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| - My wife's 2008 Dodge Durango's water pump failed, and her car over heated, so she had to stop by the side of the road. She had the car towed to Prestige Dodge on Centennial. They then told her she needed a new water pump, belt, belt tensioner... Oh and your brakes need to done and you need a tune-up for a total of $2000.00.
I spoke to the service rep, Manuel Cardenas, and I asked him for a detailed breakdown. $1250.00 for labor, the rest in parts. I thought all the fees were outrageous. So I had our car towed to a different mechanic. But before I could take the car from Prestige , I had to pay $129.00 for diagnostic fees. Basically, someone to look at the non-rotating water pump for 30secs and saying "yup, the water pump is out!"
A bit of highway robbery!
The other mechanic being ethical charged less then $200.00 in parts and $200 in labor.
Both new water pump and brake pads. The poor thing is... That the car had 135,000 miles on it and we are ready to buy a new Durango but it won't be at Prestige Dodge!!
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