Dan Albrich
Well-Known Member
I think this has been discussed to some degree but I have a question about maintenance. Is the only maintenance required that which the maintenance minder asks for? I don't mean crazy things like perhaps not buying tires when needed, but if you have a dealer telling you to do maintenance not required by the maintenance minder, can you safely ignore?
I went into dealer for a A01 maintenance (oil, inspection, tire rotation). Car has 37500mi. They called me about 10 minutes after drop off indicating my car requires transmission fluid service for $111 plus a $232GDI/MPI Intake Service.
I OK'd the transmission fluid service and said no to the GDI/MPI until I have time to research if this makes any sense. I also did not receive any maintenance minder code for the transmission service.
Anyway, your thoughts welcome. If there are things that are maintenance related that will not come from the maintenance minder, some ideas about what those are and when to consider is appreciated.
-Dan
I went into dealer for a A01 maintenance (oil, inspection, tire rotation). Car has 37500mi. They called me about 10 minutes after drop off indicating my car requires transmission fluid service for $111 plus a $232GDI/MPI Intake Service.
I OK'd the transmission fluid service and said no to the GDI/MPI until I have time to research if this makes any sense. I also did not receive any maintenance minder code for the transmission service.
Anyway, your thoughts welcome. If there are things that are maintenance related that will not come from the maintenance minder, some ideas about what those are and when to consider is appreciated.
-Dan