Vw Car Servicing - Is It Needed ?

zackkilmer

I have a 3 year old VW polo which I have recently bought outright . It needs it 2 year major service . When I phoned the garage to book the service it said it would cost around £270 , possibly extra !! I realise that VW garages are expensive but am I been conned ? - does it have to be taken here as its a VW car . I know zero about cars !! Or should I phone around kwik fit etc . She said that they use some special oil so I don't want to harm my car in any way

Thanks

Lob_Rockster

you can probably get away with going to any garage for a service - but it depends on what a 2-year major service involves - belts + fluids + discs + more, potentially. How many miles on the clock?

FWIW you're probably out of warranty and a documented and proper service elsewhere will result in stamp in the book and potentially less hit to the pocket....

Doppleganger

If you want to take it to a main dealer then call 2 or 3 local VW dealers to compare costs however, to save paying over the odds I would take it to a non-franchised garage. As long as the servicing book is stamped it won't have a negative effect on the cars value. Ask around at work/local pub etc for recommendations for a good local garage.

With regards to the "special oil" this is used by Polo's follwoing the "LongLife Service", if required a non-franchised garage can supply it too as well as Halfords etc. Also, if your car is 3 years old it will require an MOT if it hasn't already got one.

- Dop

zackkilmer

Thabks for the advise . I just phoned VW and they said it will be an extra £60 for a brake fluid change , as my brakes felt a bit spongy. Its starting to add up! However the full VW service history is good to , especially as I may part exchange in 2 years . And my MOT needs doing - had forgotten about that !! Cheers

shopndrop

I have a VW Golf, bought new Jan 2004 with servicing required every 2 yrs or 20,000 miles. Warning came on dashboard last summer after 15,000 miles saying service needed. Had it done and asked why was car sold with servicing needed every 2 yrs or 20,000 miles and was told "it must be the way I drive!". A few weeks ago at 23000 miles, the service warning light came on again and I rang a different VW dealer to book the service. The guy I spoke to there said, why do you want it servicing again so soon, you only had it done last summer. I explained about the warning light and he said, call into the garage and just have service warning light re-set. Much cheaper than paying for a service whcih I am sure it didn't need. Just wonder how many other people have cars serviced unnecessarily, just because dashboard says it needs doing.

fatboyonadiet

Best to post this in the motoring sub-board, might be worth some people to see the post you've done in the anything else moneysaving board too as you could get repitition: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=179406