audi service prices

[vlowe]

I have had my car in at main dealer today (80,000 miles) and had a shock when they called me to update on what they have found.

The have done the service (god knows what) £440

Then they go on to say i need the following doing.

Bushes - £305
New radiator - £418
Wheel bearings at front - £270
Rear ARB - £480
Slight play in steering rack - new rack - £450
Cambelt - £550
Haldex oil - £100
A/C service - £89
Brake fluid - £99
Dash DIS screen - £550

is this overpriced or what?

 

[Clach]

Utter nonsense...In future just don't bother....If you must, haggle.

 

[abdus]

buy a new car mate...

take the car to a vag specialist.

 

[jesters3]

I have had my car in at main dealer today (80,000 miles) and had a shock when they called me to update on what they have found.

The have done the service (god knows what) £440

Then they go on to say i need the following doing.

Bushes - £305
New radiator - £418
Wheel bearings at front - £270
Rear ARB - £480
Slight play in steering rack - new rack - £450
Cambelt - £550
Haldex oil - £100
A/C service - £89
Brake fluid - £99
Dash DIS screen - £550

is this overpriced or what?

Service - £440 - extracting urine parts cost £100 inc engine oil
Bushes - £305 - extracting urine parts cost £30
New radiator - £418 - pass but i'm sure they are extracting urine
Wheel bearings at front - £270 - pass but i'm sure they are extracting urine
Rear ARB - £480- extracting urine parts are £30
Slight play in steering rack - new rack - £450 - might as well make that a new steering wheel as well to match the new rack -pass but i'm sure they are extracting urine
Cambelt - £550 extracting urine should be £350 or less
Haldex oil - £100 - extracting urine parts are £30 inc haldex oil and filter
A/C service - £89 -extracting urine Go to Kwick fit for £40
Brake fluid - £99 - extracting urine Fluid costs £5
Dash DIS screen - £550 - probably extracting urine

Oh and they will probably charge you VAT on top of that.
All in all , thats a ****** bargain price that...

 

[Clach]

DIS fixed costs around 200 pounds, details on forum

 

[S3 Big Andy]

I have had my car in at main dealer today (80,000 miles) and had a shock when they called me to update on what they have found.

The have done the service (god knows what) £440

Then they go on to say i need the following doing.

Bushes - £305
New radiator - £418
Wheel bearings at front - £270
Rear ARB - £480
Slight play in steering rack - new rack - £450
Cambelt - £550
Haldex oil - £100
A/C service - £89
Brake fluid - £99
Dash DIS screen - £550

is this overpriced or what?

Yep over priced!

Did you not notice Wheel bearings, steering rack, dash dis, smelly a/c car getting over heated??

 

[S3fan]

I echo adbus....get yourself a specialist

 

[vlowe]

lol, phew. i'll take it else where for most of the jobs then.
im ragging the **** out my courtesy car for this!!

Is there a list of specialists on the forum or a good place to find one?

 

[h100vw]

Not many specialists in Harrogate that I can remember..

Could be an excuse to 'use' the A59 to Preston and then go see Awesome.

What could go wrong with an anti-roll bar ***????????????????????????????????

Gavin

 

[AndyMac]

What on earth possesed you to take a 5/6 year old car to a main dealer? They charge £100 per hour ***! Plus the mark up on non Audi parts, just to get the 4 rings printed on Mann filters, Jurid pads etc. Pretty much all the maintenance parts, aircon and cooling are not made by Audi.

 

[AwesomeSarah]

Mmm
Blimey , thay is an awfull long list there
I would say , it is better to get a second opinion , in my opinion
The rear ARB????? bushes I am sure would be the problem there....if any
Rad????? would need checking
Dash????? maybe worth checking too
Brake fluid.... £59 + VAt with us £69.33 inclusive
haldex £59 + VAT again £69.33 inclusive

I would get a second opinion
Sarah

 

[jimbo_123]

I am in agreement with the rest of the guys here, take it to an Audi specialist. Surely there is one in Yorks somewhere? Either that or consider a trip to Manc to Awesome??
There is over £3k of work there that the main dealer is quoting for and to be honest I think they are taking the p!ss!!
I must admit I took my car to the main dealer when I first bought it (in May this year), but never again! £100 an hour labour is in itself a p!ss take.

What did they do in the original service you had done?
In my 80k service in May - oil, filters, plugs, haldex, brake fluid etc was all done for £590 (before anyone says - I know I paid over the odds wont be doing that again!)

 

[Aky]

There's a specialist in Leeds. IVC I think they are called. Supposed to be pretty good. I used Awesome for most of my work, not the cheapest but pretty good. There is also another specialist in Bradford..... Chris Umpleby

 

[Andy_S3]

Youve got Ron Turnbulls in Teesside if you were to head north. Theyre not too bad

 

[god_thats_quick]

Check it's actually the rack that's at fault (if you can feel play) and not the bushes / track rods. I was told at a well known specalist that my rack was done for (and so bought a new rack) and it would appear it's not actually the rack but some totally screwed track rods!

PS. A new rack for a S3 fitted at Audi will be over £900 last time I checked (£450+ for the rack) so I don't know what they quoted you for).