Posted by bc on February 14, 2021 at 17:51:01 from (24.255.129.137):
Just got a call from my daughter earlier on the Marine Corps base in Hawaii. Check engine light came on in her 2008 prius. Was running OK. She took it to the auto repair shop located on base and then called me. Was quoted $487 for a new Mass Air Flow sensor that they said needed replaced. I told her just get a can of MAF sensor cleaner spray and keep an eye on it. She said they had dropped it off. Had her call and she said the quote was for $236 for the sensor, an hour minimum charge for labor at $160 an hour, plus another 100 bux for the diagnostic.
Did some quick price checking online and MAF sensors were as little as 25 bux to 108 bux from Toyota. They would have it delivered today so I figured it wasn't coming from a dealer but maybe Honolulu. She said they would get it from OReillys in Kailua. We priced one there at $87 so even with delivery, there must be more than a 100% markup from the repair shop. She decided to pay off the repair shop for the 100 buck diagnostic, which Oreillys would have done for free, and get the $87 part from Oreillys.
Told her she could get a screwdriver and pliers and I would walk her through it over the phone. She talked to a couple neighbors who were out today in the hot Hawaii sun and they said they would change it.
So that is my rant for the day for the ripoff of the day. I know of dealers who have charged $100 for diagnostics and some who charge a lot less. Everything on any of the bases anymore are all privatized. The base exchange, PX, and Navy Exchange have all been privatized and from my shopping in them have found they are higher that Walmart but tend to carry higher end stuff like a Macy's which doesn't sit well on a military pay scale. Even the convenience, clothing, and gas stations are private. I remember some real bargains from the PX back in the day. I go to the commissary at McConnell AFB and Fort Riley every once in a while if in the area and the commissaries are cheaper than the local stores and walmart, especially for meat.
When I went there to the base in Hawaii last March for 3 weeks which then turned into 2.5 months because of the virus, I talked to some parents visiting from Maine who told me about their son being charged $400 for front brakes on an old Chevy pickup which didn't fix it.
Just got a text from my daughter. Took the neighbor all of 5 minutes to put her new MAF sensor in. Figured if nothing else I could put it in when I get back this spring. If she would have asked, I would have sent her to Oreillys to start with and then probably ordered one from Rock Auto, but oh well. I have one of those code readers bot from Amazing for around 20 bux that I can move to any vehicle and read the codes from an app. Guess I'll get one ordered for her and her husband's cars.
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