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Originally Posted by theking
Upon further discussion with the dealership it turns out that they need to do their own check engine test to ensure for themselves that it is the upstream 02 sensor causing the check engine light to come on. I had it checked for free at AAMCO. Then they said they will need to run various tests on the engine to ensure that the firing system and fuel system is performing properly to ensure that it is not causing a problem with the upstream 02 sensor and then and only then can they have confidence that the sensor has gone bad. The sensor itself is $131 dollars plus the cost of the check engine test and the cost of the diagnostics run on the engine itself...possible fixes...plus labor...could run the cost up as much as $400.00 worse case scenario.
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Yeah, don't go to the dealership. You're looking at $100 for a diagnosis, there. Have some parts store idiot read the codes for you, it's free.. better yet, do it yourself.
If the dealership has the sensor for $131- definitely get it from them. Then put it in, yourself. As long as you can get to it, it could not BE easier. Might want to put some anti seize on the threads.. the socket you need is $5 OR the parts story will loan you one.
Genuine parts are almost always a whole lot better than anything else.. Only exception I can think of is the distributors on 98-99 lebaron convertibles
PS: If the engine is causing the sensor to get confused, why aren't they both upset? That doesn't make sense. They want your $100 diag fee
PS: I thought those greedy fucks would usually at least apply the diag fee to any repair, christ, they're getting worse