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Offline matty james

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coils !
« on: 07 June 2013, 15:13 »
went to the dealers today and inquired about coil pack recall, the said my cars eligable, so the booked it in next week to change em . they said it would take 2 hrs to  :grin: just shows you how they rob you on labour charges. how long would it take to change 4 packs ??  15mins ??
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Offline budgie

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Re: coils !
« Reply #1 on: 07 June 2013, 18:14 »
went to the dealers today and inquired about coil pack recall, the said my cars eligable, so the booked it in next week to change em . they said it would take 2 hrs to  :grin: just shows you how they rob you on labour charges. how long would it take to change 4 packs ??  15mins ??

i got mine done on wed, car was in about half hour if that!!!!!!

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Re: coils !
« Reply #2 on: 07 June 2013, 18:22 »
Mine also took half an hour when I had mine done, 2 hours is ridiculous!

Offline rio_gti

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Re: coils !
« Reply #3 on: 07 June 2013, 20:58 »
are the new coils just push on? as mine is eligible for the recall but I haven't gone yet as I like my bolt downs  :cool:


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Offline matty james

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Re: coils !
« Reply #4 on: 07 June 2013, 21:56 »
get em done, if ur cars done more 100000m there living on borreowed time
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