Just had a 600 hour service done on my 2020 Mule pro / fxt
No major problems found
7 hours of labor
$ 171 in parts
total $ 1200

Your thoughts

Thanks

Did you at least get a kiss? Or maybe I should ask if they used Vaseline.

147 hr is robbery. All they are doing is changing fluids and checking belt deflection

I have a 2018 Mule Pro and do the service myself, once a year. Air filter, oil filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, engine oil, differential oil and transaxle oil costs me 140.00 total. Takes me about 2 hours because I blow out the radiator fins,clean out the belly pan and wash it.

I did replace the starter last year and put a new drive belt on it while I had the primary apart.

'Had my CanAm serviced at Destination Cycle in Kerrville a couple of times. Last time was during Covid and they seemed to take it as an excuse to insanely increase their prices, and it took forever. It was ridiculous and I won't be back. 'Went back to the dealer in Boerne, even though it's a PITA to get in the driveway and turn around, but they were much more reasonable. My back and knees aren't allowing for much DIY lately.

I do the basic service work on my old Kubota RTV. I wish it wasn’t so low to the ground. Kubota fluids are darned expensive.

Yikes! I did all the maintenance on my diesel Mule. It took a couple of hours to change all the fluids. Dealer service is such a ripoff. I remember my ex-wife getting six spark plugs installed (all readily accessible) and a new air filter. They wanted to charge her almost $400. It might have taken 20 minutes. Service rep quoted her $60 for the air filter. I had bought one at Auto Zone a week before and it was in the trunk. I had paid $11.95 for it.

Where was this crime committed?

I just had a 300hr full service on my Mule Pro FXT Camo last month. No problems were found.

Parts=$152.00, 2hrs labor-$279,00.

My 4 wheelers spend 99% of their life in a locked shipping container. We generally use them for about 1/2 hour of actual run time every 2 or 3 weeks when I get to the country.

I found out that I can maintain them myself. Why? Because, like you guys, I found that an elementary school dropouts labor cost at a dealership is obscene. No mas! And, they are mostly ‘make ready’ then actual mechanics. I had one problem that 3 dealerships couldn’t fix. I then took it to Mikes Off Road, an old friend. Mike Street has a large 4WD repair shop. Mike said it sounded like a solenoid. He changed that and no problemo since.

Maintenance is mostly oil, filters, grease gun and rag. Just like on my tractors. I do that.

Mike spent about 45 minutes of work and I’ve never made the kind of money per minute that the dealerships charge.

Who did you use for your mule service ?

I'd like to see an itemized list of what they did for 7 hours!!!

I had a rear axle U-joint crater on our 2007 Mule. Big job, maintenance-wise, because of all the disassembly and reassembly of the entire rear end of the vehicle. IIRC, that job was also $1200 [but, to be fair, that was a few years ago].

When that Mule eventually needed front CV shaft replacements, I just did the work myself (and I am no mechanic!). It's amazing what all you can find on Youtube!

Took my Mule Pro in to dealer in Fredericksburg back in December. Replace torn cv boot in front, replace belt. $500 parts and later. Only work I’ve had done on it since purchased in 6/2017. It was more work than I wanted to do. I did replace the battery myself last summer.

171 in parts just sounds like the synthetic oils and filters for a full service. The labor cost is absolutely ridiculous. I can service everything on my Ranger in about an hour and I’m not any kind of a mechanic.