Am I being overcharged for servicing?

Love our motorhome replied on 17/12/2018 21:49

Love our motorhome

Posted on 17/12/2018 21:49

I have a Autotrail motor home with a Fiat Ducato 2.3 130 multi jet euro 6 engine, first registered in March 2017, and has covered 13000 miles. It will shortly be due for its mandatory 2 year service. I have been quoted £600 by my local Fiat Commercial vehicle centre. This seems to be an awful lot to replace the oil and filters. As I am new to motorhomes I would be grateful for members opinions as to whether they think this sum extortionate or par for the course. Many thanks in anticipation. David Brown

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Tinwheeler replied on 17/12/2018 22:08

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Posted on 17/12/2018 22:08

Despite oil costing an arm and a leg, that sounds a lot to me.

Why not ring a couple more Fiat Professional garages and check their prices?

EmilysDad replied on 17/12/2018 22:32

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Posted on 17/12/2018 22:32

It seems to be a stupid amount of money to me too. Do you really need to take to Fiat? Can't you just take your motorhome to a reputable garage?

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Tinwheeler replied on 17/12/2018 22:37

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Posted on 17/12/2018 22:37

Good point, MM. As long as the commercial vehicle garage uses the approved Fiat parts and fluids, the warranty should remain intact.

EmilysDad replied on 17/12/2018 22:44

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Posted on 17/12/2018 22:37 by Tinwheeler

Good point, MM. As long as the commercial vehicle garage uses the approved Fiat parts and fluids, the warranty should remain intact.

Posted on 17/12/2018 22:44

.... and we all know how many hoops have to be jumped through to claim on many warranties anyway.

Tinwheeler replied on 17/12/2018 22:48

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Posted on 17/12/2018 22:44 by EmilysDad

.... and we all know how many hoops have to be jumped through to claim on many warranties anyway.

Posted on 17/12/2018 22:48

Especially with Fiat and their customer careless department.

EmilysDad replied on 17/12/2018 23:17

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Posted on 17/12/2018 22:48 by Tinwheeler

Especially with Fiat and their customer careless department.

Posted on 17/12/2018 23:17

I've never had the pleasure.

It's the FIAT bit that frightens me re buying a Jeep ..... 😮

Tinwheeler replied on 17/12/2018 23:44

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Posted on 17/12/2018 23:17 by EmilysDad

I've never had the pleasure.

It's the FIAT bit that frightens me re buying a Jeep ..... 😮

Posted on 17/12/2018 23:44

I’m afraid I have had the ‘pleasure’ and it was with great trepidation that we bought the current Peugeot Boxer based MH. So far, it does seem an improvement on the Fiat but time will tell.

JayOutdoors replied on 18/12/2018 08:48

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Posted on 18/12/2018 08:48

Just a thought - Could the £600 be for a contract to cover more than 1 service.

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Justus2 replied on 18/12/2018 08:54

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Posted on 18/12/2018 08:54

We have only had our Fiat serviced once at 2 years old.. It was done at a Fiat commercial dealer and was £450 or thereabouts, so 600 is a bit high I would say.. The service only needs doing every 2 years or 30k so I reckoned £225 per year was much the same our VW which is half the Fiat price, but is done every year rather than every two..

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replied on 18/12/2018 09:09

Posted on 18/12/2018 08:54 by Justus2

We have only had our Fiat serviced once at 2 years old.. It was done at a Fiat commercial dealer and was £450 or thereabouts, so 600 is a bit high I would say.. The service only needs doing every 2 years or 30k so I reckoned £225 per year was much the same our VW which is half the Fiat price, but is done every year rather than every two..

Posted on 18/12/2018 09:09

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