Ok so i took my car to NTB to get an oil changed and i also told them that i thought that i had a belt loose because it makes this ridiculous noise when i start it well i'm thinking that its my A/C and powersteering belt but then when they called me and gave me this crazy price saying including the oil change and parts that it would come up toalomst $300so i'm assuming they meant my timing belt too? Well money is kind of thight right now so how do i know that they're not lying to me just beacuse i'm a young girl? how can you tell if there are problems with your timing belt?

 

naw the timing belt is a completely diffrent belt....to do that u would need to change the water pump too....so that job alone could cost around $300-$400...if you were to take it to a mechanic.....

what exactly did they tell that they were gonna replace/repair for $300???

 

I can't remember what belts they said i know one of them was the powersteeringbut i can't remember the other one i know that they said one was$39.99 and the other was $24.99. Well before I took my car there i looked online to see how much belts tyupically cost and i looked at autozone and other placesand they're relatively cheap. NTB has very expensive prices I know my friend got a battery there for over $100 then found the same one somewhere else for alot cheaper. I hate going into palces and them trying to rip me off justcuz i'm a young girl. They said the total was goign tobe $286 and I called my lil bro to get his opinion and he told me that was way too much

 

yea...thats waytoo much if its ps/ac belts they are just replacing, and the oil change....u should take it somewhere else

 

Go somewhere else.

 

Yeah I plan on going somewhere else I want a new car but i'm 20 and this neon is my 5th car would the a/c belt have anythign to do with why my heat and my ac don't work i know my heatercore isn't leaking (i've already had that problem) i'm thinking maybe it has an air pocket in it cuz thats happened to me b4

 

If the belt is slipping then it would not turn the A/C compressor therefore you wouldn't get any cold air. Heat is a different issue though.

 

Man i knew the price of oil went up but damnI didn't think that much lol $300 is way to much there just trying to rip you offAnother way to tell if your a/c belt is slipping real bad is your power steering will cut out well atleast mine did.

 

yeah please take it somewhere else. that is way too much for just that stuff lol

 

The only thing that I can say is that my water pump just went out, I did not want too replace it my self so I called the dealer for fun, labor only was 298.00, the pump was 65.00 and the belt was 56.00 I told them thanks but no thanks so I'm going to rebuild one that I have sitting on the floor, have all the parts too do it anyway.