civicdabest-foo
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$80 for a cabin air filter?
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Well, at the end of the day, that really has to be the dealer price.$80 for a cabin air filter?
You're right. Not sure why I said flash, we're not talking about combustible fluids.I don't think up here (Canada) we have to worry much about flash point
I'm sure you don't mean flash point, you mean boiling point. To get the brake fluid to boil the brakes have to be dragging and it takes a lot of heat to make it boil.
$23.08 Idemitsu 0w20 Full Synthetic: https://www.amazon.com/Idemitsu-Synthetic-0W-20-Engine-GF-5-5/dp/B072KDRZFC
$11.99 Napa Platinum Oil Filter: https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/PFL47356?searchCategory=1.3&searchIndex=App
$11.64 500mL MOTUL DOT 5.1 Brake Fluid: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ZQMKS&linkId=757c9d6415d7415df01d1a025e15b2b9
Brake fluid flushing can be annoying, but it's pretty easy to do, just needs two people ideally. Three to have someone filling the master cylinder. One person applying brakes, one person opening the valves. You can honestly do it yourself, it just takes 5x as long. A child could do the brake pressing piece.
Its a Topic that unfortunately will probably never go away ..I've seen the activity pop back up on this thread but... the ship has long sailed. OPs probably at his next oil change by now. OP said the service he got in the first post. He's from Cali, not Canada for those who just shotgun posted off of checking 'new posts'.
Some good info coming in... but as for the (intermittently) constructive criticism, It was 6 months to the day the OP asked the question and it was well answered that day and in the few days that followed.
It is a dealer, what do you expect? Plus, their filters prices are jacked about 400% than average OEM market selling price. Actually, that seems about right for the services you get from a dealer.I'm in the 3rd year of a 3-year-lease and I just went in for maintenance. 26,000 miles. 2016 Civic EX
$350?! That's more than a monthly payment, and when they read what they did... oil change, tire rotation, cabin filter change and brake fluid change... really?
If it's really this much maintenance on a Lease in the 3rd year, then what's the point? Might as well either start financing at year 2, or just start a new lease and get free maintenance as you do at the beginning?
Your thoughts??
OMG, my salesman neglected to even give me the dam FIRST OIL CHANGE FREE! Can you believe?? I called him and he said "yea yea, ill see. I will call you back". Needless to say, I never heard from him again.My dealership started giving 3yr instead of 2yr free maintenance when I bought our current Hondas. I had to remind them when we were doing the paperwork because they tried slipping 2yr in there. I'm going to have to fight them next year because I noticed last time my wife brought her crv home from the diff fluid swap I noticed the invoice cited 2 years maintenance...
I only take it to the dealer while it's free. Never after. I do hate rotating tires in the driveway with one jack though... Can't wait to move somewhere I can install a lift. I don't let the dealer touch my wheels when the car is there...
The local Honda dealer pads the B127 service with BG additives that bring the total cost to almost $800.00. The Basic Honda service is $437.00 and includes replacing the manual transmission fluid which Honda does not require. They claim the BG additives are needed to maintain the Honda warranty but don't put that in writing.Did you get a A127 service or a B127 service? They are very different, an A service means just oil change (oil filter or not might differ between Canada and U.S.) and B service is a full brake inspection, cleaning and lubricating as well as the oil change. If you didn't mistype then it does sound fair, brake service is quite a bit more work than an oil change.
Do note that Canadian civics list '0' as oil and filter change and '9' is the brake service, B is both.