Honda Service Rip Off?

[alpina]

My friend sent her 2009 Jazz to USJ1 Honda for a 40000kms service, they told her that at 40000kms, they have to clean the throttle body @ rm288, and they have to clean all the injectors for rm168, although it is not in the service booklet. I have never heard of such a thing from any of the other manufacturers. Is Honda so high tech now that they have to have this done? Anyone in this forum heard of this or had their car done?

 

[hellshock2]

Service of throttle body and Injectors at 40,000km is not normal. Unless the car is in really bad shape, not taken cared, very dirty air filters and dirty petrol tank/fuel filter, which is quite unusual ...

 

[cy4n1d3]

Injector service is not necessary at 40000km. Service throttle body can be done at outside shop for only 50 bucks. And it is done only when your idling has problems.

 

[nyantong]

Skip the throttle body service and injector cleaning. Because injector cleaning may do more harm than good because we never know just what kind of chemicals are used to clean the injectors. And let's be honest, the mechanic won't have time to remove the injectors, put it on a test bank and do a before and after cleaning test. He would probably just pour the chemical into the petrol tank and let it clean them.
Besides, I don't see any other manufacturer doing injector cleaning unless there's a problem with the engine.

 

[leachuan]

Unless you have idling RPM issue. Otherwise, no need to perform all those cleaning :)

 

[alpina]

The car has been fully serviced on time by them from day one and is in perfect condition. No problems with idling nor any engine issues. I cant help but to think that these buggers are out to make a quick buck. Becareful of these buggers, I will certainly not let her take her car there anymore. I am wondering if Honda knows about this scam by their dealers.