The same "ethics" seem to be seeping into other areas as well. There are a few family owned HVAC companies that were well regarded that have sold out to large regional corporations (the original owners retired) - their M.O. is now "you need to replace your system" for just about every problem. And the cost of the replacements is much higher for the quality of system you get. Honesty and integrity are becoming harder and harder to find unfortunately.
One thing you.do miss is the labor for the other person to do the job. Depending on what that job may entail then you will have to pay if someone else has to do it. Also I have not seen many Factory Air Filters cost that low in a while without a discount at the Dealership. Maybe at the Auto Parts Store if you get the basic store Brand and that's about it
Rockauto has the motorcraft air filter for $13 and cabin air filter for $17. $10 for a five minute or less task is taking labor into account, in my opinion. It’s probably more profitable than that as they’re making money selling you the filters too. The only service that somewhat makes sense as to what they charge is the trans fluid and filter and that’s cause the tech may have to go to the ER after burning their hand checking the fluid level thanks to the engineers wonderful thoughtfulness.
Well, that ends this discussion.
So what you are saying that if you take your vehicle into the shop you should not have to pay for any labor and the guy doing the work should simply not get paid and not be able to afford to live?
For what is said above it does not mean I am defending ALL Dealers. There are a few that do nothing but steal money for no reason and don't pay the Technicians/Mechanics worth a damn as I have worked for a few that did just that.
This is so true, we had a power line transformer blow and a voltage surge fried the End Bell (speed controller) on our HVAC blower. Local shop wanted $1500 to replace it. I found one in Texas for $400 and replaced it myself in 2 hours, most of the work was done with 5 tools, still working fine after 3 years. I did add a surge protector to the blower just in case.
As much as I hate to say it this kind of thing is happening in many different industries. From what I noticed it comes down to either the entire company running the place or the individual doing the job that is being paid a commission instead of hourly.
The tech is paid by job or per hour but either way they are paid. A job that’s requires more labor should charge a higher labor cost to cover paying the tech and shop supplies Per job requirements. Charging an addition $30 to change an air filter while a customer brings their vehicle in for an oil change would be a very easy and quick way for a tech to make that extra $5 for practically no work added as they have to pop the hood open anyways to refill the oil. If they’re paid by the hour, charging $75 is a sure way to dissuade customers from having them do extra work on their car. Heck wiper blades are more complicated to change but they don’t charge you to put them on, but $25 a side isn’t exactly reasonable either.
It's truly going to depend on the rear differential in said vehicle for how long it will take. For example, the Ranger did come with a drain and fill plug, but if not mistaken didn't that get deleted a few years after it was released? Now you have to either find a way to suck the fluid out of the fill plug or remove the cover.
I've seen thick old diff oil, and dirty old, diff oil, but never anything like this.Don't know what it's out of, but you can't argue the lovely holiday cheer!!
Been a couple years but the last time I was at the Valvoline Quicky Lube with my old Sport Trac for the front diff it cost $69.99. They use a suction machine and don't take the diff cover off, which on those and older Rangers is the only way to do the front because the diff cover isn't coming off with the diff in the vehicle.
