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Not sure, what do you guess the book rate is on that? 2 hours? I can't imagine it's less than $500.
My concern is there's a lot of opportunity for broken plastic and it would be enormously frustrating to DIY.
For perspective, we had a Honda Pilot, dealer wanted $80 to replace the cabin air filter. I just checked, a Bosch filter is $15 on Amazon and to replace the filter, you had to drop the glove box, so about 5 minutes of actual labor. But the book gives the tech credit for going to the parts desk, cleanup, crack scratching, etc. so 30 minutes labor plus an inflated price for the parts.
I'm getting off track, but this is why dealership owners are dumb. Service is where they make their money. If they made it a great experience for owners, they'd get more maintenance work.
A Ford dealer local to me has complementary valet service. I make an appointment on their website, they send someone to my workplace to pick up the car and later return it with a copy of the invoice and a coupon for an exterior car wash at the place next door to them.
Oil and filter costs $73. I will NEVER consider DIYing an oil change OR taking it anywhere else, even for a discount.
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