Service - dealer air con cost

[joe6]

Had a quote at my recent dealer service of mk7.5 pp for air con service of £193.

[SRGTD]

Had a quote at my recent dealer service of mk7.5 pp for air con service of £193.

That sounds expensive. I see the VW dealer I use (they’re now part of Group 1 Automotive) currently have a combined offer on air con service and brake fluid change of £149.

VW used to list the prices of regular servicing and maintenance jobs on their website but they now only list the prices for minor and major services and MOT. Presumably that gives dealers scope to charge what they want for other servicing / maintenance jobs (e.g. DSG service, brakes, cam belt etc.) .

[Adam T7]

Had a quote at my recent dealer service of mk7.5 pp for air con service of £193.

Why does it need servicing?

[joe6]

Had a quote at my recent dealer service of mk7.5 pp for air con service of £193.

Why does it need servicing?

Because they said it does . My mk 6 has not had the air con serviced in 8 yrs since I had a small leak and still works fine.

[Adam T7]

As I thought, I’ve never had an air con service in any of the 7 cars I’ve owned over the past 34 years.

[karlos]

I've just had a quote from a Swansway group VW dealer to have it done for £139. I've always turned it down, car is coming up to six years old and the air con still blasts ice cold so I don't see the point.

[Adam T7]

It’s a con. Dealer revenue generator at best, keep air con on all year round is the best service you can get.

[JSYGTI]

Had mine done recently as it was making a whining sound, turned out that there was less than half of the refrigerant that there should have been. Worth noting that it was still nice and cold.

Now the whining has gone and it only cost £140, that’s a win in my book.

[Snoopy]

I've never had to have it serviced on any other car i look after except a Golf until it stops blowing cold. My leon is 18yrs old owned since new and just now could do with it.
But.. mk6 golf aircon pumps die. Read loads dieing over the years now. They use the lubricant. If they run low the pump grinds, ignore the sound and the pump dies. Not sure if newer models use the same pumps so be careful.