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Originally Posted by Brink
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
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everything in bold is something you could do yourself with a socket wrench, a jack, 2 jack stands, and a few paper towels to wipe your hands when you're done.
anything not bold is messy. it can be done yourself for those inclined, but i understand taking it somewhere.
v-belt inspection is really easy, you just shine a light on it to look for cracks and odd wear patterns/ fraying. around my area, there's a free widget-tool to help check for this at every auto parts store near the registers.
come to think of it, other than the tire rotation, all the inspection items could also be done for free at an auto parts store, as they want to sell you the parts if it's time to replace.
i use the 2nd graph down to determine replacement schedules:
http://www.cars101.com/subaru/maintenance-2014.html