Hi everyone.
I am quite confused by how capped price servicing works and was hoping someone could shed some light on this.
So I own a Honda which is a couple of years old. When I purchased the car I was told the car was entitled to a capped price servicing for the first 5 years. The first (6 months) capped price service was $220. The second capped price service (12 months) was $240. The third capped price service (18 months) was $270, and the most recent capped price service (24 months) was $300.
All of these services included an oil change, and the oil filter was changed every second service. I thought that a capped price service meant the price would stay the same for a number of years, thus allowing you to know exactly what you are up for. Instead the price seems to go up all the time. The price does not include extras that need to be changed every few years.
The price of the service can be checked on the Honda website, but how does capped price servicing differ from say me ringing a local mechanic asking for the price of a major service before hand and taking it there instead?
if the oil filter is only getting changed at every second service, then it sounds pretty dodgy as it is. The oil filter traps all the dirt and it boggles my mind why anyone would keep it there when you put clean oil in your car and at the same time only saving around 10 bucks. ..
If the Honda dealer did this, I would personally take my car elsewhere.