15k recommended service

[slackerwil]

Happy New Year everyone! Brought my 2016 Yukon Denali for a warranty service and recall. Dealership recommended the following maintainance:
2 wheel alignment (89.95)
Throttle body Service (79.95)
Fuel induction service (168.95)
Battery Service (39.95)
What are your thought? Needs to be done? Cost too much? Etc.

Thanks in advance for the input.

 

[chicagofan00]

I'm closing in on 25k miles on my Tahoe and the only services done so far have been the oil changes & tire rotations (outside of the recall work and a dead battery being replaced). The dealership so far has not recommended any other services to me.

 

[Fifty]

I'd go somewhere else and get an alignment and that's it. All the rest is crap.

 

[2011SSVHOE]

I didn't think they do 2wheel alignment anymore. The service advisor just wants his commission.its called a wallet cleaning service.damm glad I don't do that for a living anymore.

 

[SnowDrifter]

these trucks are 2 wheel alignments. There's nothing to adjust in the back end. If you have independent rear suspension I'd find a place that does 4 wheel alignments, but as it is, that's not applicable here.

What are your alignment specs that they're suggesting it?

WTF is a throttle body service?

You have 15k, I'd love to know why they're suggesting a fuel induction service. Do they have reason to believe there's an excess of carbon buildup in the intake? Are these the motors that have direct injection? If so I wouldn't ignore that fact it could need it, but I'd need to see some sort of evidence suggesting. IMO if you can invest in a PCV catch can and EGR delete you'll never need to deal with that again. The weakness with direct injection motors is that there's no fuel wash over the intake to stop the junk from building up on the intake ports. As I said, just request more into. If it's a steamroll sale trying to get their hours, I'd ignore it.

And what's a battery service? Are they saying they'll replace your battery? Or what?

 

[slackerwil]

Yeah, wasn't sure about all these recommendations. Thanks for the input.

 

[Blueinterceptor]

30k. On mine. Oil change and alignment.
They recommended I change the cabin air filter. Nope.

 

[Fifty]

Cabin filter I would do every 10-15k... they can get nasty easy. But they are just behind the glove box usually so no real sense paying them all that amount.

(On all my previous cars it was a 10-15k interval. I'm still at 9k on this truck so I'll wait until after rain season)

 

[Miami-Dade]

Before I bought my new 2016 Tahoe I looked at 8 used 2015&16 Tahoes..They all had at least 40K miles on them.

I had all the service records pulled on them..The ONLY service done on them were oil changes and a couple of them had alignments.

 

[ivin74]

Are those guys for real, they are trying to take your money.

2 wheel alignment (89.95) ---------Unless you see that your truck is pulling then get it done.
Throttle body Service (79.95)------- I have never hear of such service much less on a truck that has 15k miles
Fuel induction service (168.95)----- Come on are these guys ******* for real a fuel induction (injection) service at 15k lol, definitely not needed until after 40k
Battery Service (39.95) ------------- What the hell are these guys going to do to the battery add water, lol

 

[Illnasty]

WTF is a throttle body service?[/QUOTE]

I think they mean a throttle body cleaning perhaps? But that cost for that is crazy, buy a can of cleaner and DIY for $~10.

I clean my throttle body on my older Yukon every 10k or it sputters when the AC is on in the summer.

 

[68 Grand]

Just go by the recommendations in the owners manual, anything else the dealer recommends is crap to get your money:

http://www.chevrolet.com/content/da.../02_pdf/2016-tahoe-suburban-owners-manual.pdf

Page 404. Oil and tire rotations every 7.5k (our oil life is always around 2-3% at that point), cabin air filter every 22.5k, engine air filter and brake fluid every 45k, transfer case fluid and spark plugs every 97.5k, engine cooling system every 150k. That's all the regular maintenance needed without other issues coming up.

And if you use Top Tier gas (and/or Techron just before each oil change), you should never have a problem with carbon buildup.

 

[2011SSVHOE]

Like I said it's just a wallet cleaning service. the service advisor probably gets a 20$ spiff out each fuel induction service he sells, He doesn't give a shit about you or your car, he just want's to look good for his boss and fatten his wallet.

 

[Sgt Joe]

 

[chicagofan00]

What is everyone's thoughts on doing something like a cabin air filter from K&N and just cleaning that at the suggested interval versus replacing the cabin air filter per GM's interval?

 

[Soulraper]

WTF is a throttle body service?

I think they mean a throttle body cleaning perhaps? But that cost for that is crazy, buy a can of cleaner and DIY for $~10.

I clean my throttle body on my older Yukon every 10k or it sputters when the AC is on in the summer.[/QUOTE]

My dealer say "throttle body service" , is the clean of the intake valves clean process.

 

[Fifty]

What is everyone's thoughts on doing something like a cabin air filter from K&N and just cleaning that at the suggested interval versus replacing the cabin air filter per GM's interval?

get the fram baking soda filter when its available again. Also don't wait the 22k miles to change it. I just changed mine at 13k and it was filled with junk. Stay away from the acdelco one, Its a piece of junk. There is another company that sells carbon ones, for better filtration that are inexpensive but I don't know the quality. The fram gets great reviews.

 

[chicagofan00]

get the fram baking soda filter when its available again. Also don't wait the 22k miles to change it. I just changed mine at 13k and it was filled with junk. Stay away from the acdelco one, Its a piece of junk. There is another company that sells carbon ones, for better filtration that are inexpensive but I don't know the quality. The fram gets great reviews.

Crap, they are supposed to be done every 22k miles? I haven't change mine out yet and I'm at 32k miles. Unless the dealership changed it during the oil and tire rotation services but I think they would have told me so.

Guess I will have to looking into getting a new one.

 

[dbbd1]

get the fram baking soda filter when its available again. The fram gets great reviews.

Got a part number handy?

 

[Rdr854]

Are those guys for real, they are trying to take your money.

2 wheel alignment (89.95) ---------Unless you see that your truck is pulling then get it done.
Throttle body Service (79.95)------- I have never hear of such service much less on a truck that has 15k miles
Fuel induction service (168.95)----- Come on are these guys ******* for real a fuel induction (injection) service at 15k lol, definitely not needed until after 40k
Battery Service (39.95) ------------- What the hell are these guys going to do to the battery add water, lol

I have heard of a throttle body service. In layman's terms, my understanding is that it is to the fuel injection system what cleaning the carburetor was to the old carberated motors. That is how it was explained to me. Have only had to do it once, and the car had 60,000 miles on it.