Dealer oil change fail, again
#1
Dealer oil change fail, again
Over the last ten years, one in three of my Honda dealership oil changes have left me about a quart low, at the low mark on the dipstick.
I generally check in the dealer lot before I drive away. It feels sort of paranoid, but a 33.3333% failure rate is bad stuff definitely happening, not a delusion.
So don't drive happily away. Check your level. Dealers are not your reliable source for basic maintenance any more than IffyLube is.
MG
I generally check in the dealer lot before I drive away. It feels sort of paranoid, but a 33.3333% failure rate is bad stuff definitely happening, not a delusion.
So don't drive happily away. Check your level. Dealers are not your reliable source for basic maintenance any more than IffyLube is.
MG
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I am my most reliable fluid changing source
#5
I quit using the stealership after the oil monkey stretched the threads on the drain plugs in both cars and the wifely unit's truck. He also over filled one car by 2 quarts.
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#9
They were probably also hand-tightening the new filters and (likely) putting the wrong one on your car...
I will NEVER take my or my wife's car to a dealership now, not after my own experiences alone... and there's a lot of horror stories fomr others I've read that make me even more confident in my decision
I will NEVER take my or my wife's car to a dealership now, not after my own experiences alone... and there's a lot of horror stories fomr others I've read that make me even more confident in my decision
#10
They probably don't change the filters too unless you visibly mark them with a date after each change. I stopped going to a dealership once I noticed my filter was not changed. It honestly takes the same amount of time doing it yourself as it would take to drive to the dealership and wait.