> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Was just hoping that someone might have an opinion as to whether my
> dealer might be trying to take advantage of me. Dropped my 99 Explorer
> XLT V-6 SOHC (69,000 miles) off at the dealer this morning for what I
> thought was a slipping serpentine belt. Calls me a few hours later and
> tells me that it was actually the pulley and arm (???) that controls
> the tension in the belt and that it would be about $375 to fix. OK, I
> think to myself, seems reasonable and I recall something similar on a
> car I owned previously.

I don't know how much Ford gets for new tensioners, but NAPA has them for
about $60.00. Assuming Ford gets $100 for them, the dealer is charging $275
labor for a half an hour job. I'd go somewhere else.
H