are Volvo trying to force you to go to the dealer? - Page 2

Billggski · Aug 28th, 2019, 16:48

My son bought a 3 series BMW for £1000, his colleague needed a new headlight assembly for his Discovery. £1,300!

Dastardly Diesel · Sep 3rd, 2019, 10:59

To answer the question in the title, the answer is no - that would be against st EU law.

Its has to be serviceable by any competent technician, and parts, software etc must be made available to the non franchise aftermarket to allow this.

J45P · Sep 3rd, 2019, 11:54

Thanks for the replies

Agree with the sentiment on bulbs, on our previous 5 series the space between the frame support and the back of the headlight was so tight you had no option but to remove the whole head light to change the bulbs...

I get there may be reasons for some design decisions from an engineering / safety aspect, but I cant see how that apples to the plastic scuttle above the power steering cap...

the old design was fine, served both as an inspection hatch and access to the cap... anyway modern cars I guess...

Anyone know the torque setting for the wiper arms?

DaveNP · Sep 3rd, 2019, 16:43

Thinking about this some more, given how many cars are ‘sold’ on some sort of contract or service plan nowadays, making the servicing more awkward will hurt the dealers more.

green van man · Sep 4th, 2019, 06:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveNP

Thinking about this some more, given how many cars are ‘sold’ on some sort of contract or service plan nowadays, making the servicing more awkward will hurt the dealers more.

Not realy, dealer service is based on book times, if the job is harder the times are longer and the customer pays more.

Paul.

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Billggski Senior Member Last Online: Nov 15th, 2019 13:19 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Stone	My son bought a 3 series BMW for £1000, his colleague needed a new headlight assembly for his Discovery. £1,300!

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Dastardly Diesel Senior Member Last Online: May 14th, 2020 13:58 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: The countryside	To answer the question in the title, the answer is no - that would be against st EU law. Its has to be serviceable by any competent technician, and parts, software etc must be made available to the non franchise aftermarket to allow this.

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J45P New Member Last Online: Oct 1st, 2022 07:40 Join Date: May 2019 Location: Surrey	Thanks for the replies Agree with the sentiment on bulbs, on our previous 5 series the space between the frame support and the back of the headlight was so tight you had no option but to remove the whole head light to change the bulbs... I get there may be reasons for some design decisions from an engineering / safety aspect, but I cant see how that apples to the plastic scuttle above the power steering cap... the old design was fine, served both as an inspection hatch and access to the cap... anyway modern cars I guess... Anyone know the torque setting for the wiper arms?

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