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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Sootchucker on 11 October 2020, 15:38
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Hi guys anyone know whats involved in a 3rd annual service please on a MK7.5 non PP GTI DSG? Are brakes and Aircon recommended ?
Any idea the sort of price I should looking at please from a franchised dealer ?
Thanks
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Should be a minor shouldn't it?
And they won't check the air con but will of course ask if you'd like to pay for it
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Brake fluid used to be scheduled every 2 years. Recently a brake fluid change is scheduled at the 3rd (annual) service and then every 2 years thereafter.
If you have a service pack, brake fluids and aircon is not included.
Price wise you're talking whatever a minor service is plus £80 for the brake fluid change if done at the same time as a service. You recharge your aircon when you feel efficiency has been taken a dive. If you feel you need it, add £60-80 for a recharge.
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From VW’s website - prices for cars over 3 years old, but I dare say the price won’t be much (if any) different for newer cars;
- Minor service; £184
- Brake fluid; £69
- Air con service; £139
Agree with Monkeyhanger on the air con service; if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Link; https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners-and-drivers/servicing/pricing-for-cars-over-3
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When my last car went in for it's third service I had the brake fluid changed and having refused the air con service they offered it to me so cheap I couldn't say no. Glad I did too as even though I thought it was working fine, it was much better afterwards.
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Thanks all, so not to scary then, but I will also need to factor in it's 1st MOT as well.
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Thanks all, so not to scary then, but I will also need to factor in it's 1st MOT as well.
Expect them to tell you that your brakes are shot btw.
Seems to almost be a standard thing every time you go near the dealership.
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I found out at my local joke shop, sorry, dealership, that the fixed price servicing mentioned earlier are "optional" and each franchise can choose whether to offer them. I pointed out it doesn't say that but shiny suit didn't care, he had coffee to serve.
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Thanks all, so not to scary then, but I will also need to factor in it's 1st MOT as well.
Expect them to tell you that your brakes are shot btw.
Seems to almost be a standard thing every time you go near the dealership.
Definitely. I'm a light broker, I preserve momentum and plan ahead more than the average driver, so I've been used to being told that my brakes are hardly worn.
For my 2015 R though, according to my dealership, the rear discs were 90% worn at the end of year 1 (10k miles), were 90% worn at the end of year 2 (19k miles) and 85% worn at the end of year 3 (27k miles).
I asked the service manager guy at the end of service 3 if I had regenerative brakes because they seem to be healing themselves!
Absolute robbers.
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I had my gtd in the dealership about ten days apart and was told 95% the first time and 90% the second. I also said "glad it's getting better then" and they looked blankly at me.
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Funny you should say that, I've just checked the text messages you receive from the dealer when they send you your visual inspection video.
For my first service back in May 2019, it said Front brake pads 40% worn, rear brake pads 40% worn.
From my service in May this year (same dealer) - Front bake pads 30% worn, rear brake pads 30% worn
So it looks like without my spec'ing it VW fitted my car with self regenerating brake pads as well >:D >:D
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Just been quoted £178 for my third year service, need to have a couple of warranty items looked at so of course was advised that that would be an extra £60 if they did not find anything!
Booked in for the 11th Nov....
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Funny you should say that, I've just checked the text messages you receive from the dealer when they send you your visual inspection video.
For my first service back in May 2019, it said Front brake pads 40% worn, rear brake pads 40% worn.
From my service in May this year (same dealer) - Front bake pads 30% worn, rear brake pads 30% worn
So it looks like without my spec'ing it VW fitted my car with self regenerating brake pads as well >:D >:D
The variation is down to the eyesight of the 'technician' as they'd need to take the wheels off to actually measure them.