I've never had a lease up until recently, (I've been driving for 30 years). My question is, those BS maintenance checks that dealers "suggest" at every x amount of km where they check your oil levels, check your brakes, etc...and want to charge you $100-$200. When you refuse them does it play against you if you end up having an issue that's under warranty. Basically, will they turn around and say, "oh you didn't do your 30,000 km maintenance check so we're not covering it under the warranty"? I know these checks are big time cash grabs but I'm curious if they could turn around and tell you this. I wouldn't think so but just want to be sure.
I only take it to the dealer for oil changes and I'll tell you why, in the past with another car I had (that was a purchase) I would take it in for the oil change and they would tell me, "oh you should change this or fix that, etc..." I would then just go to my regular mechanic relay the message and he would either take care of it or call their BS and say you don't need to. But that was on a car I straight out owned. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks
I only take it to the dealer for oil changes and I'll tell you why, in the past with another car I had (that was a purchase) I would take it in for the oil change and they would tell me, "oh you should change this or fix that, etc..." I would then just go to my regular mechanic relay the message and he would either take care of it or call their BS and say you don't need to. But that was on a car I straight out owned. Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks