Hi everyone, this is my first time owning a car. It’s a 2020 Honda civic. I had the « service » light turn on so I took it in to my local Honda service center. These are the issues they flagged and the estimated cost for each. Are these prices fair? Or are these things I can easily/safely learn to do on my own? (Ignore the wiper insert replacement, I can definitely do that on my own)

Thank you in advance!

  • yirmin@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Others have explained how over priced this is. But beyond that when you are able trade the car in and get one with a normal automatic or even an old school manual transmission. The CVT transmissions do not last and when they give up the ghost it will cost you a lot. You’ll find lots of Nissans sold dirt cheap with transmission issues, because they are all CVT transmissions and unlike normal automatic transmissions CVT transmissions have a belt/chain that wears out over time. Hondas aren’t as bad but they are still relatively new technology for Honda so I wouldn’t expect them to be as reliable as an old school automatic. Maybe in another 10 years CVTs will have become more reliable but you are taking a risk with one.