Service interval

[SeaShell]

I would still like to find out why it was revised down to 90k. There must be many VEA cars running around with well over 100k on the original belt. Indeed many cars not being serviced by Volvo will probably not be getting their belts done if the owners are following the schedule in the service record.

Indeed if I was not in the forum and hasn't had the issues with my car, I wouldn't even be considering a timing belt for another five years at least.

[HDAV]

Originally Posted by Zebster

My 5 year service is coming up early next year and the Volvo website is quoting a whopping £895... Presumably because it also assumes my car is on 90k miles and needs a cambelt change. However I assume I can have this task removed as my car is someway below that mileage?

Timing belt change is a recommendation.....often cars used in applications such as taxi, towing or other high stress environments (extreme hot and cold etc) the reconnections are different not just for the belts but also fluids.

Speak to a few dealers often they do offers on doing belts etc

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by HDAV

Timing belt change is a recommendation.....often cars used in applications such as taxi, towing or other high stress environments (extreme hot and cold etc) the reconnections are different not just for the belts but also fluids.

Speak to a few dealers often they do offers on doing belts etc

I was actually wanting them NOT to do it! Service is due in January, but I don't expect to reach 90k miles until the following year. Unfortunately the quote I got appears to assume that a five year old car is on 90k and therefore needs a replacement belt.

[HDAV]

online quote tool will but dealer will do what you pay for......

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by HDAV

online quote tool will but dealer will do what you pay for......

I would be interested in finding out what's the minimum a dealer would do at service time and still stamp the service booklet...

[SeaShell]

Please can someone still answer why the interval has been reduced?? I have asked this on previous threads with no comments. Is the cost being to passed from the fleet user to the private buyer once the majority of cars are outside their four year company car lease plans.

Please challenge me on this assessment.

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by SeaShell

Please can someone still answer why the interval has been reduced?? I have asked this on previous threads with no comments. Is the cost being to passed from the fleet user to the private buyer once the majority of cars are outside their four year company car lease plans.

Please challenge me on this assessment.

Surely reducing the cambelt replacement interval has the opposite outcome... the car is more likely to exceed 90k whilst still in the ownership of a lease hire company, therefore increasing their costs.

I would also be interested to know why the interval was reduced.

[SeaShell]

Zebster, I agree for new vehicles, but the majority of the previous generation V60's are either out of or probably nearing the end of their contract periods.

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by SeaShell

Zebster, I agree for new vehicles, but the majority of the previous generation V60's are either out of or probably nearing the end of their contract periods.

Ah, sorry. So you're suggesting that an exaggerated service interval may have been originally recommended to make VEA Volvo models appear more attractive to leasehire/fleet buyers? An interesting theory!

[Clan]

Originally Posted by SeaShell

Please can someone still answer why the interval has been reduced?? I have asked this on previous threads with no comments. Is the cost being to passed from the fleet user to the private buyer once the majority of cars are outside their four year company car lease plans.

Please challenge me on this assessment.

volvo have not published why . It started with the emergency services vehicles who first had the interval changed to 50000 miles, maybe there were a couple of incidents with them ... I have never heard of any problems whatsoever with the belts on these engines , they are much more robust that the old 5 cylinder belts ..