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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by sxue
how much does dealer charge for a battery change?
Guess you missed the post like 3 above yours?



Originally Posted by Kurtz
what's funny is for as many stories as I've seen from folks who got it done free by the dealer you see just as many report the dealer charged em some stupidly high amount for it (Like $30-60 bucks, for a $2 part that takes like 60 seconds to replace)
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 08:13 AM
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Please do not pay a dealer to do this. If your car is already there and they do it for free, that's one thing. But taking it to them to have this done? That would be like taking your TV remote to best buy because the batteries died. This literally takes 30 seconds.
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by RangerJoe
Please do not pay a dealer to do this. If your car is already there and they do it for free, that's one thing. But taking it to them to have this done? That would be like taking your TV remote to best buy because the batteries died. This literally takes 30 seconds.
even autozone has the battery.....
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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I went on ebay and bought myself a 10 pack for like 5 bucks. I still have 8 batteries lol
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