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Wife took 2017 CRV in to dealer as it was time for an oil change per the Maintenance minder at 30K. Our car gets mainly highway miles. Get a call back from the wife telling me service rep recommending ATF and Brake Fluid flush... oh really I thought.. never heard of having to worry about this at 30K. How much does that cost? Wife relays both of those come to $330 more. I said let me do some quick research while she hung on the line and could not find anything definitive quickly. I asked to talk to service rep and he said Honda recommends these services but he would leave it to me. I told him I would call him back. So after looking some more around the Internet I found no evidence so far Honda is recommending these services at 30K. What I forgot to check before going in was the maintenance codes to see if these service codes were showing up by chance. Called back and I asked him what the codes were and he said it was an A1 and that is for an oil change but Honda recommends to do these fluid replacements at every 30K or 3 Years. I said well there are codes for these when they need to be done and then he said that he thought our vehicle doesn't show the transmission code service code. I replied well that is strange because I am staring at the manual and the codes are there, at least in print. He recanted a bit and said well it is up to you on these. Adding insult to injury on the paperwork they noted I declined the recommendations for Transmission Exchange SVC and Brake Fluid Flush.
So is there any noted documentation that says Honda recommends these two services at 30K? For that matter at what interval is it recommended? I have no issues paying for services that are warranted but seems like another dealer situation trying to up-sell services to make more than just the oil change, rotate tires and brake inspection that I wanted completed for the amassing low price of the "manager's special" at $69.95...lol
So is there any noted documentation that says Honda recommends these two services at 30K? For that matter at what interval is it recommended? I have no issues paying for services that are warranted but seems like another dealer situation trying to up-sell services to make more than just the oil change, rotate tires and brake inspection that I wanted completed for the amassing low price of the "manager's special" at $69.95...lol