Gillman Mitsubishi San Antonio

Gillman Mitsubishi of San Antonio charged my wife $550 for the 30k service on a 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander XLS. She was in tears when she called me on her way home. I called the dealership, spoke to Ashl for the 30k service on a 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander XLS. She was in tears when she called me on her way home. I called the dealership, spoke to Ashley the service writer, then Richie the service manager, who both stated the service was expensive because the vehicle has a CVT transmission and required "special equipment and fluid". I kept explaining that the XLS had a 6-speed automatic, that I was positive of this. Richie kept telling me that as of a couple years ago, "all Lancers and Outlanders have the CVT". After a few minutes of back and forth, he put me on hold. By then I was on the Mitsubishi website, and could see that only 4-cylinders had the CVT. When Richie came back, the story changed, the service was expensive because the dealer followed the "severe maintenance" schedule because I lived in Texas. I answered that the vehicle didn't tow anything, wasn't driven on dusty roads, didn't do a lot of stop and go traffic, that it did not fit any of the parameters for "severe maintenance". He replied that I could go to the other Mitsubishi dealer in San Antonio, that they did the same thing. He also said my spouse agreed to the servicing, and I said all she asked for was the 30k service, nobody gave her an estimate of $550 for the "severe" schedule. His last remark was that it seemed I thought they didn't know what they were doing, and my last answer was if you can't even tell me what transmission is in one of your vehicles, it certainly makes me wonder. That terminated the conversation. I can only hope that I don't have transmission problems, they will probably try to replace the 6-speed with a CVT. That would be interesting. More