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03-24-2009, 09:43 AM
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kinda just an FYI.
Cracked radiator core + leaking heater core + cooling system flush + both TREs (+ alignment) + oil change = $2200.
$125/hr labor rate. It's no wonder why Chryslers eating it.
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03-24-2009, 09:44 AM
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FYI: It's called the stealership for a reason
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03-24-2009, 09:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pjkatz04
kinda just an FYI.
Cracked radiator core + leaking heater core + cooling system flush + both TREs (+ alignment) + oil change = $2200.
$125/hr labor rate. It's no wonder why Chryslers eating it. |
wow my local shop is 65/hr Not stealership but wow thats high.
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03-24-2009, 09:53 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pjkatz04
Cracked radiator core + leaking heater core + cooling system flush + both TREs (+ alignment) + oil change = $2200.
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Knowing you just paid 75% of the entire blue book value of the jeep to fix a radiator, heater core, alignment & oil change = Priceless
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03-24-2009, 09:53 AM
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thats why you never go to the dealership to have work done
its your own fault
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03-24-2009, 09:55 AM
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Buy the parts and do it yourself.
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03-24-2009, 10:01 AM
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New Radiator:
2002 Radiator Jeep Grand Cherokee: NEW-2336 $275 Rubin Auto Parts, Inc. USA-NY(Pine-City) E-mail 1-800-247-8246
Used heater core:
2003 Heater Core Jeep Grand Cherokee MAN AC 041951 $100 Fierge Auto Parts USA-IL(Quincy) E-mail 1-800-252-9025
Other misc parts: ?? 200.00 (max)
Total parts if you do it your self: $575.00
Total labor: $0.00
Total tool rental: $ 150.00 (if you have no tools whatsoever)
Total amount of rip-off = $1,475.00.00
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03-24-2009, 10:40 AM
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I took mine to a local shop once to get the balls joints checked out....They ended up with an esimation of $1600 to do all 4 BJ's and 2 TRE's. Then i did it myself for $100
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03-24-2009, 11:44 AM
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pjkatz04, my heart truly goes out to you. You have been robbed. I really feel bad that you got screwed so horribly bad. $125/hour labor is absolutely insane no matter where you are. Anyone that charges that is a crook, or working on Indy Cars. Please, please, please, go get a haynes manual and do at least some of the work on your Jeep yourself. You can get a good Craftsman tool set that you can use for most any repair you will ever do on your Jeep for under $200 and a Haynes manual is $15. You really owe it to yourself to do as many of these repairs as you can yourself. You will literally save thousands upon thousands of dollars over the lifetime of your Jeep by doing repairs yourself. I really just don't have words to express how badly you were screwed out of. That is truly criminal.
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03-24-2009, 12:25 PM
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This reminds of the guy who had his gma pay 3k for replacing lifters 
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The SRt-8's are a liberty design.
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03-24-2009, 04:09 PM
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why didnt you just do the repairs yourself... i got in a fender bender and ended up totaling the other car... only scrathes to my bumper cover, and cracked the radiator and also had a hole in it...
im still working to put my rig back together... waiting for the new radiator to come in... it came in yesterday, but it was pretty bashed up and it was bent... i hate fedex, reason i always use UPS when i ship is because fedex ix so careless...
so now i have to wait till thursday to receive the new radiator...
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radiator $150.00
coolant $30.00
AC recharge $35.00
labor PRICELESS
haha
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03-24-2009, 11:01 PM
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Holy S***, I work at a Honda dealership (to which I get harassed about my Jeep, but it's okay cause it's awsome) and our canadian rate is 99/hr, but they robbed you on the rad, mine died in about 5days after I bought our Jeep (was pretty disappointing) but still, oem was $460.00Cad, Napa was 280cad, and I got one off ebay for $120 with shipping and duty, rad came in perfect no dents or being bent, put it in, and hasn't leaked since, at the very least you probably could have got the parts and they would have installed them for you ... but yea, $275 american... I feel for ya man, plus if your going to a dealership, make them give you a quote before they do anything, at least you'll have their flat rate time before they do the job, that way if there's a lazy/slow *** mechanic, that doesn't beat the flat rate, then you can be like f/u this is the quote you supplied and this is the quote i'm going to pay for the job that was done, and will usually get your way 
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03-24-2009, 11:25 PM
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well i talked to the guys i bought the radiator from and they are sending me a new on should arrive thursday and they are paying for the shipping back to them for the bashed up one....
so no worries here i have bought from them before for my sisters eclipse and no problems till this day and was replaced about 3 years ago...
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repair costs, FYI
