LouE37

Well I brought my Max into the dealership to check out a cylinder #5 misfiring. Get the call and the service guy says that they need to replace all 6 ignition coils w/ coil assemblies. Cost is around $900. Im like,"damn are you sure". Then he goes im sure. I dunno but luckily my extended warranty covered the whole thing minus a $50 deductible...finally an extended warranty that worked. Now the car is rock solid and no SES light.

max...to the ma

good for u that might convince me to get an extended warranty 'cept dont no how long i plan to keep my car

TimW

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I wouldnt call them quoting $900 a good dealership story.. by all means, no members should go there. thats 200% markup and $600 an hour labor (1/2 hour job).

LouE37

Hey its good to me because i didnt get hassled about paying for service...if it cost $100 its still free for me so that all i really care about! To me thats a good dealer experience.

Max2000

what's the mileage on your car? cuz it's cover under 36k/3year warranty... so you may not even have to pay for the 50 bucks deductable

LouE37

I had to pay the deductible because my car has 40,000+ miles so my extended warranty kicked in. Since i have the silver package it requires a $50 deductible...small price to pay for a one day service on my car and 6 brand new ignition coils.

TimW

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you saved $190 and lost your car for 23 hours No, I think its good they covered it.. I just hate to hear them acting like they did you a favor, you *paid* for warranty *AND* theres a bulletin. Plus, whats the deal about lying about the cost? I'm sure they do charge people that much :/ sad.... lucky for you tho

LouE37

I hear yah...its such a crap shoot when going to the dealer. Who knows what they do to your car when your not around. It too bad Nissan is the way they are...we all know what im talking about.

NikaL

Good to hear you avoided dealer BS.
I had a similar experience. at about 45k I had SES come on. dropped the car at the dealer at 7am, they called me at 9 telling me that my coils were bad. I pick the car up at lunch. Paid $50. It was my first Nissan Service experience and I thought it was great. Then I found .org and saw that I was lucky to avoid the hustle.

lynnreeves

Glad that you had such good luck. I got screwed out of $700.00! They told me that they would have to change all 6 of the coils. This is obviously a defect with the Maximas.

LouE37

WOW!!! So you actually had to pay. I had all six done but the extended warranty covered the whole thing. Were you under warantee, extended, or none?

lynnreeves

Yes I did. I didn't have an extended warranty. I was over 36,000 miles so basically out of luck!!

TimW

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if we didnt have 2 good places to get discount parts, we'd all be paying $500 for coils and with diag and labor, $200 sounds high, but not unbelieveble. So you werent *totally* taken as far as dealerships go. Its outrageous, but dont beat yourself up about it.