$300 service
 

Did I get ripped off?

First service on my 2009 C350, was told at time of purchase that it would be $150. Then when the wife got home she said it was $300.

All of the services cost about that much. Valvoline express lube changes the oil and tops off the fluids for 50.00 where I live. The rest of the service I can have my husband inspect or I can do it myself. We could change the oil too but it costs just as much as valvoline after we buy the parts. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how much tread you have on your tires, check your brakes, or lube things up. I believe your poor wife got took but I believe they do that to everyone and it wouldn't have made a difference if it were your wife or you. I just got out and lubed up my sunroof tracks and my rear sun shade myself with a little thing of lube I paid .25 cents for. Oh, I find it funny they check our wipers and install new ones if needed. Hmm, well I can buy wipers from autozone and put them on for free and I don't need someone checking out my wipers like I'm helpless.

I believe when you roll in for the "service A" or "service B" you are giving permission to inspect and replace anything on the list for those services. They may very well replace things and not tell you and then you end up having to pay for it.

I have a 2005 c230K sedan with a liitle over 40K miles and have been paying around $200-$300 for maintenance when taken to the dealerships.
I always tought that a Mercedes can be only mantained by MB mechs but after checking the net I see lot of people doing maintenance themselves, the point is that a Mercedes is not much different than other cars when maintenance time arrives.
I just got maintenance A done like 4 months ago and still have around 10K miles before the next maintenance but next time I'm going to do it myself, I'm not an expert but have done maintenance in other cars before.
The only thing I would like to have is a maintenance manual or pub showing steps for the most common maintenance requirements.

If anyone can find a reliable source of info please let me know so I can prepare better for the next maintenance. Thanks

I have the same car as you and I would be happy to help you out with maintenance that you want to do yourself. Some of the things I have done are K&N air filters, spark plug replacement (easy), oil and filter changes, fuel filter changes, and these things have been written about by me on this site for others as well as yourself. I think you can do a search and see most of it, but......if there's any way I can help, let me know. If you are inclined mechanically at all, you can do these things.

Yes I am mechanically inclined. I have done maintenance work for the past thirty years. No doubt I can do all of the above as needed.

The main purpose of the original post was about the untruth of my dealer about the price of a service. I had reservations of even spending $150 for a oil change, but decided it was OK because of the extended service interval compared to previous vehicles. $300 for a oil change just seems ridiculous for any vehicle.

Time for service again, have a called in for the owner to try and get a "free" oil change because of the untruth last time, he has not returned my call yet.

Assuming he won't do the right thing, I would like to know where I can order a OEM replacement oil filter, google search only comes up with aftermarket filters.

OEM oil filter
 

Went to NAPA yesterday to get a WIX oil filter. The WIX gold was $17 and the OEM was $19 so I went with OEM. They had a sale on Mobil1 0-40w for $5 a qt.
Curt

there are 2 kinds of service, A and B. They alternate. you can read about in your owner's manual. A is oil/filter change and inspections, B is A plus several other things (air filter, cabin filter, etc.). $300 is about typical for B, seem high for A but it varies by where you live. I do all the service myself. I can tell you that $150 seems high for A to someone used to GM cars or something, but just buying 7 quarts of approved synthetic oil and OEM filter can cost $80. The fuel, air and cabin filters (OEM) cost about another $80.

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