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Performed the following on my folks' Camry:
  • changed oil and filter
  • coolant drain and fill
  • replaced spark plugs
  • replaced engine air filter
What do you (ballpark) figure a Toyota dealer would charge for parts and labor?
 
Honda van's...I promise you are way worst and I'm linky as hell...6'2 170 pounds. I turn side ways and I disappear.


$750-875 depending on their margins.
 
After they discovered that the battery, brakes, CV joints, brake fluid needs flushed, and the catalytic converters and O2 sensors need replaced......... I'd say about $6000.00 would get it done.:D
 
I brought my Civic for a recall about 9 months ago. Service advisor comes out and says I need to get my transmission fluid change. She shows me some very dark, burnt transmission like fluid.

1) I use to work as a Honda mechanic
2) I just change the oil 3 weeks prior

I told him "show me." He takes me back gives me some BS explaintion. I pop the hood, and pull the transmission dip stick out. The dip stick is on the far back left side and hard to see. You need to be looking for it.
" It mighty clean for only being 3 weeks old". Then he starts back pedaling, saying there is another white Civic in the bay (which there was). But still rubbed me the wrong way.
 
Just laugh, grab your cell phone and say let me check with the better business bureau and state consumer affairs division. I'll get back to you.

I have noticed a shift took place at some point. Service advisors used to be ex mechanics that could actually advise you. Now they are a sales function. Which is not a good thing. And I'm in sales. So you know they must suck. Wonder if these auto-conglomerate geniuses have a metric for how many people just never come back for service after they attempt auto rape? Probably none. They just see that they sell 'X' more dollars per service visit. Fools.
 
A service dept at a dealer has high overhead. At least 4 people minimum get paid from a repair order. Not counting the high rent the service dept pays. Nothing is going to be "cheap".

But also the parts quality are generally far better than "auto zone". Need to compare apples to apples.
 
Mike Overlay said:
A service dept at a dealer has high overhead. At least 4 people minimum get paid from a repair order. Not counting the high rent the service dept pays. Nothing is going to be "cheap".

But also the parts quality are generally far better than "auto zone". Need to compare apples to apples.
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This is why I now go to Oreliy's or Napa/Walker. Oreliy's commercial prices are on part with Autozone.
 
My neighbor is retired from NAPA and he gets me whatever I need at employee prices. Saves me a lot of money.
 
$400 wouldn't surprise me. Guessing/estimating, I would expect to be erring high.
$30 oil change
2 gal 50/50 @ $18ea $36 1 hr labor
4 plugs $8ea $32 1 hr labor
$20 air filter 1/4 hr labor
I dunno what light equipment dealer labor is these days $100hr?
$90ish in parts $225 in labor $30 oil change $345 + tax, "shop supplies", disposal and/or "hazmat" fees.
 
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Hell, Hendricks wanted $750 and Scott Clark wanted a little over $800 to change a drivers side CV axle on a '99 Accord. I did it myself for less than $50!
 
SPST said:
Hell, Hendricks wanted $750 and Scott Clark wanted a little over $800 to change a drivers side CV axle on a '99 Accord. I did it myself for less than $50!
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It makes a big difference if they were going to use a Honda CV axle or not. Genuine Honda axles are crazy expensive - ~$400 each, while an aftermarket/reman Honda CV axle is ~$50.

Reminds me I need to update an earlier thread re: CV axles that the forum helped me diagnose.
 
Beef15 said:
$400 wouldn't surprise me. Guessing/estimating, I would expect to be erring high.
$30 oil change
2 gal 50/50 @ $18ea $36 1 hr labor
4 plugs $8ea $32 1 hr labor
$20 air filter 1/4 hr labor
I dunno what light equipment dealer labor is these days $100hr?
$90ish in parts $225 in labor $30 oil change $345 + tax, "shop supplies", disposal and/or "hazmat" fees.
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You guys are right, I underestimated @ 200.... but....
Oil change - $30
NGK Plugs are OEM on Toyota.... @ $7 x 4 = $28 and 10 minutes of labor
OEM Toyota air filer $20 and 5 minutes labor
Flush using shop professional eqiuptment.....20 minutes + $40 for coolant.

So....1 hour labor @ $100 per
$88 in parts
$30 oil change
Comes to about $218......anything over that is overhead, which I understand. The equipment they use has to be paid for and they gotta eat too, but sometimes dealerships and the nicer looking repair shops get carried away with what they charge.
Like said above... I will give a dealer some credit...they tend to use factory parts.
 
BowWow said:
You guys are right, I underestimated @ 200.... but....
Oil change - $30
NGK Plugs are OEM on Toyota.... @ $7 x 4 = $28 and 10 minutes of labor
OEM Toyota air filer $20 and 5 minutes labor
Flush using shop professional eqiuptment.....20 minutes + $40 for coolant.

So....1 hour labor @ $100 per
$88 in parts
$30 oil change
Comes to about $218......anything over that is overhead, which I understand. The equipment they use has to be paid for and they gotta eat too, but sometimes dealerships and the nicer looking repair shops get carried away with what they charge.
Like said above... I will give a dealer some credit...they tend to use factory parts.
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The labor charges aren't that simple. You don't charge based on the actual amount of time spent working on the car. You're charged according to the book time, which is supposed to be the average time it takes to complete the task.
 
Yep. If book calls for an hour you get charged an hour labor, regardless if they finish it in 15min. That's how flat rate works, and it's how the mechanics make money.
 
Diablos said:
Yep. If book calls for an hour you get charged an hour labor, regardless if they finish it in 15min. That's how flat rate works, and it's how the mechanics make money.
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I've gotten fast by shear repetitions. Dont hate because I win a few times. Never have I heard of a customer willing to pay me more because something went sideways and I had to eat the time difference. (happens more than you think)
 
Mike Overlay said:
I've gotten fast by shear repetitions. Dont hate because I win a few times. Never have I heard of a customer willing to pay me more because something went sideways and I had to eat the time difference. (happens more than you think)
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I understand.. Ive seen bolts break and that 45 minute job just went to 3 hours!
 
Mike Overlay said:
I've gotten fast by shear repetitions. Dont hate because I win a few times. Never have I heard of a customer willing to pay me more because something went sideways and I had to eat the time difference. (happens more than you think)
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I hear that, people just do not get it. I also do not always charge for every thing I fix also. If I am doing something for book time and find something else in there that needs adjusting or cleaning like ground wires, broken vac harneses, dirty throttle bodys or whatever. I most of the time go ahead and fix them without charging for them also.
 
Mike Overlay said:
I've gotten fast by shear repetitions. Dont hate because I win a few times. Never have I heard of a customer willing to pay me more because something went sideways and I had to eat the time difference. (happens more than you think)
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no hate here, my old man was a mechanic for years so i know how it works. you're either good and make money, or you find another line of work.
 
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