How much would you say you pay, on average, to maintain or repair your car, including scheduled service. My car is 5 1/2 years old and I’m averaging about $3000/year. That seems high. The service person (at the dealer) says “well, your car is 5 years old.” I didn’t think 5 years is that old…

$3,000/year is somewhat excessive if the car is in ‘normal’ service. But what does (average) mean? Have you spent $15,000 on the car in the past 5 years?

Well, no. So to be fully accurate, for the last 2 years, I have spent about $3000-$4000/year on repairs and maintenance for this car. My warranty gave out 2 years ago, I guess.

$1200/year is a good number in not a little high. I think it makes good sense to traded yours off personally if you are think of it.

What kind of problems have you been having with it? Maybe you need a different mechanic. And what kind of car is it?

Sorry, when I made the post I had to indicate the year/model and I thought that would show up on the post. It’s a 2005 VW Passat Wagon with 40,000 miles on it. The service manual specifies required service based on mileage only, not time. I actually had my 40,000 mile service last summer (at 32,000…

what you are quoting is more than just maintenance. car is over 5 years old things will go bad. Brakes wear out, a few hundred bucks, ac compressor goes bad a 1000? bucks, alternator goes bad a few hundred. these are not maintenance items. these are failed items. maintenance is alignment, oil, rotat…

I would be furious if one of my cars cost that much on average, and I’d be trying to sell it as fast as possible. For reference, my (now sold) 1997 Taurus didn’t cost me one cent in repairs until it was 6 years old, and even then it racked up only about $400 in repairs total over its first 11 years…

$3000 is defintely too high for a non-luxury 5 year old car with only 40,000 miles on it. The average US driver spends about $1200 or so on maintenance, repairs and tires per year. And the average car would be about 5-6 years old and have about 50,000-60,000 miles on it. Volkswagens have above aver…

You did not mention how many miles per year you put on but that sounds really high. We average 10k per year on 2 2003 vehicles, one chevy one ford. Sure something will come up soon but being really generous here I’ll take it to the first 5 years as that was the point for new tires and brakes. 5 year…

Annual (average) repair and maintenance costs for a 5 year old car

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mshugna November 14, 2010, 6:55pm 6

take out your maintenance schedule and look at the recommended and required service that is required for each time period…miles OR time which ever comes first…you should be able to estimate costs from a dealer and local mechanic. Milestones cost extra than routine… Do your homework.

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Annual (average) repair and maintenance costs for a 5 year old car

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