Every time I take my car, they always find things to be done to charge me extra. One time up to $1,000. The car has a little over 30,000 mls. Can I just take it to Good year tire?
2006-11-22 13:59:47 · 16 answers · asked by spot 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Subaru
No, if it was just and oil change you can take it any where you like, make sure they use a compatible filter and that the drain plug is okay. But because you have 30,000 miles on it. it is a big service that is due. In this case you should take it to the dealer or a garage that can service those items required. The reason this needs to be done is if you do not follow the proper maintenance as outlined in the manual, Subaru could void the warranty. Because it's an '03 with a 2.5 litre engine it is known for bad engine knock. If the engine knocks (sounds like a diesel) you may have piston slap which could eventually ruin the engine. You don't want to void the 5 year/60,000 mile warranty. You need it. I've seen lots of these.
30,000 mile service:
LOF, check all fluids
Check Brakes, belts, hoses
Check plugs and wires
change fuel/air filter
reset ECM etc.
http://www.subaru.com/owners/schedules/schedules.jsp?schedulepage=2003myfed.html
2006-11-23 07:23:24 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$1000? I'll do it for $700 if you bring it here.
You are getting raked over the coals. Any oil change place can do this for you if you are uncomfortable with doing it yourself.
Save yourself some big money by learning to do this yourself. I'd always get it done ($15-20 each time) and saw that most of these places had 17 year old kids working there. How hard could it be, right?
It was as easy as making toast and I'm embarrassed to say I paid someone else to do it for all that time. You'll need to spend $10 on equipment (an oil drain pan and an oil filter wrench) that you'll keep.
You also need to buy oil and oil filters for each oil change. Oil is cheap. My truck only takes 4 quarts of oil, so a case of it will last for 3 oil changes and the filters are $5 each.
Neither your dealer, nor the Jiffy Lube guy have any special way that they change the oil that you couldn't do yourself in your driveway in about 15 minutes.
If your dealer knows that you know how to change your own oil, they're less likely to charge you for blinker fluid when you need real work done - maybe they'll throw it in for free.
2006-11-22 22:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by DA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can take your car anywhere you like for an oil change. You don't have to take you car to the dealership. The dealership will keep finding more problems and over charging you because they did it to you once so now they know they can. Believe me the dealerships are the most expensive alternative and all the new things they find wrong with your car once they get it in the shop is just a way to get more money out of you. You don't have to agree to let them fix anything other than what you brought the car in for.
2006-11-22 22:11:39 · answer #3 · answered by ButtrflyB 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Take it to a good, reputable shop, and just keep track of all maintenance in your warranty booklet or other booklet if the warranty has expired. Double-check to make sure you get warranty work done at the Subaru dealer if it's specified that way. One thing you can do is to take the car to your favorite mechanic two or three times a year, and get him to assess any work that needs to be done other than routine maintenance, before you take into the dealer. Pay him a small fee for this - agree on it beforehand. Car dealers' repair shops are notorious for finding things that need to be done - but are not really necessary. (I had an '88 Subaru wagon and loved it! They're good cars.)
2006-11-22 22:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by TitoBob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow! I've not had that experience with the Saturn dealership here... I will tell you this - I take my Saturn to the dealership, because they keep a file of all the maintenance that has been done on the car. That's what sold me on it when I bought it, so I figured why ruin a good thing. However, to answer your question - No, it is not necessary. You can get it done anywhere RELIABLE that is.
2006-11-22 22:06:55 · answer #5 · answered by Nuttie Nettie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An oil change is an oil change go where you like, but look in your owners manual for what needs to be maintained when. The deal will charge extremely high prices to do the same thing you could do at Walmart or Goodyear.
2006-11-22 22:05:10 · answer #6 · answered by Todd C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
honey u can take ur car anywhere to get the oil change but where ever u take it, ur going to get suckered into something more then just the oil change. anywhere u go being a female they are going to take advantage of that....they think we dont know anything.....but anytime u feel ur being held for a sucker take ur car for a second opinion, 9 times out of 10 there is nothing wrong!
2006-11-22 22:03:51 · answer #7 · answered by greenmm0500 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will say these people are ripping you off, you can take your car anywhere you want, all you have to do is get a receipt of everything you do to your car, and remember to keep them in a safe place just in case of something happening to the car engine. when you take it to the dealer, they will ask you to show them receipt of every oil change done to the car every 3000 miles since the day you quit taking it to the dealer. but after that, you are really getting ripped off.
2006-11-22 22:35:08 · answer #8 · answered by Eli 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I have over 220,000 miles on my Subaru and have never had the oil changed. Just keep it full and change the oil filter before it rusts off.
wondering if everybody reads down to the bottom
Just kidding guys, gesh
2006-11-22 22:18:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oil change: a simple job, you should be able to
do it yourself or use the local mechanic.
Avoid the brand workshops once the warranty
has run out.
2006-11-23 02:41:02 · answer #10 · answered by swenson0 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋