Service Issues: Ouch - first service

[d_aero]

Just booked car (2006 S60 D5) in for it's first service at main stealer - Stratstone Preston. £356 - yes you read that right. Obviously not just the taxman allowed to legally rob you !

Have ascertained that the oil is £70 of that so I will provide my own - would Magnatec do (£15 bottle from Makro) - will check but think is 5-30W ish.

Will top up the washer bottle to save the £3-5 for the crappy little washer sachets they use.

Does anyone know of any other way of reducing the amount they steal from me.

How the heck can they justify that cost - surely all they do is change oil and flush, plug into computer and visually run round/underneath (denting and scratching in the process of course!).

[GavinC]

Book it out again. Then go to S40/V50 (2003 on) and read the thread currently in progress re servicing costs. Shop around.

[blues60]

If you plan on keeping the car for a while then why bother with main dealer if you don't want to pay that much. A Volvo specialist will be able to service the car to a comparable level and many have access to the software updates.
As stated, it is worth shopping around as not all dealers charge the same rates.

[wg53]

I called the 3 volvo dealers around me for a 60K service on a D5. Quotes ranged from £288 (inc fully synth) to £388.

[GED-S60]

i have a 2003 d5 and the last service cost the previous owner £378.08p for this you get
multi filter £31.80
filter gasket £7.30
gasket 00.85p
longtech engine oil £65.67 [wtf]
screenwash £2.90
brake cleaner £5.99
dwf spray ??? 2.99
longtech 1lt 9.40
filter insert 14.40
fuel filter 29.40

the previous owner also had the folowing work done [make sure your sitting down]
air con service £100
coolant change £111.63
petrol flap lock motor £117.30 thank god this was done last month saved me a few quid,

[s60.i@n]

Originally Posted by GED-S60

i have a 2003 d5 and the last service cost the previous owner £378.08p for this you get
multi filter £31.80
filter gasket £7.30
gasket 00.85p
longtech engine oil £65.67 [wtf]
screenwash £2.90
brake cleaner £5.99
dwf spray ??? 2.99
longtech 1lt 9.40
filter insert 14.40
fuel filter 29.40

the previous owner also had the folowing work done [make sure your sitting down]
air con service £100
coolant change £111.63
petrol flap lock motor £117.30 thank god this was done last month saved me a few quid,

Yikes, £6 for clean brakes ?

dwf might be castrol s version of wd40 - not quite sure how they used £2.99 worth though ??
http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/aca...l_Use_179.html

longtech oil is Castrol SLX Longtec 0w30?

[Kerry_T-5R]

Originally Posted by d_aero

Just booked car (2006 S60 D5) in for it's first service at main stealer - Stratstone Preston. £356 - yes you read that right. Obviously not just the taxman allowed to legally rob you !

Have ascertained that the oil is £70 of that so I will provide my own - would Magnatec do (£15 bottle from Makro) - will check but think is 5-30W ish.

Will top up the washer bottle to save the £3-5 for the crappy little washer sachets they use.

Does anyone know of any other way of reducing the amount they steal from me.

How the heck can they justify that cost - surely all they do is change oil and flush, plug into computer and visually run round/underneath (denting and scratching in the process of course!).

Just thought I would add that make sure you buy FULLY SYNTHETIC oil for your D5 as my Dad bought a 2002 (02 reg) D5 a couple of years ago with 67,000 miles on the clock and after looking through the service history we read that it had been serviced with "oil" in the itemised description. Whenever he has had his T-5r serviced and I have had my T4 serviced, the description states "fully synthetic" or "synthetic".

As the oil wasn't synthetic it couldn't circulate around the turbo properly and the turbo had to be replaced after 2,000 miles of owning the car. He had it done at Volvo and it cost around £760 for the turbo and about £1,100 including labour! Although synthetic oil is a bit more expensive, it is worth it in the long-term!

There is also an interesting article on oils in the last Volvo driver issue.

Hope this is of some use to you.

Kerry