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Hi,
I drive a Honda certified 2001 Accord.
I bought it frmo a dealer at 44K. I did some "heavy driving" (some 9K
miles in the past 4 months) and the vehicle was due for 52.5K service.
I gave my car for service in the morning and the service personnel
called me just now and gave me a set of "recommendations". One of the
supposedly most important one (they gve some 5 of them each > 100$) is
the induction service. When I asked why they gave an explanation like
"carbon is a rock...it scratches ur engine..blabla bla..." and I said
yes..(I almostt heard the "screaching sound" that rock is makin on my
engine ) now after reading couple of posts in this group and
hearing the term "dealership scam" I called them again to say I dont
waant that service to be done today (so that I can buy some more
time..its 140$) .. but they say they already started it..
is it all worth it ? (150$ for service - incl oil change) + this
140$...big dent in my car budget for this month! :|

-Raghu

On 8/23/04 8:58 AM, in article
a9e393c5.0408230558.6394e690@posting.google.com, "Raghu"
<akkapeddi@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I drive a Honda certified 2001 Accord.
> I bought it frmo a dealer at 44K. I did some "heavy driving" (some 9K
> miles in the past 4 months) and the vehicle was due for 52.5K service.
> I gave my car for service in the morning and the service personnel
> called me just now and gave me a set of "recommendations". One of the
> supposedly most important one (they gve some 5 of them each > 100$) is
> the induction service. When I asked why they gave an explanation like
> "carbon is a rock...it scratches ur engine..blabla bla..." and I said
> yes..(I almostt heard the "screaching sound" that rock is makin on my
> engine ) now after reading couple of posts in this group and
> hearing the term "dealership scam" I called them again to say I dont
> waant that service to be done today (so that I can buy some more
> time..its 140$) .. but they say they already started it..
> is it all worth it ? (150$ for service - incl oil change) + this
> 140$...big dent in my car budget for this month! :|
>
> -Raghu

I would guess the odds are about 99:1 that all you actually needed was the
oil change. 52.5K is an all but nonexistent service interval. Look in your
owners manual at the service schedule. I think you will find that the oil
change is the only thing on it at that mileage, and that only if you are on
the severe schedule.

In article <a9e393c5.0408230558.6394e690@posting.google.com >,
akkapeddi@gmail.com says...
>Hi,
>I drive a Honda certified 2001 Accord.
>I bought it frmo a dealer at 44K. I did some "heavy driving" (some 9K
>miles in the past 4 months) and the vehicle was due for 52.5K service.
>I gave my car for service in the morning and the service personnel
>called me just now and gave me a set of "recommendations". One of the
>supposedly most important one (they gve some 5 of them each > 100$) is
>the induction service. When I asked why they gave an explanation like
>"carbon is a rock...it scratches ur engine..blabla bla..." and I said
>yes..(I almostt heard the "screaching sound" that rock is makin on my
>engine ) now after reading couple of posts in this group and
>hearing the term "dealership scam" I called them again to say I dont
>waant that service to be done today (so that I can buy some more
>time..its 140$) .. but they say they already started it..
>is it all worth it ? (150$ for service - incl oil change) + this
>140$...big dent in my car budget for this month! :|

Learn from your mistake. Never just drop off your car and let them do
what they think is necessary. What they think is necessary is for them
to make as much money off of you as possible. Open up your service manual
and see what is recommended. Then ask them to do what is recommended, nothing
more. Be careful of the dealers recommended ??mile package. It always
included unecessary work that just costs you more than necessary.
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Alex