Why do they cost so much to service and/or when they break down, everytime mine goes in for a 25k service its round about a grand, each time they find it needs discs/pads all round, plus the obligatory bulbs that just happen to blow as you pull onto the forecourt.
The last service at 75k was the same but this time needed a crank end seal, DM flywheel, clutch, both front wishbones, BULBS, luckily the warranty covered most of those but the service was still over a grand
Last monday it broke down in the fast lane of the M62, EGR valve capput, lost all power but somehow managed to find some gaps and stop on the hard shoulder. Well over a week later i finally got it back all happy till i saw the bill...............£1658 , for a bloody EGR valve and labour surely not? Well err no, rear discs and pads, BULBS, a windscreen (which we paid for seperate) and an MOT
Apparently the warranty ran out the day before it broke down as it reached 3 years old, in any case mileage was over 100,000k so no warranty on both counts, we have to keep the vans for at least another year due to the contract , looks like they're gonna get expensive.
The ironic thing is on the morning it broke down the little buzzer sounded on the dash and it said 'oil', well it was probably just a touch low on the sensor so i would top up later in the week.............guess what, after everything they found wrong with the van and bill the company £1658 they didn't even top the bloody oil up....how crap is that!
The last service at 75k was the same but this time needed a crank end seal, DM flywheel, clutch, both front wishbones, BULBS, luckily the warranty covered most of those but the service was still over a grand
Last monday it broke down in the fast lane of the M62, EGR valve capput, lost all power but somehow managed to find some gaps and stop on the hard shoulder. Well over a week later i finally got it back
all happy till i saw the bill...............£1658 , for a bloody EGR valve and labour surely not? Well err no, rear discs and pads, BULBS, a windscreen (which we paid for seperate) and an MOTApparently the warranty ran out the day before it broke down as it reached 3 years old, in any case mileage was over 100,000k so no warranty on both counts, we have to keep the vans for at least another year due to the contract
, looks like they're gonna get expensive.The ironic thing is on the morning it broke down the little buzzer sounded on the dash and it said 'oil', well it was probably just a touch low on the sensor so i would top up later in the week.............guess what, after everything they found wrong with the van and bill the company £1658 they didn't even top the bloody oil up....how crap is that!
