To follow up on what Retiredguy123 said, I to have never had a service contract. My Carrier unit is 9 years old and I replace the filters annually. They are $50 for 3 filters if you order them through Amazon. Also pour vinegar down the condensation tube in the A/C months. My neighbor has Munn's service his unit and they charge him $150 a year to come out and replace the filter and check the unit.
My unit has had two problems in the 9 years. Someone posted that they called Munn's and they were told their only 2 year old unit needed a new capacitor and was charged $313. Someone else posted they should of called Chuck Farrell. My unit went out about a week later when it was 3 years old and I remembered that post and called Chuck Farrell. They came out within 2 hours of calling, he didn't know me and I didn't know him. He checked the inside air handler, and then outside the freon and the capacitor and said, your capacitor has gone out. He said, since your unit is less than ten years old, the capacitor is covered by a warrantly and it's just $75 service charge.
Next problem was a year ago, when the unit was 8 years old, it quit cooling. I called Chuck Farrell and they once again came out within an hour or two and looked the unit over and said your blower has gone out. He called his office and ordered a new blower and said he will have it by tomorrow. I asked about what about in the meantime. He said I carry a spare and put the spare in the unit and it started right up cooling. The next day they called and came out and put in a new blower fan and charged $175 total parts and 2 visits. If you noticed on my previous post I had 4 links to past threads. One link was to a thread where someone said Munn's wanted $333 to clean his coils and blower. I got a brand new blower replaced for $175 and that included two visits and use of a spare blower. You can't beat Chuck Farrell.
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