Totally wrong they check all the valve clearances at 40k intervals as part of the service. Valve adjustments if done properly should make the engine more quieter if the they are loose. If they are not adjusted properly they can ride and burn the valves. If the valves are burnt you will have to pull the head off and would be a costly experience.
When you go to the dealer you are paying for the service, knowledge, experience. The technicians are Honda trained and have access to techinical bulletins, proper work shop manuals, honda HDS computer, Honda workshop tools to support for the Honda product.
There are big over heads in opening up a dealership and i can bet you $1M that if Joe blows workshop had overheads as high as the dealers have and charge what they charge they would probly go under in no time.
You get what you pay for and my question to all you Euro owners whether its more worth it to spend $XXX now or $XXXX amount later??
Originally Posted by conroe
Actually I don't think they do unless you made a complaint about losing power. I believe in many new cars they don't look at the valve clearances, because if it is not done properly, it will make it worst instead.
When I first got my 10k service, the Honda dealer charged me $210 + my own oil. I feel they are ripping me off. I never take my car back to them ever since.
local dealer quoted me $448 for 60000 service which I thought was excessive so rang Klosters in Newcastle who quoted $278 which is for oil, oilfilter and brake fluid change.Rang my local dealership back about the $170 dollar differance in price,their reply was there is a billing code error on their computer system and that they will charge me the same price as Klosters.Rang honda about another matter today (headlights with moisture) and asked about the differance in price,the said that the dealers are franchises and that honda do not set or reccomend serviceing costs that is up to the dealers.
50k service due, was quoted 170$ from honda..is that good price? and also i put the oil last week, fully drained and refilled with new oil, should i ask them to reduce the price by 30$? is that how it works? also would anyone know how much they would/should charge for machining the discs??
Back to office.... service was completed around 9.00 but they took sometime to fix a rattle in the steering (air bag) area, so got the car back at around 9.30 or so.... Steering rattle was still there, but not so noticeable as previously.
Cost, around $198, plus wheel balancing (not sure got alignment, will have to refer to the receipt).
I'm going to book mine for a 60k/70k service coz i just bought the car and the odo is now at 69k. The prev owner skipped the 60k service.
Do you guys know what its gonna cost me?
Funny thing is I have a 1yr warranty from the dealer i bought the car with an existing 2yr Honda warranty on top of that. Should I use the dealer or Honda?
Guys, i just rang 3 places to get the price on 40k service for my 2005 AccordEuro.
Well, here's what i was quoted
Hanny's 1) 200-300 depending if fuel filter needs changing (guy wasn't sure - do'h?)
Parra Honda 2) ~500 (had to give them vin no to get a quote WTF?! probably they give different quotes to ppl for same thing all the time?!)
Artarmon Honda 3) 550
Any advice?
I'm more inclined to go with Parra Honda as they're not the cheapest and not the dearest (plus close to my home). Anyone had any experience with them? I'd appreciate the feedback here or PM.
Thanks!!
Originally Posted by conroe
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