Ive had this nissan altima since the day I drove it off the car lot and about 3 months ago the head gasket was blown, ever since that Ive been looking for a good mechanic that I can trust to work on the vehicle I live in Dallas,TX and have been doing some research on price quotes and the majorityt of them all was of course TrophyNissan.com they were asking for about $3,200.00 dollars, and the mest up thing is that my vehicle had a recall last year over the catback and also the head gasket which were blown out last year also, but I had a 1 year warranty on the both of them and now since that warranty barely passed me over a month im forced and screwed to pay off the vehicle and also the maintenance, anyways I realized why does it cost so much many places the labor cost more than the parts lol, if anyone from the DallasFortWorth,TX area knows a good shop that can stick within the budget for me about $1500.00 or cheaper than that please let me know this is affecting my life alot GODBLESS
2006-11-25 11:50:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Don't give up on the dealer.I would call the service manager and ask for help in this problem.Ask him to contact the Factory Rep.for that dealership.Tell them you love your Nissan,but this has put a bad taste in your mouth.You are looking to up grade soon and now that this has happen you may look at the Toyota's or the Honda's.You want to stay with Nissan and if they help with the cost of this repair you will for sure buy another Nissan.
I'm a former Nissan Service Manager and I've helped many with this kind of repair.the Factory pays the Labor you may have to pay for the parts.That would keep you under the figure you state.
2006-11-25 19:54:13 · answer #1 · answered by plysocr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many miles are there on the car? Did you try calling Nissan? Keeping customers, buying another new Altima/Maxima is what Nissan wants. The facts you stated was the head gasket replaced under warranty or did you pay for it? Not saying We at Thornhill Nissan in Fort Worth can do anything but it does not hurt to ask my Service manager " Rodger Larkin" if there is anything Nissan can do? But please get all of your receipts ready. Nissan really likes to see if all or most of your car servicing was carried out at the Nissan Dealer.
2006-11-25 12:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to get that done for $1500 or less: check out iATN.net They have a list of good shops around the country.
At my place that job would start at less than $1000
http://econofix.com
2006-11-25 12:04:15 · answer #3 · answered by econofix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trophynissan.com
2016-12-12 10:56:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some mechanics take on side jobs for weekends maybe you can find one :)
2006-11-25 11:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not likely. -ken
2016-05-23 02:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋