How much is a reasonable dealer charge for a 98 Accord LX/timing belt change & auto trans change?
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sorry...there again from personal experience Ive never had an issue with remanned parts, Im running a remanned alternator in my accord now, I installed it a year and a half ago and its never given me any problem.
sorry...there again from personal experience Ive never had an issue with remanned parts, Im running a remanned alternator in my accord now, I installed it a year and a half ago and its never given me any problem.
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RE: How much is a reasonable dealer charge for a 98 Accord LX/timing belt change & auto trans change?
The dealer here in Daytona Beach is offering $75.00 off coupon that you can print out at home. I would check your local dealer t osee if they have coupons like that .
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if you are in st louis mo or the sourrounding area you can try JH car care.......the specialise in Hondas....
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Good thing I found this info at this website, I thought my dealer was ripping me off. They were going to charge me $700 for changing everything - timing belt, water pump, seals ..... the works. I should probably search for some coupons online! This thing is pretty expensive.
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Check the phone book for Honda Certified shops. They will likely do it for $100 cheaper (with genuine Honda parts)than the Honda Dealers (at least that is the way it is where I live.)
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i just got my timing belt done at the dealer a few weeks ago. it was $650 but they were running a special for september. normally it would have been more than $100 more. they also chnaged the water pump and all the normal things. also got 5 "free" carwashes. a second quote from a non-dealer shop was $600.
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Hey, I'm new, first post. I have a 93 accord EX. 160,000 miles, 100,000 when i first bought it and timing belt wasn't changed before I bought it. Recently I looked into a timing belt change. Yeah, dealership charges about 600 bucks for it. Even though the manual says to change every 90,000 miles I take a perspective of diagnoising to see if something needs replacing before doing it. (and with 600 bucks riding, I think an inspection is more than reasonable). Anyways, took off the valve cover,top timing belt cover, engine mount, and drivers side wheel. Cranked over the engine manually with a wrentch (counter clockwise) and inspected the belt.... perfect condition. Labels and all still neatly on there.
I'm not advocating people skip regular maintence!! But with lots of $$$ on the line, its definitly worth a couple of hours to inspect and diagnois.
I'm not advocating people skip regular maintence!! But with lots of $$$ on the line, its definitly worth a couple of hours to inspect and diagnois.
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Hey, I'm new, first post. I have a 93 accord EX. 160,000 miles, 100,000 when i first bought it and timing belt wasn't changed before I bought it. Recently I looked into a timing belt change. Yeah, dealership charges about 600 bucks for it. Even though the manual says to change every 90,000 miles I take a perspective of diagnoising to see if something needs replacing before doing it. (and with 600 bucks riding, I think an inspection is more than reasonable). Anyways, took off the valve cover,top timing belt cover, engine mount, and drivers side wheel. Cranked over the engine manually with a wrentch (counter clockwise) and inspected the belt.... perfect condition. Labels and all still neatly on there.
I'm not advocating people skip regular maintence!! But with lots of $$$ on the line, its definitly worth a couple of hours to inspect and diagnois.
Hey, I'm new, first post. I have a 93 accord EX. 160,000 miles, 100,000 when i first bought it and timing belt wasn't changed before I bought it. Recently I looked into a timing belt change. Yeah, dealership charges about 600 bucks for it. Even though the manual says to change every 90,000 miles I take a perspective of diagnoising to see if something needs replacing before doing it. (and with 600 bucks riding, I think an inspection is more than reasonable). Anyways, took off the valve cover,top timing belt cover, engine mount, and drivers side wheel. Cranked over the engine manually with a wrentch (counter clockwise) and inspected the belt.... perfect condition. Labels and all still neatly on there.
I'm not advocating people skip regular maintence!! But with lots of $$$ on the line, its definitly worth a couple of hours to inspect and diagnois.
If nothing else, at least change the timing belt. That way you're protected from engine damagewhen everything elsesoonbreaks, wears out, or springs a leak.