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While watching some vids yesterday and thinking about the issue, I wonder how many folks think that taking a car to a dealer for repairs after the warranty expiration is a rip-off or is a legitimate option? Personally I never take a car to the dealer for after warranty repairs just due to the high cost; not saying they are trying to rip me off but I can find local guys to do it at half or more of what the dealer wants (of course I do some of the repairs myself).
Don’t get me wrong, I know a lot of great guys who work for dealerships and they are honest in their work but seems to me the system is kind of skewed against the honest dealership as far as price for repairs. Someone please tell me I’m wrong….
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The stealership. Yes they are a Big-rip off. I called around to find a cheap blower motor for my jeep and they wanted over 400 dollars for one. I called napa and they had ones for 95 dollars.. There oil changes are about 3 times more expensive than other shops(even though you should just do it your self to save even more money). Unless all other repairs shops are untrustworthy I wouldn’t go to the stealership after the warranty.
Krause, I tend to agree with you. I think it’s mostly the system and not the techs or whatnot. What I have found is #1, parts from the dealer are priced way too much above good quality parts from an auto parts store. #2, labor prices are a joke, about 3 to 4 times what local mechanics around my home charge. It’s as if they dealers don’t even want the service business after the warranty period expires but are content to do service during the warranty period then accept it as a fact that they can’t (and don’t even try) to compete with local service facilities. I’ve never worked in that system so I can only speculate on the whole situation but I would say you and I are both right about it.
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