Are dealer servicing charges over expensive?

[Eclectic]

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.

 

[John Sauve Rodd]

Thank. Invicta are on my list to phone. My take on Caffyns is they are just milking it.

 

[Jto]

The service manual is in the ismart app. Click the bottom right icon & then manuals . Enter your car year & type.

They are not service manual but user manuals for the car and the info screen

 

[Gadget Geek]

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

 

[SKA]

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 ?

 

[John Sauve Rodd]

MG ZS EC LR 3rd year service £160 at Invicta Maidstone Kent.

 

[Eclectic]

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.

 

[John Sauve Rodd]

My service date is 7th April. I'll let you know my impressions of Invicta. It's a 90 minute appointment so that's wehre the money's going )+ the AA for another eyar).

 

[Gadget Geek]

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.