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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Service at the car dealers
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.023326.12281@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <BrE4C8.AqH@unx.sas.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 02:33:26 GMT
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- sch@gargoyle.unx.sas.com (Steve Holzworth) writes:
- :
- : street prices. Air filter, around $10, unless it's REALLY unusual. Cap
- : and rotor cost varies pretty dramatically by car type. You may have an
- : electronic ignition, which would be a cap, rotor, and reluctor (replaces
- : points). Call it $80, to be generous. They also probably stuck you real
-
- Cap, rotor and reluctor seldom fail on modern cars.
-
- : >I asked them to show me what was wrong - the cracked rubber story was replaced
- : >by corrosion story. We got into it. I called the 800 number for Mitsi consumer
- : >relations, they paid for the spark plug wires under warranty - so I've got
- : >$80 back.
- : >
- : >The owners manual is very general about what service needs to be done - it
- : >doesn't tell you whether to replace things or not. I bought the Chilton repai
- : >book which is a little more detailed about when to replace things. But I'm
- : >still mad - I feel like they can do anything they want, replace whatever, chargeme a month's salary - and there's no way I can know!
-
- Unless it says to replace it, then it seldom needs to be done. If your auto
- is still under warranty, then all these things should be covered - parts and
- labor. You should have not have to pay extra.
-
- Unless I remember incorrectly, you can even have warranty work done at an
- independent shop.
-
- Bill
-