That sucks beyond, but not completely because there are some @$$**** mechanics out there, belief.

 

I WORK AT A DEALER AND THAT SEEMS CRAZY , EVEN IF THEY TOOK THE OLD STARTER OUT THEN THEY SHOULD JUST CHARGE YOU FOR THE REMOVAL AND THE DIAG BUT 600$ THATS A LOT

 

i ve got this problem too, except i think my alt. is frozen it squeals fulltime now and rumbles at low rpms AND its not charging the battery. thank good i have an excuse to go to the junkyard this time

 

they are trying to rip your head off! The most they can charge is probably $80 for an hours worth of labor. I dont mean to be mean but since your grandfather is paying for it, why dont you just let the dealer do it. After they do the repairs explane how you could have did it for less than $200 and tell them to stay out your bidness.

 

my cars been fixed now for about a week. They fixed everything, even my rough idel, but now its starting to come back. But for as much as i paid, everything better be working stright, and it seems to be. We did this fat *** burn out in it and uh.. ya it runs fine now

 

i had the alt bearing noise thing then my alt finally died at the Auto-x event i got pissed and said **** it and i bought a redtop SR lol ill have it in the car in about 3 weeks hopefully then ill post pics

 

my first experiance with rip off meckaniks was in high school.
i had and '87 dodge lancer. it needed new shocks and struts. these guys wanted $600 to do it. i was like ok struts are like $70 each and the shock $40.

i'm no math wize but it's not hard to figuer out that your better off doing the job yourself for less. plus you can buy the proper tools with the money you saved.

i do all my own work because it saves me money and i know what it was that was actualy done. also in high school i had no idea how to work on cars. there are still alot of things i dodn't know. but what i do know is that i've managed to stay away from the mechanics for about 9 years now.

 

lol u didnt get ripped off they charged less then 2 hours labor and ask any mechanic u got the good deal and the mechanic got ripped off. normally they charge 4 hours for 4 shoks at $105 an hour so ya u didnt get ripped off

 

4 hours, are you kidding me? i can do the job in two hours, and that's if i take my time.

i don't know where you get your hourly shop fees from but some friends of mine that are mechanics charge from $50hr-$75hr.

at least your right about not getting ripped off because i had a friend do the job for me for $50 plus parts.

 

well i work at a dealer they charge $105 an hour but mechnanics get paid flat rate dosnt matter id he does it in more or less time then they charge they still get paid the same. so yea 4 hours is right. for example i get paid 6 hours for replacing a warranty tranny i do it in 2 and a half hours but i still get paid 6 hours lol and if its customer pay they charge more lol

 

yes i know how it works.

but my friends don't work for a dealership, they have their own shop. and while $105 hr is expected from a dealer. i would not consider it to be a good deal when joe shmoe wants $600 to replace $220 worth of parts and be done in 3 hours.

 

well i have friends that work at honda and could check it for free, but i just thought it would be kinda weird taking a nissan into honda. But if anything else comes up, i'm for sure not taking it to a dealership

 

hey my tail lights arn't working now. If i turn my lights on then the brake lights come on, but if i hit the brakes nothing happens. I replaced the bulbs and the fuses, what else could it be??

p.s. sorry i have so many questions and so many problems ^_^

 

btw its not weird if ur friends work there lol i work at acura and i take my 240 there all the time lol

 

i'd recoment that you check for power at the fuse panel. even if the fuse was replaced there might not be any power for it to allow to flow.