Servicing costs

[Mcsteve]

Hi guys.

Just had my 30k service on my Octavia RS TSI. i was surprised at $557 through Peter Warren. How does everyone compare with standard 15k regular book work?
In hindsight i should check with other service centres, but I'm interested to hear from others who service in Sydney.
Appreciate if other owners could share their costs and places they service with.
Thanks in advance.


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[woofy]

They should all be the same now with the fixed costs. Before it was up to the dealer, mine used to be really good and charge less as well. Then they were sold and the new owners jacked up the cost by 50%. The fixed pricing has actually now caused them to drop prices. I know Skoda in Geelong had the best rates of all, but with fixed price servicing they will be charging more whether they want to or not.

The 30k service is a major so as bad as it gets really, if it was 2 yrs they would/should have also changed the brake fluid but that is extra.

[Smart1]

How old's the car? That's the price from the Skoda site including pollen filter and brake fluid that get done at 2 years.

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[Martin]

When I bought my vRS I asked for the service sheet, each 15k service was $500~$600
It's the 60k service that's a major $1,200 due to the DSG
These prices are terrible for sure, but in line with dealer servicing (cash cow), Mazda six monthly services are $500~$600

[woofy]

Yep I had a Mazda 6 for the same period, both cars were manual and the 6 cost more overall in the same time period. It was a well regarded Mazda dealer that wasn't as expensive as others as well (I know as I used another dealer for our other Mazda and they would be easily another $200 more for the same service). If you want to see some hideous servicing costs, try owning a Hyundai.....then compare the identical parts for them vs the same part at Kia.

[Lucas_R]

Might pay to find yourself a good independent Euro mechanic and stop paying dealership prices. In Sydney, you have several to choose from depending on where about's you are located (City, North, South, East, West etc)

[brad]

Just had my 30k service on my Octavia RS TSI. i was surprised at $557 through Peter Warren. How does everyone compare with standard 15k regular book work?

What does your paperwork say they did?

30k should just be the service and if you've got 2 years up, a pollen filter.

I bet they charged you for a brake fluid flush even though the first flush isn't due until 3 years (and every 2 years after that).

Did they also charge you for those great profit makers like "fuel system cleaner", "air conditioning deodoriser" and "engine flush"?

[Mcsteve]

Servicing costs

They did a couple of extra things, but no breakdown on costs. These were the pollen filter, and a De-glaze on the front discs due to squeaking at low speed turns. I'll definitely hunt around next Time. I'd suggest others avoid Warrick farm unless they like Bill shock


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[Umai Naa!!]

The pollen filter, although only $40, will have a labour charge attached to it at 0.3hrs x whatever the labour rate is, plus however long it took to de-glaze the discs.

[wfdTamar]

Pollen filter takes 5 minutes to change.

[Umai Naa!!]

Yes, I know that.

VW's flat rate time is 0.3hrs x labour rate.

[brad]

Pollen filter takes 5 minutes to change.

Realistically, you'd charge 15mins.
get part
put some rag or paper in the footwell
give the internal area a wipe
refit, clean up, etc

Of course, only about half the mechanics would do that

[arriba]

Can you just buy a Ryco or Genuine pollen filter and change it yourself, keeping the receipt in case of any related warranty issue in the future?

[wfdTamar]

I'm sure they would use that to needle out of any possible warranty issue, even if it wasn't related to the filter. Not worth taking the chance while in warranty period for the small saving. Once out of warranty there is very little most people would not be capable of - the only issue being you don't have the service stamps to show a future buyer of your car.

[Martin]

Once out of warranty there is very little most people would not be capable of

I wouldn't agree with that
None of my friends would attempt a coolant change, power steering fluid change, DSG oil change and most of them won't even sanitize the AC evaporator
The Octavia does not have a pad thickness warning light on the dash - again, none of my friends can be bothered inspecting the pads every 6 months

I do all my own servicing on the Octavia but I was not prepared to de-carbon the inlet tracks (it was necessary) - I put it into the shop for a walnut blast

My neighbor's car had a slipping fan belt - it was screeching for 20 seconds every time the car was started - they could not be bothered putting it in for service or even opening the bonnet - I had to tighten the belt for them