ggallant1

Just took my truck in for a few issues this morning:

1. vibration coming from front drivers side suspension/axle during and after braking.

2. bed bouncing on gravel roads (more than it has in the past)

The estimated fee for each issue is $110 if its not something under warranty. I'm on the hook for $220 if nothing is wrong or not covered.

I understand the vibration could take a while to diagnose, but the bed bounce is probably about 15 minutes of checking the bed bolts once its up on the lift to make sure everything is tight.

What are your experiences with diagnostic fees?

RESQLAB

well.. test drives & evaluations are free at my ford service. however, service advisor told me that they are required by ford to charge 100 bucks whenever they plug into the trucks computer.

Kung

Test drives, diagnostics, etc. are also zero for me, up until they plug into the computer. I had a few things checked out the other day on my truck and after having it all day, I owed them $0. Nothing got fixed but nothing got charged, so hey.

kevin7898

Here its 250 an hour when your out of warranty.

Kung

$250/hour?! Holy crap.

RESQLAB

i think thats canadian :-)

Kung

Oh. *whew* I'm @ work and didn't check. I was thinking the guy lived in Beverly Hills. LMAO

So $250 in Canada is like ten bucks here, right? `

rgrahl

$106.00 . if vehicle is under 3/36 , nothing

On 7 July 2014, 1.00 Canadian Dollar(s) = 0.90 U.S. dollar(s), at an exchange rate of 0.9379

or $225 diag

djfllmn

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the dealer where i work is 70 bucks for diag for customers

KMAC0694

No, everything is just super expensive in Canada. Gas is $5.50+ per gallon too, on top of ridiculously high insurance costs too.

I had my whole front end inspected, brakes pulled apart, etc. for free. I ended up having them change some fluids, so they got something out of it, but diagnostics were $0 for me.