My 1999 ES V6 Galant finally hit 60k miles and I just got it back from the dealership this afternoon for the big service. The damage was $1,585.26!! Talk about an ass reaming. Here is the thing that gets me. Labor is $79 an hour and the total labor charge was $849. That means they worked on my car for 10.75 hours, right? Well that's fucking impossible! I dropped my car off at 7:30 am and the place closes at 5:30 pm. Even if they worked on the car all day, that's still only 10 hours, and there is no way they even spent that much time on my car. Is that some ill shit or what?! It's like, oh it took 15 minutes to do this, but it's a minimum of an hour labor charge. Atleast that's the way it looks to me. There are a couple things on my bill that were charged an hour labor that doesn't take that long. Let's break it down, shall we?
60,000 mile service - without an oil change since I do it myself.
labor: $79
parts: $24.73
Replaced Timing Belt
labor: $375
parts: $125
Replaced Drive Belts
labor: $0
parts: $58
Replaced Water Pump
labor: $79
parts: $147.50
Replaced Spark Plugs & Wires - I supplied my own Magnecor wires
labor: $237
parts: $87.50
Replaced Distributor Cap & Rotor and PCV Valve
labor: $0
parts: $69.52
Tranny Fluid Flush & Filter
labor: $79
parts: $117.30
Totals:
labor: $849
parts: $629.55
Waste Disposal: $3
Tax: $103.71
Grand Total of $1,585.26
That's with no oil change and supplying my own spark plug wires. I want to know why they charged me labor for the water pump when they already had everything apart to do the timing belt? Even if there is some labor involved, it's not anywhere near an hour.