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Originally Posted by des16
I brought my car to the dealer with all the warning lights on the dash, including ABS, tire pressure, brakes, airbag, seatbelt, etc. He ran the diagnostics, charged me $175, and said the car was not worth fixing. He indicated that at the very least it would require a new ABS module, new ABS sensors on at least 2 wheels, and tone rings. He indicated that these parts would and related labor would cost more than the value of the car. Anyway, before I give up and follow his advice, attached are his scans. His email with the scans referred to them as: "before and after scans; the second is the returning hard codes." Anyway, before I take his advise and sell the car (which I would prefer not to do since otherwise, it's in great condition and I've spent a lot of several thousands on it recently for brakes, shocks, tires, exhaust, new vanos solenoid, oil gaskets etc), I wanted to get some advise. It seems to me that nowadays all the dealer does is run the codes, come up with some expensive parts that need to be replaced, and pass along the bad news that this will cost $5000. But, maybe that's the new art of auto repair.
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My daily driver is 17 years old with 235k miles on it, and worth perhaps $2000 on its best day. But I love driving it, and it is the used car that I know. Every year I have to spend $1k on something for it; now it has a rattling cat, so it's going to need a new exhaust manifold and a tie rod or two. I have newer cars, but I keep this one going because it drives so well. I think you should find an independent mechanic, and get a second opinion. I wouldn't spend $5k on my 2000 BMW, but I might spend $1500 to get another year or two out of it. The next used car might be worse.