40,000km service....not happy, but now even.

[tony1234]

Yeah,that injector service is revenue raising for the dealer(costs them next to nothing).On my previous car (Subaru Liberty)they tried to hit me with that at 20k!!WTF.A good friend is an ex Subaru SM and he told me you shouldn't need injector service before 100k.or unless you have an injector problem.some dealers will try anything to extract more money out of you.Tell them BEFORE you leave your car for service NO additives at all if HA doesn't include it as part of the service you don't want it.I've had bad experiences with this sort of thing before and it really pisses me off.

[Spicey]

Subarus are bad for gumming up the top (sides ) of their engines, hence why an injector service would have been offered so early.

The injector service Slugoid would have been offered would have been like a Wynns RCP (Remote Control Purge) or something similar. We recommend them at around 40,000-50,000kms at a price of $159. Believe it or not, it does work and is especially helpful on higher mileage vehicles. It is done by a machine being hooked up to the fuel rail and the cars normal fuel pump is disabled. Then your engine runs on a special "injector cleaning" fluid supplied by the machine hooked up to the fuel rail. It not only cleans your injectors but also fuel rail, inlet runners, valves and combustion chambers.

[Antonio 84]

Hey are u Victor from eXclusive? If so think I remember u from a few cruises.

I took my Euro to New World Honda in Berwick for it's 50k Service. Price quite reasonable I thought although 40k is probably more major. Maybe give them a call before the next one and see what price they estimate. Customer Service was very good which is a plus in my books.

Only thing I didn't like is that they couldn't wash it thanks to water restrictions lol

[Atjo]

My 40K service only cost me $350 cause i used my own oil and they didn't change the air filter since i'm using injen CAI.

[E-Gene]

When I had my CAI, my previous service centre still charged me for changing my air filter. What a joke!

[Zdster]

The dilemma I face is that I want the "Honda stamp" in my log books, but am continually amazed at the sort of stuff that is messed up at dealerships (ie overtightened oil filters that they had tried to remedy by backing it off and destroying the seal ).

[tony1234]

Subarus are bad for gumming up the top (sides ) of their engines, hence why an injector service would have been offered so early.

The injector service Slugoid would have been offered would have been like a Wynns RCP (Remote Control Purge) or something similar. We recommend them at around 40,000-50,000kms at a price of $159. Believe it or not, it does work and is especially helpful on higher mileage vehicles. It is done by a machine being hooked up to the fuel rail and the cars normal fuel pump is disabled. Then your engine runs on a special "injector cleaning" fluid supplied by the machine hooked up to the fuel rail. It not only cleans your injectors but also fuel rail, inlet runners, valves and combustion chambers.

But every 12500km service Subaru say to use upper cylinder cleaner which i did and i never had any injector problems(car had 88k when i sold it).

[tknova]

I think it's a stupid upsale to try and change the pads on a 40,000km service

I had my old 05 honda for a 40,000km service and honda told me that i only had 2 or 3k left in the rear pads

I told them not to do it as i would change them myself

I went to change the rear pads and supprise supprise, They had atleast 10k or 15k left!

I've spoken to some other honda owners and they told me that on there 40,000km service Honda have always tried to do the same thing and say your pads are on the way.

[tony1234]

I think it's a stupid upsale to try and change the pads on a 40,000km service

I had my old 05 honda for a 40,000km service and honda told me that i only had 2 or 3k left in the rear pads

I told them not to do it as i would change them myself

I went to change the rear pads and supprise supprise, They had atleast 10k or 15k left!

I've spoken to some other honda owners and they told me that on there 40,000km service Honda have always tried to do the same thing and say your pads are on the way.

Hmm.Interesting.I'll keep that in mind.

[aaronng]

Depends on the dealer. At my 40,000km/2 year service, my dealer told me my front pads had 60% and my rear pads had 70% left

[Rice_4_life]

lol, well amazingly I've seen a jazz hit metal at only 19,xxxkm owner must have been riding the brakes hard. I tend to bend the wear indicator a bit back to give more mileage out of them, cos if you've ever seen one the indicator are pretty far in, only for my car god knows how many idiots think the unusual squealing was "normal"

[alexander_the]

Hey, been there.

Did my 40,000 last week at one of the largest dealerships in Sydney. In the morning I have signed a paper where estimated cost of service has been recorder 273.95. Came back at 5:30, 550.00 dollar bill was waiting for me:
Apart from service:
- pollen filter $70 (which has been replaced at the 30k service)
- wheel alignment (got new tyres 3 weeks ago with alignment and balance)
- interior purification 90 bucks!
- etc

Anyway, i refused to pay extra 200.00, called their service manager and told him, to remove a new filter, fart in the cabin to remove 'purification' and dis balance my wheels, as i was not going to pay for it. At the end, paid 300.00 and left. Received a call in two days with apologies and 20% discount for the next service.

Sometimes you have to be a pain in the the back, just not to get ripped off!