So i haven't done one scheduled maintenance checkup on my car ever...

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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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So i haven't done one scheduled maintenance checkup on my car ever...

i just did my own oil changes, air filter changes, tire rotations, cabin filter changes all on my own.... i have 40,000 miles on the car
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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I've done all mine also. I have 51K miles right now.
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by LoveMyTSX
I've done all mine also. I have 51K miles right now.
but thats all i did including maintaining fluid levels, but if you look at the maintenance schedule for 30,000 miles..... theres like 10 things on there
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Un-Kut
but thats all i did including maintaining fluid levels, but if you look at the maintenance schedule for 30,000 miles..... theres like 10 things on there
And most of those 10 things are just checking things. Most of the maintenance is oil change, rotate tires, general stuff. Why pay the dealership to do them? Maintenance is easy........
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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Why do it myself when what they do for me is free?


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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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I hope that you guys also adjusted the parking brake. It should take 6-7 clicks to be fully locked.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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I have a question:

If I do my own maintenance and don't keep any receipts(I have a bad habbit of losing them), will the dealer ever give me trouble when I bring the car in for warranty issues?
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by synthetic
I have a question:

If I do my own maintenance and don't keep any receipts(I have a bad habbit of losing them), will the dealer ever give me trouble when I bring the car in for warranty issues?
I would say they probably would. They wouldn't have a way to check that your maintenance was done.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by aaronng
I hope that you guys also adjusted the parking brake. It should take 6-7 clicks to be fully locked.
How do you adjust the parking brake? Step by step instructions would be appreciated
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Un-Kut
i just did my own oil changes, air filter changes, tire rotations, cabin filter changes all on my own.... i have 40,000 miles on the car
I believe your tires could be suffering from not being rotated.






Originally Posted by LuvMyTSX
I would say they probably would. They wouldn't have a way to check that your maintenance was done.

I wonder if they'd give you a hard time if you logged them on the website, but didn't have the receipts.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by studville
I wonder if they'd give you a hard time if you logged them on the website, but didn't have the receipts.
I'm not really sure, as I've never tried it. I have kept all my receipts & service records, as well as recorded them in ownerlink. I'm not taking any chances.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Un-Kut
i just did my own oil changes, air filter changes, tire rotations, cabin filter changes all on my own.... i have 40,000 miles on the car
Well,. OH YEAH???! I'VE got 1,000,000 miles on MY 2006 & I have personally fabricated, assembled & placed 6 engines & complete transmissions in her.
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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by synthetic
I have a question:

If I do my own maintenance and don't keep any receipts(I have a bad habbit of losing them), will the dealer ever give me trouble when I bring the car in for warranty issues?
I'm going to say yes they will give you trouble since you don't have any proof what so ever that you did anything.
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Reverend Adams
Well,. OH YEAH???! I'VE got 1,000,000 miles on MY 2006 & I have personally fabricated, assembled & placed 6 engines & complete transmissions in her.

you can sell your car as brand new one!! 1,000,000 miles = 0 miles on the 6 digit odometer!
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by petthepeep
you can sell your car as brand new one!! 1,000,000 miles = 0 miles on the 6 digit odometer!
Cooooool!
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:18 AM
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i try to keep the receipts from the oil, but i've lost one or 2. I do have the Honda part sticker from every oil filter in my little book, plus i enter it all in ownerlink.
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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I've had my car serviced at the dealer 3 times and they've yet to even touch my book.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Un-Kut
i just did my own oil changes, air filter changes, tire rotations, cabin filter changes all on my own.... i have 40,000 miles on the car

A lot of those scheduled updates have a lot of fluff in them. I never did them on my first TSX and it ran fine.
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