ZF Gearbox Oil Change at BMW dealer
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pingu393 said:
Cost to you sir for thirty minutes of my skilled labour = £150
Kerching.
A gearbox service takes longer, and needs constant attention. No undo drain plug, switch on kettle. If it gets too hot, you have to let it cool and start again.
They could easily just charge more for this though to cover that. Other manufacturers do.Kerching.
A gearbox service takes longer, and needs constant attention. No undo drain plug, switch on kettle. If it gets too hot, you have to let it cool and start again.
Fox- said:
pingu393 said:
Cost to you sir for thirty minutes of my skilled labour = £150
Kerching.
A gearbox service takes longer, and needs constant attention. No undo drain plug, switch on kettle. If it gets too hot, you have to let it cool and start again.
They could easily just charge more for this though to cover that. Other manufacturers do.Kerching.
A gearbox service takes longer, and needs constant attention. No undo drain plug, switch on kettle. If it gets too hot, you have to let it cool and start again.
Fox- said:
pingu393 said:
It would be extortionate. I estimate £750.
As I said, other manufacturers do offer this service. Mercedes-Benz quote just over £400 for a C Class automatic gearbox oil change.Fox- said:
rottenegg said:
BMW don't do it because they know very few people will exceed ZF's fluid change interval within the 3 year/unlimited mileage warranty.
So why do BMW have other service items which do take place after 3 years?BMW probably asked ZF "Can we get away with never touching your gearbox within the first 3 years/100,000 miles of the car's life?" and ZF probably answered yes.
VAG and BMW are very similar in their attitude towards replacement rather than repair, and towards their customers. Lock everything down to their ecosystem and log everything customers do. If anything differs on a checksum check on their servers - instant warranty void.
Mercedes, JLR et al are a bit easier going.
rottenegg said:
BMW probably asked ZF "Can we get away with never touching your gearbox within the first 3 years/100,000 miles of the car's life?" and ZF probably answered yes.
VAG and BMW are very similar in their attitude towards replacement rather than repair, and towards their customers.
BMW UK looked at a low failure rate <100k, that's not the same thing. VAG state 40k for DSG oil change. My cousin lives in Texas, and it's part of the service schedule as the Americans are very good at class action cases. I've worked in Germany a few years ago and ZF service centres are well used.VAG and BMW are very similar in their attitude towards replacement rather than repair, and towards their customers.
https://aftermarket.zf.com/us/aftermarket-portal/f...
bigdom said:
rottenegg said:
BMW probably asked ZF "Can we get away with never touching your gearbox within the first 3 years/100,000 miles of the car's life?" and ZF probably answered yes.
VAG and BMW are very similar in their attitude towards replacement rather than repair, and towards their customers.
BMW UK looked at a low failure rate <100k, that's not the same thing. VAG state 40k for DSG oil change. My cousin lives in Texas, and it's part of the service schedule as the Americans are very good at class action cases. I've worked in Germany a few years ago and ZF service centres are well used.VAG and BMW are very similar in their attitude towards replacement rather than repair, and towards their customers.
https://aftermarket.zf.com/us/aftermarket-portal/f...
Getting my ZF6 serviced this week at 83k miles. Quoted £450 which is about right for a new sump, fluid and Mechatronic sleeve. It’s being done at a transmission specialist. No point trying to get it done at a dealer as they’ll give you that life time bs and if they do agree to do it, you’ll be shafted on the price.
Gone a mini cooper s 2018 (Ok not BMW) with the BMW getrag? 7 speed DCT box. Just 6 years old this month and msg on idrive to say gearbox oil needs changing. Run mini up £245 inc vat which doesn't seems very reasonable against the old 6 speed auto I hade done in my 325d e91 at 8 years old
Maybe Getrag have a different take on these matters - do the DCT boxes in newer BMW's include an
oil service
PS not read all thread so apologies if already covered
Maybe Getrag have a different take on these matters - do the DCT boxes in newer BMW's include an
oil service
PS not read all thread so apologies if already covered
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