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Old 12-12-2012, 05:05 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Mikes86 View Post
Warrenty work doesn't pay the tech or the dealership AS WELL as customer pay work does IN MOST CASES
Example: Warrenty water pump on a 05 corolla might pay the tech and the dealership .9 of an hour... That same job if it was customer pay the dealership would charge like 2.0-2.5 hours of labor...
It can go the other way too in some instances... Not as common but it can... We had a tech that could flag 2.5 hours on a simple tire light under Warrenty. Something that we generally didn't charge customers for... Unless the problem was more than just tire pressure anyway.
So it works like health insurance then? Funny how those 2 hour jobs suddenly get billed at the actual rate it took to complete them. That's the part I detest about mechanics. I'd love for them to hire a lawyer by the hour one day and get triple billed.

Anyone ever ask a shop about strut replacement? Yup, 2 hours per corner(8 hour claim), whole job completed in 2 hours including the time it took them to come pick you up.
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