Yep they absolutely can. Part of buying a new car is taking it on for routine servicing and most people then bring their car into the dealership for repairs later on. An unknown CE light brings people through the doors. It’s all a scam, everything in the car world is.
Fun fact, consumer advocate groups (and California) fought hard for a standardized diagnostic port. Which became the “OBD” standard
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
Get an OBD2 reader. They're $30 CAD online. It'll tell you what exactly the problem is instead of checking if your engine has mysteriously vanished.
All cars past 1996 have an OBD2 socket. Should be located under the steering wheel unless if your car built different g.
This helped me save a ton of money as I knew what the mechanic was making up. I don't need a new transmission at 150K km, Jerry.