded, which I do per the OLM, which is a much longer duration than the dealership recommends.
I've wrenched on all my own vehicles over the years, this is a vehicle that's still under warranty, so I like to keep all of these services recorded in case it matters in the event there is a warranty claim. Once it's out of service, I may start doing some of it myself, but we'll see.
If you think this is expensive, you'd lose your mind as to the price of a brake job on the Jeep.
The dealership labour rate is $120/hr BTW, so the brake service was roughly 2 hours.
When I had the timing belt on my Accord replaced, the Honda dealer (not the one here) told me my cabin filter was dirty and they had changed it. Wanted to charge $80 labour. I said I didn't ask for or want that done and that I changed it regularly myself.$22.50 is probably what an OEM filter costs, not to mention the labor. I suspect it's one of the easy ones to change though, not like my G35, wife's Fusion, etc which both require disassembly of the dashboard !! If I had a car at the dealership and they offered to change the cabin filter or engine filter and I knew they were truly due, I'm willing to pay a reasonable rate. I've seen Honda dealers charge $99 to change them when all that's required is opening the glove box, release the hangers, and open the filter door. Nope !
BUT, is it in the FCA owner's/service manual ? If it is, and it is referred to in the sales contract as a term for free oil changes, then they can require it.
If it is not in the FCA manual, and not spelled out specifically as to procedures and intervals in the sale contract, they cannot require it.
Either you did, or did not agree to this specific thing at the point of sale. They cannot add terms not detailed in the contract that are unique to them for free oil changes.
Frankly, it seems a bit counterproductive to me to have to take it to them and wait, when you are supplying your own oil and filter anyway so it would take less time to DIY and then you don't risk them screwing anything up, unless you live somewhere that prohibits even this minimal level of vehicle work. I mean you don't even have to jack that vehicle up to do the oil change, right?
Yes, that was my reasoning. That's why I was hoping for Trav's feedback, being the Injector guy, as I expect he'd confirm that and was hoping he'd weigh-in.Since I use Top Tier fuel only, I see no need to ever do a fuel injection service.
I've never had this service done myself either.Since I use Top Tier fuel only, I see no need to ever do a fuel injection service.
I've never had this service done myself either.
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Good to know! Thank you!On some vehicles, while the manufacturer never calls it out for maintenance, it can definitely end up being needed. I have a G35 with Nissan's VQ35 engine and occasionally experienced the RPM dropping low enough to cause the engine to shudder (it would typically do this when going from speed and slowing/stopping at a stop sign, red light, etc). Or, 1-2 times, it started, sputtered, then died but would immediately restart and run good. I cleaned the throttle bodies and the build-up was definitely having an impact. Since cleaning, it's idled perfectly.
Exactly. Free isnāt free.Requiring things like that is how the dealer makes up for the "free" oil changes.
I've bought a LOT of vehicles there and probably saved north of 100K because of the deals the owner, who is a friend of mine, has given me. Definitely not going to stop using the dealer, but I will mention my issue as to the necessity of this "service" to him the next time it comes up.My brother-in-law is a service manager at a dealership and I asked him about the injector cleaning one day...if he sold them...he said, Iād only sell them if I didnāt have a soul. And Iām a tech, I feel exactly the same way.
The brake service sounds nice. Cabin filter is a good price at 20 something bucks.
Iād stop using this dealer for my āfree oil changesā as soon as you possibly can, because Youāre going to be way behind the eight ball as these services add up.
Well, to be honest, if your friend has saved you $100,000 dollars...I wouldnāt ask him about a $130.00 dollar injector cleaning service. Haha.I've bought a LOT of vehicles there and probably saved north of 100K because of the deals the owner, who is a friend of mine, has given me. Definitely not going to stop using the dealer, but I will mention my issue as to the necessity of this "service" to him the next time it comes up.
Well, to be honest, if your friend has saved you $100,000 dollars...I wouldnāt ask him about a $130.00 dollar injector cleaning service. Haha.
Throttle body on many vehicles are very dirty after 50,000 miles.Ive never cleaned an injector or throttle body on any car I've ever owned.
Cabin air filter is fine.
Brakes probably needed.
Not a biggies either way.
He knows, I doubt he had any knowledge about what we were billed for unless he's actually a believer in said injector service, in which case he may have thought it was the right thing to do. I've considered that perspective as well.Apparently the service manager isn't aware of your BFF status with the owner. Yet.