Astronomical Service Price 1.6D V50 75,000miler

[hitby]

Well,
What can I say other than I'm seriously unimpressed. I'm at Volvo at the moment getting an MOT so thought I'd enquire about my next service which will be the 75k one on a 2009 V50 1.6D Drive.

£1258.31

£1258.31. That's TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT POUNDS AND THIRTY ONE PENCE

and that's if there's nothing wrong with it! Just a standard service cost.

Utterly utterly appalled. Someone please tell me they've had a (much) cheaper price from an independent (please :S).

[Mark S60D5]

Thats nothing short of extortionate !!!! Ask them what on earth that includes because that is stupidly high .

[hitby]

It includes the DPF filter which is £517.80, new fluid for the DPF filter which is probably about £300, I don't know for sure as it's not listed on the printout I've got. To be honest, I think I'll just trade it in for something else. I couldn't stomach paying that out for routine servicing.

[cookie]

read the service schedule, the 1.6 and 2.0D engines have the EOLYS oil stuff for the DPF

some have jet washed, DPF and tried various things, you can refill EOLYS yourself and reset with VIDA/DICE and reset the DPF counter, however unless you reset everything with a DICE it will spit a code and go into limp mode within a few thousand miles.

Volvo IIRC is about 800 for oil/DPF and reset, its not a long job, just expensive parts

If it was me (although I would be unlikely to buy a post 2005 diesel, unless seriously cheap) I would take a punt at replacing EOLYS oil myself and resetting all the counters on DICE so it thinks DPF has been replaced, although not heard yay or nay, by anyone who has tried that.

Its a Peugeot/Ford engine, plenty around the net on the 'problem' which has always been a ticking time bomb, IMHO it was an engine that was just covered in sticky plasters to get through emmisions, once it was 'sorted'/made to comply with EuroIV, it was shoved in a high percentage of all diesel cars, as a one engine fits all

[tomhosie]

It's expensive for the reasons stated about. Had a similar quote for my 2.0D, with a local indy diesel specialist quoting even more! If your car does have the DPF and you're handy with tools, it's not a hard job. I changed my DPF in an afternoon (bought it on ebay for £120 delivered - figured if I had to change it in a year or so it's still way less than the OEM DPF), as it's just an exhaust part. Bought EOLYS fluid intending to replace myself but decided to use local dealer (Volvo Truro - who are in fact pretty good), they used my fluid, discounted the cost. I think the invoice total was £130 from Volvo. Got an oil change from National Tyres including a flush for sub £50. Replaced filters myself. All in all saved myself a fair bit of cash. Oh, got the latest software installed too, £25 IIRC.

[tomhosie]

Originally Posted by hitby

It includes the DPF filter which is £517.80, new fluid for the DPF filter which is probably about £300, I don't know for sure as it's not listed on the printout I've got. To be honest, I think I'll just trade it in for something else. I couldn't stomach paying that out for routine servicing.

Bear in mind this is not going to be your routine annual service cost. I was quoted around £250 for the standard service, £500 for the long term and a bit less than you for the DPF service. This only has to be done every 75k miles, with the fluid needing topping up every 37.5k I think. Don't give up yet! Once it's done you've got a couple of years or four driving with relatively cheap servicing, even at main dealer prices. Or you can do yourself even cheaper!

[hitby]

Well,
I've contacted another garage that was recommended (they service the local police volvos).

They quoted:

Oil & filter
Brake fluid
Cabin Filter
air filter
DFP fluid top up
DPF regen (rather than replacement)

£248.28 all inclusive.

It would be £67.79 on top of that for a fuel filter but it's just had that done due to a clogged one.

Even taking into account the regen rather than replace on the DPF that is a HUGE difference to Volvo. I know where it'll be going for its service anyway.

[tomhosie]

Ah, there you go, pretty good result! Hope it all works out OK

[Ninja59]

Originally Posted by hitby

Well,
I've contacted another garage that was recommended (they service the local police volvos).

They quoted:

Oil & filter
Brake fluid
Cabin Filter
air filter
DFP fluid top up
DPF regen (rather than replacement)

£248.28 all inclusive.

It would be £67.79 on top of that for a fuel filter but it's just had that done due to a clogged one.

Even taking into account the regen rather than replace on the DPF that is a HUGE difference to Volvo. I know where it'll be going for its service anyway.

Could be an interesting gamble but a dpf regeneration will only clear a percentage out of the dpf.

Make sure they use the right oil to...otherwise bye bye turbo.

[julianps]

Volvo Cars UK has a service price indicator here.

All Volvo services include all recall work, software upgrades and 12 months vehicle recovery so the average service of £250 is not (totally) extortionate. However if you're buying a MY2009/2010/2011 you might want to negotiate hard, or start an ISA, for the 6 years/75,000 and 12 years/150,000 mile services.

Note that DPF replacement and fuel additive replacement are predicated upon age of the car so there's no difference between a 6 year old car on 30,000 or 75,000 miles, they both need the same service.

Also note that on the Service Price Indicator linked to above Volvo has the replacement of the timing and auxiliary belts on the 1.6D at the wrong service-point. They list replacement at 12 years/150,000 miles but the belts should never go beyond 100,000 miles (so, between 8-10 years of normal driving).

The later D2 models have a dry DPF that doesn't require replacement and does not use the fuel additive mentioned in this thread. But services are more costly and according the SPI, belt replacement is more frequent. Up to 150,000 miles the D2 costs over £1,000 less in service costs.

Whilst I bow to the experience of members when they say DIY replacement is possible but the VIDA instructions for main dealer replacement require amongst other things an engine hoist and extensive removal/replacement of components.

Me, I'm going the ISA route!