Ford bulb replacement set pricing
Discussion
When I got my Focus serviced at a main dealer and I was advised that one of my indicators was showing white light and needed to be replaced at a set price of £27.99. I told them to that I'd do it myself. I've just done the job a couple of minutes ago (in the dark) and it took 5 minutes, just 2 screws and the twist on lamp holder. So Ford wanted to charge me £280 an hour for a very simple job. I have heard of main dealer rip offs but this one must be one of the worst.
In the KA the easiest access to the back of the headlamps was to jack the car up pull the wheel arch liner out of the way and get to it that way, also scaling up the price from a 10 minute job to an hourly rate is a bit daft as 6 ten minute jobs in an hour isn't always possible and the job may not always be 10 minutes if something is rusty bent or damaged.
Leaving aside actual costs for a moment, why do manufacturers design cars like this? Is it to provide an income stream for dealers? Even allowing that compromises have to be made during the design process, surely all bulbs should be changeable, at the roadside, by the "average" person?
On a related note, I've seen two cars in the last few weeks, one being a taxi, where only the high-level brake light worked - neither of the normal brake lights worked.
On a related note, I've seen two cars in the last few weeks, one being a taxi, where only the high-level brake light worked - neither of the normal brake lights worked.
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