Originally Posted by BC30cal
... but on that wonderful Mercedes one needed the factory codes and whatever setup they had to reset the computer.

Dwayne

Yeah, but they charged $1300 just because they could.

Quite a few years back I was feeling lazy and told the wife to take the Honda to the dealership to troubleshoot some underhood noise. They said it was the AC and it would be at least $1200 to replace the compressor. Told her to bring it back home and diagnosed it myself. Ended up replacing the AC pulley bearing for about $35. Sure, there's labor involved, but a shop probably shouldn't charge more than $150 to $200 for it.