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Have you checked to see if your warranty will cover it? I'm not familiar with Acura warranty's but if like Subaru and you purchased an extebnded warranty it wouldn't cost you a dime to have the dealer fix it. I would recommend to anyone who is looking to buy new and expects to hold onto the car for awhile to purchase extended warranty's. They are definitely worth it.

My two cents on the tech pay. Our labor rate is $99.00 ph and of the 10 techs we have here they earn from 50k on the low end to 130k plus on the top end. All depends on how hard of a worker they are. If you can consistently turn 50 hrs a week you are going to earn a dam fine living.

Ah a modern twist on the age ole bench diagnosis...the cyber diagnosis. lol Springfield....from reading your posts I gotta say you must be a top notch service writer. Would love to have someone like you on our desk.

I'm a parts manager at a Subaru dealer. Sounds like the compresser may be kicking on and drawing the idle down. You may have an idle air control valve issue. Have someone check out the IAC valve.