maintenance light = scam?

**DaviD** · 01-05-2009, 11:28 PM

i think that the maintenance light on cars is a scam that dealers use on the average car owner who doesn't know much about cars

when someone sees the maintenance light on
they take the car to the dealer and the dealer gets the car "fixed"
the dealer will tell the customer "everything" they did on the car
when in reality all they did was change their oil and turn the light off
they charge the customer for a bunch of things that they supposedly worked on in order to get the maintenance light to turn off and for the car to work properly

i think the maintenance light is a scam

what do you guys think?

**Chris** · 01-08-2009, 02:29 PM

I bet dealers do this to people especially to those who don't have any knowledge about their car whatsoever or who they don't like. Good thing I have a "car guy" in my family

**DaviD** · 01-08-2009, 06:51 PM

yeah its good to know a friend or an acquaintance whose a car mechanic