2012 Cayenne V6 Diesel - Maintenance Costs

[ayman82]

I've just received an estimate for some work on a Porsche 3.0 Diesel V6.
Are these costs normal?

Rear Damper Left - £565.48
Rear Damper Right - £565.48
Front Brake Pads - £234.14
Left Brake Disc - £160.46
Right Brake Disc - £160.46
2 Pad Sensors - £55.48
DOT4 Brake Fluid - £12

All ex VAT. Total of £1,753.50.

Labour costs are coming out as:

Replace rear shock absorbers - £300
Replace front brake pads and discs - £112.50
Brake Fluid change - £65
Geometry Set up - £220

All ex VAT. Total of £697.50

Total Parts and Labour of £2,451 (Ex VAT).

This is all at a Porsche Specialist, so not a main dealer.

Is this reasonable?

[red_slr]

ayman82 said:

I've just received an estimate for some work on a Porsche 3.0 Diesel V6.
Are these costs normal?

Rear Damper Left - £565.48
Rear Damper Right - £565.48
Front Brake Pads - £234.14
Left Brake Disc - £160.46
Right Brake Disc - £160.46
2 Pad Sensors - £55.48
DOT4 Brake Fluid - £12

All ex VAT. Total of £1,753.50.

Labour costs are coming out as:

Replace rear shock absorbers - £300
Replace front brake pads and discs - £112.50
Brake Fluid change - £65
Geometry Set up - £220

All ex VAT. Total of £697.50

Total Parts and Labour of £2,451 (Ex VAT).

This is all at a Porsche Specialist, so not a main dealer.

Is this reasonable?

Its not a rip off, but its not dirt cheap. But they are there to make money, provide a service etc. Depends how much you value your time.

You could save £350 by doing the brakes yourself. Would take me 3-4 hours, for me that's worth DIYing it. It will take them half and hour per side - as you can see by the labour cost. If you have never done anything like that budget a full day. Ensure you have the correct tools though and you know what you are doing in terms of getting the pistons back and how to remove the caliper.

Dampers, bit more involved and I would get them to do it. Sounds like they will do the geo after although I would want full geo to OE spec for £220.

Brake fluid as above really, needs proper equipment on this type of car to get a good result.

[hornetrider]

I think it's the dampers making it look expensive, the rest looks fairly normal to me. I'd be more disappointed they are shot on a 5 year old car tbh.

[red_slr]

Maybe been a tow car?

[cd1957]

Hi Parts prices look for genuine parts, as Textar front pads around £60.00, which are just as good in my experience.

I find it strange that shocks have failed on car of that age.

Chris

[andye30m3]

Rear shocks seam expensive.

Not sure who the original supplier to Porsche is back sachs shocks are £132.99 at Euro car parts (although out of stock at the moment) and they often have 30% off codes so could end up at around £100 a shock

I've certainly heard of Independents quoting Porsche parts prices and using motor factors to supply oem parts at substantially reduced prices

[andye30m3]

cd1957 said:

Hi Parts prices look for genuine parts, as Textar front pads around £60.00, which are just as good in my experience.

I was always under the impression that Textar are the oem suppers to Porsche. So its £60 for the pads and £170 for the Porsche box.

[franki68]

ayman82 said:

I've just received an estimate for some work on a Porsche 3.0 Diesel V6.
Are these costs normal?

Rear Damper Left - £565.48
Rear Damper Right - £565.48
Front Brake Pads - £234.14
Left Brake Disc - £160.46
Right Brake Disc - £160.46
2 Pad Sensors - £55.48
DOT4 Brake Fluid - £12

All ex VAT. Total of £1,753.50.

Labour costs are coming out as:

Replace rear shock absorbers - £300
Replace front brake pads and discs - £112.50
Brake Fluid change - £65
Geometry Set up - £220

All ex VAT. Total of £697.50

Total Parts and Labour of £2,451 (Ex VAT).

This is all at a Porsche Specialist, so not a main dealer.

Is this reasonable?

how many miles have you done ?

[red_slr]

andye30m3 said:

Rear shocks seam expensive.

Not sure who the original supplier to Porsche is back sachs shocks are £132.99 at Euro car parts (although out of stock at the moment) and they often have 30% off codes so could end up at around £100 a shock

I've certainly heard of Independents quoting Porsche parts prices and using motor factors to supply oem parts at substantially reduced prices

Basically.

Is it on air OP?

Also, would garage let you supply your own parts? (probably not but you never know if business is quiet)

[ayman82]

Mileage is at 78k, the car is driven pretty hard.
It has never towed anything.
I think it has Porsche Active Suspension Management

[boxsey]

andye30m3 said:

cd1957 said:

Hi Parts prices look for genuine parts, as Textar front pads around £60.00, which are just as good in my experience.

I was always under the impression that Textar are the oem suppers to Porsche. So its £60 for the pads and £170 for the Porsche box.

Having taken out my Porsche original pads recently (all have the Porsche part numbers and kite mark on) it seems to be a mix these days. The fronts have Textar stamped on the backing plate while the rears have Galfer (made in Italy) stamped on them. I replaced with Textar all round and saved a few hundred quid in the process.