Are dealer servicing charges over expensive?

I spoke on the phone with the Service Manager at Maidstone, when I was trying to get the battery lockout problem with my ZS solved, and he was very helpful, so it might be worth getting a quote from them.
 
My ZS goes in for its 3 year service next month and I've been told up front it will be £364.34.

1 Can any of you wiser and more experienced than me tell e what the dealer does that costs so much?

2 And is 'main dealer service' a precondition of the car/battery guarantees?

3 Where should I look for a b/down of the service schedule?

Thanks
 

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About the same time I have to ring around for my third year service as well. I am not sure if I have it right But this year Glenn Hopkins has only quoted me only £120 ? ( Which they were quite a bit more on the last two occasions)
Is that the kind of ball park from main dealers ?
 
MG ZS EC LR 3rd year service £160 at Invicta Maidstone Kent.

Now that, while still expensive for what they do, is much more like the price I would expect.

I shall have to consider taking my car the extra 10 miles to Maidstone for its next service if Caffyns won't match the price.
 
Full AA cover with home start is quoted at £135, although you can get deals. Take that away from the price of the service and you get a rough idea of labour costs.
 
Just had the 3 year low milage health check / service done on our 2022 Trophy LR.
I paid £84.00 and received ( by my request ) a two sheet copy of the MG service schedule “tick box” form.
Also a similar green / amber / red tick box sheet completed for the health check report.
The car was dropped off just before 8.30am then just after 9.00am I received a “Health Check” video sent over to my phone.
It also contained ( by request ) a SOH percentage check of the traction battery.
At the two year service the SOH was 99% and now it is 96% after about 24,000 miles.
So, the checks were pretty much complete in about thirty minutes.
I do feel that the price I paid, was a fair representation of the work content / time spent on the car.
I am struggling to understand why some dealers are ( trying ) to charge a lot of money for these very basic checks.
Shop around if your not happy.
I collected the car at 11.00am and was also handed another MG / AA Recovery contact card.
I was offered a price for a service plan, but I rejected the offer.
When I first booked in the car about three weeks ago, they did ask me if I wanted the first MOT doing at the same time as the service to save some time.
I resisted their kind offer, as I have never let a main dealers conduct MOT’s on my cars, even if it is offered for “so called” free.
I had the car tested four days earlier at a local MOT station, which I strongly recommend TBH.
Pretty hard to snag any issues regarding suspension / brakes etc at the time of the service then ;).
Having the MOT done made it easy for the dealer granted, as the MOT had covered many of the items then are paid to check ✅.
 
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