Hmmm, hard to say.Just had my two year old Mazda 2 in for a service. They told me when I come back to collect it, it's gonna cost me £279.
Is that extremely expensive or the general going rate?
I have to say it's making me want to break dry January at 9am!
After the last one I vowed not bother with them and do it myself.
It's probably do-able by yourself, if you have a moderate grasp of what's required. Services are just another mechanism to part us from our cash, and in no way are they worth the hundreds of pounds we're charged for them. Local garages, some of them anyway, will service any car for a fraction of what the dealerships charge, and I find that the best mechanics are to be found in some local garages - seems the days of the dodgy cowboy charging you the earth at a garage are fading, in truth.
Just had my two year old Mazda 2 in for a service. They told me when I come back to collect it, it's gonna cost me £279.
Is that extremely expensive or the general going rate?
I have to say it's making me want to break dry January at 9am!
How many miles has it done?
20,000 maybe. Give or take.
If it's the bigger service (normally 30,000) that's the expensive one. You can probably google the service intervals and get an approximate cost - this is an interim service so I'd expect around 200 as a guess. The next one will be higher. Some brands over service packs which are much cheaper.
They have you over a barrel when you're under warrenty. Is that from Mazda dealership direct? If it is, have you looked for a local garage that's Mazda approved?
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Do you have a list of things done?
Most major garages charge upwards of £60 ph labour or part thereof. Prices of parts have escalated. I paid £20 just for a headlamp bulb a few months ago(Without fitting)
Not for "Ice White" bulb it isn't.Go to Halford....it's 20 including fitting.
Have you looked online? Much cheaper.Not for "Ice White" bulb it isn't.
You blinder!!Not for "Ice White" bulb it isn't.
Seeves you right then.Not for "Ice White" bulb it isn't.
Cheers for all your help guys.
Got 10% off in the end which was at least something. Also won £50 on an accumulator. So in the end was down £200 rather than almost £300.
@ccfc92 they did everything you wrote about, plus a little more I think. So you were pretty much on the button. They've also told me I need two new tyres, but that can wait...
The problem is retailers can charge what they like. Hourly rates will vary enourmously and can be as high as £120 per hour.
The routine service will have a fixed price though for each retailer.
Oil is a minor cost - it's normally purchased in bulk by retailer groups
Advice is to call the retailer as a "new" customer and ask the cost for service. If it's different tell them. If they don't reduce insist you receive the mandatory manufacturer feedback customer survey form and advise them they you will also be contact the manufacturer direct to complain. Whose the retailer Group by the way?
Glad that you had a bit of a result with the 10% and the Acca
I don't think you should feel like you've been ripped off. From what you said the price would be, it sounds about right to me for a second year service. I think what most people forget is, out of that £280, you've got about £100-150 in parts included in that. You've probably been charged an hours labour, or at the most an hour and a half.
Best thing to do, you obviously do about 10,000 miles a year, divide the cost of the service by 12, (and you probably use it most days I imagine) and then work out how much a taxi or train etc would cost over the year, it doesn't seem too bad
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