Services Cost Fee..

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Originally Posted by Jus-10

Even the 40,000km service they only replace the oil, oil filter and air filter....they inspect all this crap that they say takes hours...it's rubbish!

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You may have a point, but given that

(a) doing it yourself can void the warranty, and then
(b) if you have to take it somewhere, it may as well be to a dealer who does a good job,

I take mine to Collins Honda @ rockdale they aren't the cheapest or most expensive, but they seem to do a thorough job... I believe they do check alot of things as they've come back to me in the past and mentioned small things like missing screws/buttons etc.

I've noticed that some areas of Sydney seem to have somewhat inflated prices compared to others so it might be worth going out of your way to save $100...

For example. my mate just rang around for a 20,000 service. He normally went to Rose Bay and they quoted $370. Scotts at Artarmon was ~$300. Collins is ~$260. I reckon the dealers in Sydney's somewhat more prestigous eastern/northern suburbs are inflating the price a bit...

- Andrew

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Originally Posted by kuso

1000km $50
10000km $130
20000km $202

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That's ok man. where abouts did u get them done?

southside honda

I always rely on my trusted friend mechanic for my Jazz service, all my service is done by him since new! So When I was about to get my 40K km service in May 2004, I was curious about Honda dealer prices so I got a quote from Scots Artarmon and they said $640!
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The costs for 40K service include replace 1) fuel filter; $130 just for the part 2) spark plugs; $40each because its platinum plugs 3) HOnda Oil & filter; $50 4) Air Filter; $80 I think 5) check everything else.

Anyway, I took my car to my mechanic he looked at the maintenance schedule and said 1) don't get spark plugs bcos they are platinum and were designed to last 100K km. He just told me replace spark plugs later, like next 50K or 60K service. So i listened to him and replaced at 50K km :) When he took the plugs out, he showed me and said "still almost new" so I think he kept it and cleaned it for his own Jazz haha.

He also own a Jazz but 3 weeks after delivery, his wife turning right at T-intersection didnt see approaching car, and the car hit the Jazz on side causing it to flip on its roof, car was write-off. Insurance paid a new car but had to wait for delivery - 3months! hehe

Anyway, got my AT fluid changed recently, cost me $90 including Honda fluid.

BUT my mechanic refused to change my brake fluid? because he said he changed a Accord Euro recently and the brakes just locked up?anyone can suggest how this happened?

Try DIY..You may learn more about your car.

diy voids warranty though... if you don't have alot of money to play around with... you'd kinda want to keep at least some of the warranty - at least on major engine components. Servicing it yourself will void it completely ?

But yea I think someone already mentioned that oh well.



I wouldn't mind learning more about the car

If you are A licensed mechanic, you can DIU and still be covered by warranty :)

Or if you're friend is a mechanic, just DIU and if you have problems, get your friends to backdate the service book :)

haha nice

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Originally Posted by ACE888

If you are A licensed mechanic, you can DIU and still be covered by warranty :)

Or if you're friend is a mechanic, just DIU and if you have problems, get your friends to backdate the service book :)

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HAHAHA... DIY or DIU??... DIU = http://board.hondasociety.com/images...ilies/hump.gif

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Originally Posted by ahcash

HAHAHA... DIY or DIU??... DIU = http://board.hondasociety.com/images...ilies/hump.gif

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Originally Posted by ahcash

HAHAHA... DIY or DIU??... DIU = http://board.hondasociety.com/images...ilies/hump.gif

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yo yo yo its DIY not DIU HAHAHA sillly me?!