PanteraKitty

I quit dealer oil changes after I found the threads stretched on the plugs in three of our vehicles. Dealer oil change & filter was $20.

5 quarts of Redline and a filter is $50. And no stretched threads.

HighwayStar

I do it there so i have a record of my work until car warranty is over i heard story of ppl getting f over cause they don have records of work done and dealer will not keep there warranty on the car

JackS

I always had the same concern but decided I'd do my own scheduled maintanance anyway. If problems did arise during the warranty period and there were questions, I would argue the point that there is no such wording in the service manual that the car MUST be serviced by Honda. I bought my oil and filters and kept my reciepts and made notations of mileage and dates oil brand etc. in the service phamplet that came with the car. There iis a risk of a dealer argument doing it this way but the advantages are knowing exactly what was done and saving a rather large chunk of dough. I felt that in the end if I did have problems, I would win any argument that a dealer might have with me doing it this way.