Dropped by the service dept and they had me worried. Please help to confirm

Chuck33079

After you do it once and see how filthy it is on the way out, you'll bump up the interval. It's foul. And it's cheap and easy enough to do.

No idea on the tranny. How does the belt look?

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ssmoked

They have it listed as drive belts. I have no clue what they are referring to.

They want about 830$ for the differential, brake, motor oil, air filters, wiper blade, radiator cap, drive belts, coolant, transmission fluid changed

Anyone else have experience with the auto tranny fluid change?

Z_ealot

JARblue

on that list of dealer bull$hit.

If it were me, I would change the differential, brake, engine oil fluids. I would inspect the air filters (both intake and in-cabin), wiper blades, and drive belts before replacing any as needed. I would ignore the radiator cap, coolant, and AT fluid unless you're having problems with them

Then again, I don't have an AT, which I would be hesitant to let a dealer service. If SouthArk has good experience, other than cost and dealer trust, I don't see why you wouldn't change it every 30K or so. I change both my MT and diff fluids every 15-20K miles.

All of this stuff except the AT fluid is easily DIYable. I never worked on my cars before the Z, but I really enjoy it now I am also happy not to be lining the dealer's pocket with my hard earned dollars

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