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My dealer is charging $400 to diagnose my 2003 Camry's problem because he said the car was too old to put on a computer. The diagnosis is I need 3 new wheel bearings at $150 each. Shouldn't this come out of the diagnosis money? Is this a normal charge?
My car has 105000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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