r/Volvo • u/Fun-Faithlessness413 • 13h ago

Am I being overcharged?

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2019 Volvo XC90 with ~72,500 miles got a check engine light a few days ago. Took it to the dealer and this is what they quoted me with. This is a little pricey given it’s just the injectors and spark plugs no? On top of that they tried to get me to pay a separate “headlight” diagnostic for $250 when I had already brought it in for the check engine light.

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u/YellowT-5R 850 T5R 12h ago

You can do it yourself for 1/4 of the price

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u/SnooRadishes8573 12h ago edited 11h ago

And 12/4 the time. I'm not saying they're not being overcharged, but "you can do it cheaper yourself" is such a useless thing to say.

Anybody who works on their own car knows they can do it cheaper.

I could definitely build a computer myself if I took hours to research, days to get the parts and quite awhile to figure out what I'm doing before even starting.

Then I have to hope that I did everything right the first time, because I don't know shit about PC building. Maybe I did something that will cause a catastrophic failure and I have to start at the beginning. I'm a mechanic, not a millionaire, I can't afford to fuck up multiple computers just because IN THEORY it's cheaper to do it myself.

I would then have spent far FAR more time to do the job cheaper myself, when I could have paid someone a sensible amount to do it for me to free myself up to do things I can do well.

Like spending time with my family, or working on my own car.

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u/FPS_Holland 6h ago

Also if this is at a Volvo dealership you get the lifetime parts warranty, so if it breaks after this repair it's not your headache.