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Old Oct 4, 2013
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Mechanic's Pricing-Please Advise Me!!

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Hello all,

I have been having several issues with my 2001 Honda Civic LX. When I first bought the car, the interior dome lights, both the front and middle one went out. I changed the fuse but it kept blowing so I just left it alone and dealt with having no lights. About 6 months later, my gauges started going haywire going down to 0 and then shooting up to the highest numbers while I was driving. I would turn the car off and back on and the problem would cease for a few days. After awhile the gauges would just stay at 0 and would not work unless I hit the plastic cover over the gauges until they came back on. The problem became more and more frequent. Now, the beeping noise that used to occur when I would leave my keys in the ignition or headlights on doesn't happen anymore. Anyone have any ideas? Any help would be super appreciated. Does it sound like these problems are connected are would they all be separate issues?
I ended up taking my car to a mechanic and he found that the gauge cluster was faulty and I would need to replace. He thinks that the cause for the interior lights not working and the fuse blowing is old wires under the dash. He wants to charge $500 to take apart the dash and replace some wires. Do you think this is overpriced? Do you think this is worth it to do?
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Multiple posts?
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Re: Mechanic's Pricing-Please Advise Me!!

seems about right. maybe $100 parts and 4 hours of labor.
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