Originally Posted by Brink (Post 3266812)

Heard back from the dealership with some more details, apparently for the 30k service "Subaru recommends a few things which we don't address very often. In this instance the most important thing they recommend is flushing out your brake fluid..." I don't have my manual in front of me to see the full maintenance schedule but they seem to think it really will take 6 hours.

Originally Posted by Brink (Post 3266812)

Heard back from the dealership with some more details, apparently for the 30k service "Subaru recommends a few things which we don't address very often. In this instance the most important thing they recommend is flushing out your brake fluid..." I don't have my manual in front of me to see the full maintenance schedule but they seem to think it really will take 6 hours.

Originally Posted by Brink (Post 3266776)

Just scheduled my 30 month service at my local dealership and they emailed back this morning to tell me this is a 6-7 hour service (they were following up since I had selected to wait at dealership during the service). What's going on in this service to make it take so long? I've done all my previous service at the same dealership and its never been more than 3 hours. This is for an AT. Here's what the dealership lists for the service:





30,000 Mile or 30 Month Maintenance

Details:
Perform tire rotation & inspection (1 hour)
Replace air cleaner element (.25 hour)
Inspect cooling system (.25 hour)
Replace brake fluid / clutch fluid (MT model only) (3 hours)
Inspect fuel lines and connections (.25 hour)

Inspect V-belt (.25 hour)
Inspect automatic transmission fluid (.25 hour)
Replace engine oil and oil filter (.5 hour)

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG (Post 3266837)

LOL If book time was that lax when I worked on motorcycles I would have never quit.

I can flush my brakes in about 20 minutes with a 50 dollar tool. Hell, I could do all that and change a throw out bearing in 6 hours :bonk:

Originally Posted by Grady (Post 3266872)

You will be paying flat rates at the dealer. My guess of charges above.

You can 100% of that yourself. If you have any mechanical abilities.

Originally Posted by humfrz (Post 3266879)

Hell, I can flush my brakes with a length of rubber hose and a Mason jar - ;)


humfrz

Originally Posted by Brink (Post 3266776)

Just scheduled my 30 month service at my local dealership and they emailed back this morning to tell me this is a 6-7 hour service (they were following up since I had selected to wait at dealership during the service). What's going on in this service to make it take so long? I've done all my previous service at the same dealership and its never been more than 3 hours. This is for an AT. Here's what the dealership lists for the service:





30,000 Mile or 30 Month Maintenance

Details:
Perform tire rotation & inspection
Replace air cleaner element
Inspect cooling system
Replace brake fluid / clutch fluid (MT model only)
Inspect fuel lines and connections
Inspect V-belt
Inspect automatic transmission fluid
Replace engine oil and oil filter

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG (Post 3266885)

How much sucking does it take to do quickly :bonk:

Originally Posted by 86TOYO2k17 (Post 3266900)

It’s because it might take 2hours to even get on a lift and another 1-2 before someone works on it. Also sometimes they say 6hours and if it takes 4 your ecstatic but if they say 4 and it takes 5 your going to be mad.

Also a AT fluid drain/fill has a few additional steps compared to most fluid changes requiring a serious of steps to get the dash into trans temp mode and then doing the drain/fill at precisely 108F-115F. Still not that hard but does add some time.