My 30,000 mile service is here, and needs to get done. I went to Infiniti to see how much it would be. It turns out that it's about $500-$600 to get it done, it seemed a little steep so I went to Nissan to ask how much they charged. It turns out they charge about half the price... $300.

I asked the service manager at Nissan what it is that gets changed/serviced. He pretty much showed me the list with oil, oil filter, in cabin filter, tranny fluid, etc.. I asked about the drive belts since it says "Replace engine drive belts", he said they don't do that, they just inspect them, and for the "Replace engine coolant/flush system" they just check to see if it's ok, and if fluids are needed all they do is "top it off".

Well I'm here thinking to myself if they are just "topping off fluids, and checking belts what the hell am i paying for?" what else is it that they skip out on and don't change, how would I know that they did change my tranny oil and replaced differential oil?? and didn't just leave it as is. It seems that all they are going to do is a very expensive oil change.

I'm not sure what to do at this point, any suggestions? thanks.

 

yeah mine is up to, curious on what they accually do, since i change my oil and check all my fluids myself, is there anything that they need to check/replace, that I cant do?

 

same here...

ill come back to this thread to see what others did...hoepfully my local infinitis isnt more than 300

 

.....anyone

 

Try giving our service dept a call.

439 gets you the following:
synthetic oil change (and filter)
inspection of... everything (exhaust, steering, axle, suspension, battery, brakes, drive shaft, bushings, vacuum hoses, etc)
tire rotation if applicable
tire balancing if needed
new air filter
new in-cabin microfilter
transmission fluid exchange

 

so is that all they do? If so, i already do all that!

 

This is a good resource. I've compared the list to the older model service schedules and it looks identical.

http://x.infinitihelp.com/maintenance/

 

How much is just the tranny fluid exchange?

 

YEAH I THINK THATS THE ONLY THING I DONT WANT TO DO HAHA

 

All the prices above sound high to me.

 

Also says they "Replace differential oil"... wonder how much is to get that done.

 

Question what in the hell is the in cabin filter? Is that on my Z?

 

Nevermind just did a little searching and there isn't one on the Z.

 

can't speak for infiniti service since I've only had my car for a week. but in general on my previous car the major services, ie. 30k, 60k, etc, they include alot of optional services in the price. these are things like valve adjustment which may or not need to be done. they inspect them and if they need work it's no charge above what they quoted but if they don't need work they discount the difference.

 

After 4 1/2 years of ownership with 24,000 miles I have only done oil changes, and air and a/c filter. I will never give the stealerships all that pure profit.