Got a shock

[Mike08]

Guys, just contacted my local Holden dealer for a price on the SS 15k service.

$348.00 + Oil extra

Needless to say i will not be going there i can tell you.

Cheers all.

[Xonar]

hahahah
not bad...
my dealership quoted me $440 !!!

Went to my local mechanic who did it for $180 with full synth oil

[bladerunner]

Guys, just contacted my local Holden dealer for a price on the SS 15k service.

$348.00 + Oil extra

Needless to say i will not be going there i can tell you.

Cheers all.

shop around mate the prices vary a bit even at dealerships. mine cost $280 inc oil from my local stealership

[LachieSV6]

thats not bad, best i could get was $220 after ringing my 4 local dealerships.

[TinSnips]

No real need for it to cost more than $250 ish - depending on the oil you choose. Best thing I did was find a local mechanic I could trust - cheaper services and no stuffing around - plus it's helping out a local small business. That's not to say that you won't need the dealerships for warranty work - but it's good to not be given the run around in the mean time.

[monkeywrench]

A customer of mine got quoted $800-$900.00 for a 30,000km on a ve wagon,needless to say i did it for about 3 times as less and now i know he will keep coming back,gotta love dealerships,especially for small workshops like mine

[gossie]

$440 was from the local GM here in June........440 for oil change and filter? In ya dreams buddy. I could do it myself in 30 minutes, but thought better of that by going to my friendly local mechanic who did the job as well as filling in the books all for 140. He used Edge 5-30 in it that's to GM specs.
When it hits 3 years though might do it myself, but get local mechanic to flush the brakes and coolant plus anything else needed.

[HussySV6]

WOW! Well when we bought my car brand new all the services my father had done! But my 75,000K serivice is due in about -500Ks lol so any rough clue as to what they change and how much they charge, i was planning on not going but i need to coz 1. my breaks are stuffed and that anoying service sign doesnt go away lol

[Woollie]

I had my 3000 k check up done yesterday and got them to change the oil and filter. They wanted $175 when I went to pay. I talked them down to $130. Still a rip off though

[sv6 power]

You can use this site for fixed prices: Fixed Price Car Service: Auto Service, Car Repairs, Car Servicing

my last service was 60,000km and i used the cheapest fixed price from this site and asked holden if they can match it, and they did!

[Troy711]

The only reason I would go to a dealer is to either buy a car or get warranty work done.

[WELSHH]

sucks having to go to the dealer to get services to keep the used car warranty, well at least thats what they tell me, i havent as yet.

[vicarious]

I had my 3000 k check up done yesterday and got them to change the oil and filter. They wanted $175 when I went to pay. I talked them down to $130. Still a rip off though

i did the same, only cost $70 didnt charge for labour

[pjdm1980]

The only reason I would go to a dealer is to either buy a car or get warranty work done.

I wouldn't even bother the buying a car from a dealer with their insane mark ups.
eg: 06 Astra paid $21,000 with company discount sold a year later with 40,000Klm's got $15,000 (not one person look at it when I advertised it for $17,000) then the dealer sold it in two days for $21,000 drive away!!!!!
06 VE V 3.6 Calais paid $40,000 with company discount sold a year and half later with 36,000Klm's got $26,000 dealer then sold it for $34,000 the next week and I've got plenty more of those examples.

[RiCeY]

Just a word of warning re warranty and servicing at non Holden workshops. If they use the wrong oil and/or dont use genuine filters and you have a mechanical failure, it will not be covered by warranty.

So keep in mind that you can service elsewhere but they MUST use genuine parts and the correct viscosity oil to keep your warranty.

[nemesis_adrasteia]

Just a word of warning re warranty and servicing at non Holden workshops. If they use the wrong oil and/or dont use genuine filters and you have a mechanical failure, it will not be covered by warranty.

So keep in mind that you can service elsewhere but they MUST use genuine parts and the correct viscosity oil to keep your warranty.

you dont have to use genuine parts, but you MUST use parts suitable for the job and of equal quality

[RayLamp]

WOW! Well when we bought my car brand new all the services my father had done! But my 75,000K serivice is due in about -500Ks lol so any rough clue as to what they change and how much they charge, i was planning on not going but i need to coz 1. my breaks are stuffed and that anoying service sign doesnt go away lol

You can get rid of that service sign easily enough. From memory, hold down the trip button, turn the key to on (not start), the screen between the speedo and tacho says "reset service reminder" - you then hold down the enter key until it beeps (the enter key is the scroll wheel on the steering wheel).

[RiCeY]

you dont have to use genuine parts, but you MUST use parts suitable for the job and of equal quality

Tell that to Holden that denied an engine claim last week because it had a non gen filter on it.

[nemesis_adrasteia]

Tell that to Holden that denied an engine claim last week because it had a non gen filter on it.

New car warranty legislation | RAC WA » Motoring » Auto services » Car under warranty? » New car warranty legislation

maybe they did a dodgey, or maybe the filter was substandard or it was the cause of the engine failure.

[UFO]

goodyear autoservice.... $200 logbook service, genuine parts, full warranty.
dealer 'servicing' can kiss my