Maintenance Schedule - Go by Date or Mileage?
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Maintenance Schedule - Go by Date or Mileage?
So the friendly folks at my local Acura dealer informed me that it is coming time for my 84-month/105,000 mile maintenance.
Technically, since my car is an 03, they are right on the 84-month, but since I only have 61,000 miles, I had planned on waiting at least another couple years, as I only drive 10-12k/year.
You guys put any weight behind the date intervals for scheduled maintenance, or do you stick to mileage? Because techincally, I guess everyone with a 6-speed would be needing to do their 84-month/105k mile maintenance soon, but I doubt if most will, becuase the mileage is far lower.
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Technically, since my car is an 03, they are right on the 84-month, but since I only have 61,000 miles, I had planned on waiting at least another couple years, as I only drive 10-12k/year.
You guys put any weight behind the date intervals for scheduled maintenance, or do you stick to mileage? Because techincally, I guess everyone with a 6-speed would be needing to do their 84-month/105k mile maintenance soon, but I doubt if most will, becuase the mileage is far lower.
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I agree with your points, it is just hard for me to justify doing a 105k mile service at 60k. Do you do oil changes every 3 months (or whatever interval Acura recommends), even if you only drive 500 miles? It seems things like valve adjustment are predominantly based on the mileage, not the age. Timing belt, I can see how that could get brittle with age.
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I agree with your points, it is just hard for me to justify doing a 105k mile service at 60k. Do you do oil changes every 3 months (or whatever interval Acura recommends), even if you only drive 500 miles? It seems things like valve adjustment are predominantly based on the mileage, not the age. Timing belt, I can see how that could get brittle with age.
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105k service has timing belt, plugs, and checking clearance of valves. I am going off the "normal driving conditions" chart as it is driven in moderate temps year-round (Tampa, FL), and majority of trips over 5 miles w/out too much stop-and-go traffic.
Anybody ballpark what Acura charges for this service? I thought I had seen around $1,200 w/ labor?
Anybody ballpark what Acura charges for this service? I thought I had seen around $1,200 w/ labor?
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go with what come first most of my maint is done by time since I do not put the milage on my car fast enough
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I dunno, IMO you should maybe come to a reasonable time to do it. I'm sure at the 84-month 105k mile stage, they kind of assume you're at least CLOSE to 100k or so. However since they contacted you, there might be some issues if you decide to do it later. Even if it doesn't break, they still might give you crap...
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105k service has timing belt, plugs, and checking clearance of valves. I am going off the "normal driving conditions" chart as it is driven in moderate temps year-round (Tampa, FL), and majority of trips over 5 miles w/out too much stop-and-go traffic.
Anybody ballpark what Acura charges for this service? I thought I had seen around $1,200 w/ labor?
Anybody ballpark what Acura charges for this service? I thought I had seen around $1,200 w/ labor?
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have a pos volvo with a failed t/belt at work that failed (a bearing actually, but still bent valves) like 9,000 miles before it was even recommend by volvo for mileage-wise, but was like 4 years overdue by volvo's age recommendation
and the sad part is he declined it like 4,000 miles ago when we recomended it to him, when he came in for a completely different problem, but we could hear a bearing making a hell of a noise from behind the t/belt cover (he does regret the decision to decline it earlier, it bite in the ass big time; the tow bill would have had basically paid for the labour to replace it before)
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