10-07-2011, 05:24 PM
They're trying to rip you off. It's extremely unlikely that you'd need a transmission fluid change at 30K. 65K or 70K maybe, but no way at 30K.
Honda dealerships (really any dealership, but Honda is particularly bad) will rip you off of your last cent recommending unnecessary maintenance. I took my wife's Accord in a couple of days ago to get a recall job done, and the crook service writer (Ed Voyles in Marietta, GA, don't go there) tried to upsell me on $500 worth of completely superfluous "service," including $118 (yes, really) for a new air filter. That car is meticulously maintained (the wife is as German as you can get for somebody whose family has been in the US for hundreds of years--Pennsylvania Dutch) and didn't need any of the stuff he was pushing, even if it had been reasonably priced. Which it wasn't.
I bet the jackass gets plenty of nice commissions with that kind of fraud. Didn't get anything but a chewing-out from me.
Never go to a dealership service department for any work you have to pay for. Warranty and recalls only.
Honda dealerships (really any dealership, but Honda is particularly bad) will rip you off of your last cent recommending unnecessary maintenance. I took my wife's Accord in a couple of days ago to get a recall job done, and the crook service writer (Ed Voyles in Marietta, GA, don't go there) tried to upsell me on $500 worth of completely superfluous "service," including $118 (yes, really) for a new air filter. That car is meticulously maintained (the wife is as German as you can get for somebody whose family has been in the US for hundreds of years--Pennsylvania Dutch) and didn't need any of the stuff he was pushing, even if it had been reasonably priced. Which it wasn't.
I bet the jackass gets plenty of nice commissions with that kind of fraud. Didn't get anything but a chewing-out from me.
Never go to a dealership service department for any work you have to pay for. Warranty and recalls only.