To resurface an old thread, here's an article on "free" maintenance and how some of the makers who do offer it are (or already have cut back on this). http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosins...uto-241591.htm

 

can we have someone show us how to do all the service things ourselves? Is there a place to find all of these fluid service intervals that arent listed in our service manuals. I totally love DIY because it SMM (saves me money) Obviously i know how to change the oil and air filter i mean the harder stuff

 

I went to Cerritos Nissan today for my first free oil change and wanted them to fix my driver side door, it didn't close smoothly and made a popping sound when opening it compared to passenger side. I got it back today with globs of grease in the door latch, and now the door has a bigger gap between the body of the car and door when closed. I called the service Supervisor, and of course no return call!!! Do you think I can go to another dealer to fix this or should I just hassle with Cerritos until they do it right? I F*#@ing hate dealership service departments.....I gotta find a good, honest one in So Cal!!!!

 

I noticed you said on the 30,000 mile service to have your trany drained and refilled. Is it really necesary to have your tranny serviced every 30000 miles? I have never had one serviced and I am 43. My last car was a Pontiac Grand Am with 152000 miles on it.