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Originally Posted by fistpoint
And here's why your statement is false: has anyone here actually gotten a "refund" on the unspent labor hours when the job did in fact take multiple times less than the book quoted? I think the answer is going to be a unanimous NO.
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Great story, relevant to this but not the OP so sorry.
Dad's F150 was running poorly, would die while cruising out on the freeway. Temporary solution was to pull over, let the car sit for about five minutes and dust off the air filter. Went to a dealership since they treated us well under warranty with little things and the diagnoses was "#x coil pack is dead, needs replacement" (coil pack had something to do with the spark plugs iirc)
Cost to fix? $600-$900 bucks, (can't remember it was almost a decade ago).
How'd they diagnose it? They pulled each coil pack individually and replaced it with a new one until the truck was running properly.
How much did the diagnoses cost? $60
Laughed, drove it home, bought a coil pack at Craigens and a couple weird extensions to get around the stuff in the engine bay for less than $100 and did it over the weekend. He's done it 2-3 times since then on his own.
