Capped price servicing

[50D]

Don't mean to hijack the thread but, would anyone one be able to advise me what a 25,000km should cost? (6R GTI)

[brad]

The best one I saw at the dealership, was a lady had booked her Golf in for a service. She didn't know a whole lot about the car, and we were to do whichever service was due.

Anyway, it turned out it was a DSG R32, and was due for a 60K service. She hit the roof when she saw the bill.

I had a couple of customers like that when i first started "Do whatevers needed. This car is my baby..." and then wanting to put the baby out for adoption when they saw the bill. I quickly learnt it was less heartache to at least suggest a maximum fee that they might be looking at & a promise to ring them if it was going to be greater.

It was much easier to deal with people that wanted to know exactly what was being done & how much it would cost.

[jayc29u]

Don't mean to hijack the thread but, would anyone one be able to advise me what a 25,000km should cost? (6R GTI)

Taking my car in tomorrow for 2 year/30,000 and they said 395.

Call your dealership up and confirm with them before booking.

[Zakarados]

Just an update, got them to match cap price. Basically saved $100, but still pretty exi.

Just wondering, do they do tyre rotation? I noticed in my 12 month service there was no tyre rotation which is strange. Honda used to do tyre rotation every 6 months, which increases the life of the tyres. Bridgestone charges $40 to get this done, i wonder if VW will do it as part of the 24 month service.

[brad]

At most VW group dealers, only if you pay extra. Most of them check the brakes without removing the wheels.

Agree, tyre rotation usually extends the life of the tyres. Like this:


With the capped price servicing, they'll do what the service schedule says & anything else will cost more.

[Snail Style]

Tyre rotation on vw usually makes for noisy tyres aswell due to the tendancy for the rear tyres to scallop.

As many people have mentioned, capped pruce servicing is the bare bones of a service. Basically an oil change and quick checkover.

[brad]

Tyre rotation on vw usually makes for noisy tyres aswell due to the tendancy for the rear tyres to scallop.

As many people have mentioned, capped pruce servicing is the bare bones of a service. Basically an oil change and quick checkover.

It's a chicken / egg thing. Get in early enough (5k-10k) & the tendency to scallop & get noisy doesn't happen. Leave it too long (and 15,000km is excessive IMO) and rotaion will make the noise worse / more apparent.

I wouldn't pay a dealer to do it but I'm happy to do it myself & take the opportunity to wash wheels, high pressure blast the brakes & clean the guard liners, etc.

[Zakarados]

It's a chicken / egg thing. Get in early enough (5k-10k) & the tendency to scallop & get noisy doesn't happen. Leave it too long (and 15,000km is excessive IMO) and rotaion will make the noise worse / more apparent.

I wouldn't pay a dealer to do it but I'm happy to do it myself & take the opportunity to wash wheels, high pressure blast the brakes & clean the guard liners, etc.

Could someone elaborate on tyre scallop? My polo has done 20,000km... I would love to do it at home, but putting any car on 4 jacks isn't the safest thing to do.

[parraeel]

Tyres on my Polo rotated at 12700km, no evidence of scalloping or noise.

[brad]

Could someone elaborate on tyre scallop? My polo has done 20,000km... I would love to do it at home, but putting any car on 4 jacks isn't the safest thing to do.

Polos aren't too bad for it.

Visually inspect & run your hand over the inside edge of the rear tyres. If there is feathering (raised leading edge) of the tread blocks or hill & valley effect then that's scalloping.

Putting a vehicle on 4 jacks is craziness (esp VW jacks). Putting your car on 4 jackstands is very safe if done on flat, stable ground using appropriate points on the vehicle chassis.

[Umai Naa!!]

Scalloping isn't very common on cars with skinny tyres. Anything with 17s and up, usually suffer. Once it starts, there's not a lot you can do until they wear out and you replace them with something else.

[R1911]

15K Service

Just got mine done today (15k Service), was $330, as most people have said it's a bit steep for just and oil and filter change and a visual check, but they also washed, vacuumed and tire shined (That's got to be at least $20 of the juniors time), and surprisingly whoever did it did a good job, got right into the gaps on the door pillars and cleaned out the dust that accumulates.

[amazeer]

Best off doing the tyre rotation yourself. C0cks at dealers and tyre shops will only damage your wheels. In my one and only rotation and alignment during first service that I didnt ask for or approve I ended up with 2 chips from rattle guns. Only small and nobody would notice unless they were doing a wheel clean but still... I was annoyed. About to get new tyres, I think I'll take them off myself and drive them down there in the other car.... after covering them with masking tape for a little protection.

[jayc29u]

An update if anyone is interested.

Like I said previously, was quoted 395 or whatever it was. I went to pick up my car and to my surprise it was 520 (!!!) including rotation.

Was a bit shocked but I paid anyway and just as I was walking out the door got a call from the manager and was told that since I was quoted 395 they honour it so they'd give me 120 credit to my next service.

[Guest001]

Could someone elaborate on tyre scallop? My polo has done 20,000km... I would love to do it at home, but putting any car on 4 jacks isn't the safest thing to do.

Do one side at a time then as you arent supposed to swap them side to side as most of the tyres we use are directional.