ESP and regular maintenance
7/22/10, 10:09 PM
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ESP and regular maintenance
How do you all with the ESP now, or in the past, handle routine maintenance?
I prefer to change the oil myself and do some routine maintenance. If something goes wrong with the vehicle while under ESP, do they review service records?
I prefer to change the oil myself and do some routine maintenance. If something goes wrong with the vehicle while under ESP, do they review service records?
7/22/10, 10:51 PM
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Yes, they review the service records. Keep every receipt.
I had 130k kms on my Focus when it developed a tick that turned out to be a rod bearing. ESP to 150k. Personally, I use only synthetic oil in my cars; I wait until my local supplier has a 40% off sale and buy enough 5qt jugs (at $18 each) to last a year (I have 3 vehicles so I go through a lot). I religiously change my oil every 8k (the max recommended interval), I take it into the dealer and supply the oil myself, the $20 they charge me for a filter and labour is worth not crawling under on my garage floor and disposing of the old oil, even though I have all the tools. That way, I also have a hard copy of what mileage and interval I get my oil change at.
Anyways, when they decided that they wanted to replace the engine, they noticed that at 2 spots there was a "missing" oil change. Funny enough, those two missing ones would have been right around the 8k mark. These were the 2 times I changed the oil myself because I couldn't schedule an oil change in time before two long trips. So I did them myself. So they demanded receipts, and I produced a number of $200 receipts for oil. It was a big hassle, but in the end they came through, they had no choice because I had established a service pattern.
I had 130k kms on my Focus when it developed a tick that turned out to be a rod bearing. ESP to 150k. Personally, I use only synthetic oil in my cars; I wait until my local supplier has a 40% off sale and buy enough 5qt jugs (at $18 each) to last a year (I have 3 vehicles so I go through a lot). I religiously change my oil every 8k (the max recommended interval), I take it into the dealer and supply the oil myself, the $20 they charge me for a filter and labour is worth not crawling under on my garage floor and disposing of the old oil, even though I have all the tools. That way, I also have a hard copy of what mileage and interval I get my oil change at.
Anyways, when they decided that they wanted to replace the engine, they noticed that at 2 spots there was a "missing" oil change. Funny enough, those two missing ones would have been right around the 8k mark. These were the 2 times I changed the oil myself because I couldn't schedule an oil change in time before two long trips. So I did them myself. So they demanded receipts, and I produced a number of $200 receipts for oil. It was a big hassle, but in the end they came through, they had no choice because I had established a service pattern.
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In this day and age, get your receipt, scan it and store the PDFs/images some place safe. I like the Neat Receipts scanner. I would tear the tab off the oil filter box and mark the date/mileage on that and keep that with my receipts as well. The spreadsheet works as a good log but you'll still want all the source material. The reason I recommend scanning the receipts is that cash register receipts tend to fade over time.
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In this day and age, get your receipt, scan it and store the PDFs/images some place safe. I like the Neat Receipts scanner. I would tear the tab off the oil filter box and mark the date/mileage on that and keep that with my receipts as well. The spreadsheet works as a good log but you'll still want all the source material. The reason I recommend scanning the receipts is that cash register receipts tend to fade over time.
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