Electric car servicing
Discussion
gangzoom said:
3 years and 37k not been for any 'service'. One set of new tyres, and I changed the pollen filters + HEPA filter up front my self for £100 in parts (HEPA filter was £80 by it self).
May get a 'service' next year, but than again not sure what the point it. Brake fluid is fine according to the £10 pen I got off Amazon.
Very strange owing a car that essentially needs no maintenance.....Though mine does go to the dealership often, every 4 months or so for warranty/additional work to fix/correct stuff that should have worked when it left the factory, due again end of this month
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What characteristics does the ‘£10 pen from Amazon’ measure exactly?May get a 'service' next year, but than again not sure what the point it. Brake fluid is fine according to the £10 pen I got off Amazon.
Very strange owing a car that essentially needs no maintenance.....Though mine does go to the dealership often, every 4 months or so for warranty/additional work to fix/correct stuff that should have worked when it left the factory, due again end of this month
.You have changed consumables - does that not count as a service?
Into a dealer’s every four months? That sounds like ‘disservice’.
stut4 said:
Trying to decide whether to lease the wife an e-golf for our local journeys. Most are within 10miles around town, rarely exceed 30mph, most cold starts.
Any idea on the likely annual/18/24 month service schedule/costs? Appreciate they won't be charging me £100 for their superduper special oil but interested to know what VAG will sting me for instead to make up the costs.
Its between that and a 1 litre A3.
The service intervals are on the vw website if you go to the EV bit. I can't remember what the cost is but the service schedule is quite long and alternates between a quick kick of the tyres and look at the charge cable to a bit more of an in-depth check every other year Any idea on the likely annual/18/24 month service schedule/costs? Appreciate they won't be charging me £100 for their superduper special oil but interested to know what VAG will sting me for instead to make up the costs.
Its between that and a 1 litre A3.
Pica-Pica said:
What characteristics does the ‘£10 pen from Amazon’ measure exactly?
You have changed consumables - does that not count as a service?
Into a dealer’s every four months? That sounds like ‘disservice’.
You can check water content of brake fluid to tell you if it needs changing.You have changed consumables - does that not count as a service?
Into a dealer’s every four months? That sounds like ‘disservice’.
Including tyres and air filter + fuel + 'servicing' running costs per mile at 37k = 3.5p, how much does a combustion car to run per mile including all of the above?
When you buy a badly built American car what else do you expect? A well built Japanese/Korean EV wouldn't have the same issue
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I was quoted £300 for my Leaf's first service but got it done for about £200 somewhere else. They said at 12000 miles it needed new front disks and pads for £300 quid or something. Obviously that put me off dealer servicing...
Previous cars didn't have a pollen filter so why does this one need one?
The £1100 AC pump failed. I got a 2nd hand one fitted with a new condenser for £550. I doubt dealer fixing even with a good will gesture would have been cheaper.
Previous cars didn't have a pollen filter so why does this one need one?
The £1100 AC pump failed. I got a 2nd hand one fitted with a new condenser for £550. I doubt dealer fixing even with a good will gesture would have been cheaper.
I had an i3 for 2 years / 15000 miles (2015-2017) and now have an i3s, two years in and 10k miles. Neither have seen the inside of a dealer. While the mileage has been low for both, I'm not exactly sure what the servicing arrangements are for these - I'm kinda waiting on a dashboard light to come up but with so little to go wrong or check you really are at the point of brake pad wear / brake fluid (barely any due to the regen braking), new tyres (not really a dealer issue) and...? MOT perhaps?
Its really striking as my other car, a LandRover D4 has done about 10k in my hands, been for two services (the first in fairness was my precaution when I bought it) and has probably cost £6-700 in little more than 12 months on maintenance.
Whatever an EV service does end up costing, whenever its due, I'm not going to complain about paying as they really do cost peanuts to run otherwise.
Its really striking as my other car, a LandRover D4 has done about 10k in my hands, been for two services (the first in fairness was my precaution when I bought it) and has probably cost £6-700 in little more than 12 months on maintenance.
Whatever an EV service does end up costing, whenever its due, I'm not going to complain about paying as they really do cost peanuts to run otherwise.
gangzoom said:
Pica-Pica said:
What characteristics does the ‘£10 pen from Amazon’ measure exactly?
You have changed consumables - does that not count as a service?
Into a dealer’s every four months? That sounds like ‘disservice’.
You can check water content of brake fluid to tell you if it needs changing.You have changed consumables - does that not count as a service?
Into a dealer’s every four months? That sounds like ‘disservice’.
Including tyres and air filter + fuel + 'servicing' running costs per mile at 37k = 3.5p, how much does a combustion car to run per mile including all of the above?
When you buy a badly built American car what else do you expect? A well built Japanese/Korean EV wouldn't have the same issue
.A quick google suggests an i3 service pack covering 5 years/60k miles was £375 a few years ago. I guess that covers 2 actual services.
Tesla say no need to service for warranty but list a list of regular items which you can take or leave. In the past they've recommended a transmission oil change at 1 year, the brake fluid the fairly usual 2 year and then a number of filters. Independent dealers are more likely to wash out the hepa filter as they can get filthy rather than replace for the £100 or whatever they cost. There's also stuff that needs doing to avoid problems such as lubricating the steering wheel universal joint which is know to stick.
I think the one thing a lot of them do, certainly Tesla have done, is routine updates that don't qualify for a formal recall, more service bulletins, whenever the car is in. I think they've changed things like part of the wiring harness on the M3 as an example, I#m fairly sure seals have been changed before now, and weak points known to fail might have been given a bit of TLC The tech is still relatively immature and its not surprising they might have more changes and mods to do along the way, stuff they'd do in a service.
You often hear people say they've never had their car serviced but then talk about DIY servicing, replacing filters, getting wheel alignments done, and/or a long list of warranty issues. I suppose you could wait for the car to fail and then get some of these things done for free, or perhaps the reason why the cars need warranty work every few months is because these things aren't being done and prevented in service.
Tesla say no need to service for warranty but list a list of regular items which you can take or leave. In the past they've recommended a transmission oil change at 1 year, the brake fluid the fairly usual 2 year and then a number of filters. Independent dealers are more likely to wash out the hepa filter as they can get filthy rather than replace for the £100 or whatever they cost. There's also stuff that needs doing to avoid problems such as lubricating the steering wheel universal joint which is know to stick.
I think the one thing a lot of them do, certainly Tesla have done, is routine updates that don't qualify for a formal recall, more service bulletins, whenever the car is in. I think they've changed things like part of the wiring harness on the M3 as an example, I#m fairly sure seals have been changed before now, and weak points known to fail might have been given a bit of TLC The tech is still relatively immature and its not surprising they might have more changes and mods to do along the way, stuff they'd do in a service.
You often hear people say they've never had their car serviced but then talk about DIY servicing, replacing filters, getting wheel alignments done, and/or a long list of warranty issues. I suppose you could wait for the car to fail and then get some of these things done for free, or perhaps the reason why the cars need warranty work every few months is because these things aren't being done and prevented in service.
lothianJim said:
Transmission oil?
What’s the formal recommended mileage for that?
They changed the policy now (and it was MS and MX) but at the time it was after 1 year/10k miles. It appeared to be a running in oil change, swapping it out for a long life lube. I’m sure there are plenty of cars out there who were due to have it done and haven’t.What’s the formal recommended mileage for that?
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