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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a Ford Flex we have really liked under extended warranty.

On a 20 minute trip where I dropped off my kid, I turned the car off because it looked like it was going to be a wait. It would not turned back on. Completely dead. We called and the dealership told us to have it towed in.

They call back and say the battery is bad for sure and will run diagnostics on the rest.

They call back and say there is also a bad cable, and to replace it all it is almost $900! $600 is labor of 2.5 hours.

Car dealers? You SUCK! 
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Wouldn't you like to make over $300/hour to change a battery and a cable? I would![/quote]

Sure, but that’s probably a 15 minute job. [/quote]
not related to cars, but this is the same thing we are finding with plumbers.  DH's friend who doesn't know anything about plumbing was quoted $700 for something. He asked DH, who is very handy at home, and DH said that the job sounded like a 15min job with a $20 part.  He took a look at the issue, found a spare part he had at home, and fixed it within an hour.

However, cars are becoming much more complicated and all electrical.  It was easy to replace a burnt out light bulb in an older car. I could do it myself on my old car in like 30min. Today, it takes a mechanic and $500. Why? Because car manufacturers have put the light bulb in places that are not accessible unless you have the right equipment to get to it. And it also takes longer.  DH changed a bulb on a 2010 GMC, and it took him a long time to do it.[/quote]

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