• ericjmorey@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Mechanics generally don’t inspect vehicles that are in for routine maintenance unless the customer is paying for inspections.

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      1 year ago

      I can barely get the dealership techs to do a comprehensive check even when I do ask and am paying.

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      1 year ago

      I mostly do my own work, but whenever I do take my car to the local Mazda dealer, they always provide a full inspection report as well as a video of the tech checking everything and explaining anything that they’ve found. Even when my wife takes her car in for only basic maintenance (it’s still under warranty so we take it in for oil changes), they do the same thing and don’t charge anything extra.

      Same dealer network owns the local Ford dealer and I ended up taking my old Fiesta ST there for an oil change as I didn’t have the space to do it myself at the time. $45 for an oil change and tire rotation, and I got the same inspection report and video.