Originally Posted by andy2812

And hence the problem with paying for the things that are included in a 30K service that they just check/inspect. A portion of the $500 you paid them for the 30K service is for them to inspect your brakes. Now they want full price to change your brakes when they already have the tires off.

You shouldn't have to pay them to inspect the brakes AND pay them
full price to replace your brakes. I don't know of any other place that charges you extra to inspect your brakes if you wind up having them replaced there.

In addition paying them to inspect any of the other things that would be covered under warranty is pointless. I mean think about it, if you had a bad alternator that was covered under warranty, they wouldn't ask you to pay for them to inspect the alternator if they found a problem with it.

The bottom line is that dealer services are not there to service your car. They are there to service the dealers pockets since they always seem to add a lot of fluff type things that don't really need to be done and that the manufacturer doesn't require.

Originally Posted by superb16

THANK YOU!!!! That's why I don't even bother with this scheduled maintenance bullshyt! And when your brakes are going bad, you'll know it. Just listen for the squeak.

Originally Posted by cato

Or find out the hard way by having a collision.