Car sevicing/manufactures warranty

rev229

While a car is under the manufactures warranty is is best to still have the manufacture to sevice and MOT the car. My husband have a 2 yr old car which we plan to keep (thats what he always says!!) but his mileage is very high (diesil needs sevicing every 9000 miles) last sevice only a month ago cost 372.00 20,000 mile sevice:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: but will need another sevice in about six weeks:eek: :eek: . I think we should use our tesco vouchers for nationwide autocentres and save lots of money. Husband thinks he should go to manufactres because of warranty. Even if we were to sell the car in a year I don,t think where it has been serviced will make a huge difference because of the milage. Any advice greatfully recieved thenks.

Browntoa

according to this
http://www.whatcar.co.uk/news-special-report.aspx?NA=217158&EL=3141786

The majority of new car owners dutifully return to the franchised dealer to have their car serviced, usually paying over the odds for the pleasure. In the past, owners of cars still covered by the manufacturer’s warranty were tied to the franchised network for servicing – but not any more. Follow our steps to good value servicing.

• Shop around – costs even vary between franchised dealers, so don’t just return to the one where you bought your car.
• You can now get your car serviced at a non-franchised garage without invalidating your warranty, so call local workshops for prices too.
• If you do go to an independent garage, ensure it is VAT-registered and make sure the parts and fluids used are genuine manufacturer products. Get receipts and part serial numbers to prove this.
• Always stick to your car’s servicing schedule and ensure that the servicing book is stamped.
• Always read your warranty document thoroughly before booking your car in for servicing.
• If your car needs a repair or some warranty work carried out, however, this must be done at a franchised dealer in order to keep your warranty intact.

rev229

Thanks I will show this to my husband hopefully he will be convinced:rolleyes: and we can then use our tesco deals and save loads of money:T :T :T :T