Service @ VW main stealers

[hmeah]

Mine is a manual gear box mate but i think it's correct for the dsg service. Cambelt is about right money as well.
Sorry to say but i would have the water pump changed as well, i did.

they are gonna look at the water pump and advise  me if it needs changing, gonna take the bill over 800 quid! for the love of golfs eh! don't think i spend that much money on myself or the wifey in a long time! only had the car for 6 months! lol

............why not get a ''new'' credit card with 12 months intrest free & pay it off over time.

i don't like owing money, if i got it, i spend it...  don't have any cc cards, learnt my lesson when i was 16, signed up for a mbna mercedes card at the motor show in earls court just to get the lovely mercedes pen, only later to find out they'd sent me a cc card in the post with 1k limit... went spending and learnt my lesson the hard way, try and stay clear from credit! only have the one big mortgage i owe and thats it!

appreciate all the advise you and others have given me on the forums.. priceless just like mastercard!

[Phil1980]

Mine is due another service just now, gonna be a major one too.  I had the cambelt done last year but when I asked how much it would be and what was included they told me.  Cost will be £229 and they change the oil and any filters that need doing (this probably means they inspect them then don't change any of them) there was no mention of spark plug change, needless to say I will be asking for the old ones back if they do come to change them.  Oh and they are good enough to do a full inspection wow so you can tell me lots of other stuff you think needs doing but doesn't.  At least this will be the last service before I sell next year.

[hmeah]

Dropped off vehicle for major service, cambelt change, DSG service and engine flush, costing £700 pounds, picked up car at 6pm, drive home (4 miles) then decide to go out again and car clonks out after 1 mile, smell petrol, call breakdown, he first refuses to touch car after explaining i just had it serviced, begged him to at least look, turns the key, engine turns but does not start, thinks it the immobiliser, petrol smell gets stronger, pops open the bonnet, tells me to turn key, gets petrol gushing out over the engine from a small tube/pipe, tells me the main dealers hadn't clipped it in back properly and i was lucky that it didn't blow up!

I have emailed the dealers, requesting to pick up the car and get the engine cleaned and i want compensation! shall see what the morning brings!

well LIVID!  angry

[ub7rm]

Same thing happened to me with my mk4, but it wasn't a main stealer.  They put the fuel lines in the wrong way so when the engine was returning fuel to the fuel tank it was actually pissing out the overflow.  Stripped the laquer of the paint.  Didn't realise what was going on until i got home and there was a big puddle of petrol spreading around the car.  I made a hasty retreat!

bastards.