5 Reasons to Take Your Car to the Dealer for Honda Service

Keeping your Honda well maintained is important if you want your car to be reliable and safe. Routine maintenance on your vehicle will also help ensure that you get the most money possible if and when you decide to sell it. You have a lot of options when it comes to your Honda service, but the best option is always a Honda dealer.

Expertise in Honda Service

Mechanics who work at Honda dealerships are experts in Honda vehicles. That doesn’t just mean that they work on a lot of Hondas, which they do, but that they are actually trained by the manufacturer. This training is ongoing. You can rest assured that the mechanic at the dealership will be abreast of the latest repair technology and all issues concerning the maintenance of your vehicle.

Addressing Recalls

Taking your Honda in to be serviced is a part of routine maintenance and should be done even when you don’t have any obvious problems with your car. However, it is possible that you could have some issues and not even be aware of them. Each year, there are thousands of recalls issued on dozens of different makes and models of cars. In many cases, vehicle owners are not even aware of these issues.

When you take your car into a Honda dealer, they will automatically address any recalls if they exist. The manufacturer will cover the cost of any recall repairs done by an authorized dealership. Since non-dealership mechanics aren’t authorized to make these repairs at the manufacturer’s cost, they have little incentive to make you aware of them.

Maintaining the Relationship

Speaking of incentives, one way to help you decide who will be best for a particular job is to think about who has the most incentives to do the best job for you. Any mechanic, worth their salt, will naturally want to retain you as a customer and that would also be true for Honda dealership mechanics. However, they have an extra incentive- retaining you as a Honda owner as well. Their service center reflects on their dealership too.

Free Services

Often when you buy a new Honda, and sometimes a used one, you will get free Honda service for a period of time. However, the services are only free when they are performed by an authorized dealer. There are usually other stipulations on these free services so be sure to check your service and warranty contracts.

Manufacturer Relationship

The relationship between an authorized dealership and the manufacturer has been touched on above. However, that relationship goes beyond dealerships being authorized to perform certain services at no cost to you. Manufacturers often invest in the mechanic shops at authorized dealerships. That means that dealership mechanics often have the best tools, the latest equipment, and bigger shops. All this translates into better, faster service for you.

It’s easy to see why an authorized dealership is the best choice when your car is in need of service. Stop into South Tacoma Honda for your next service appointment.