Servicing Costs

[mjcneat]

My other half has a Grande Punto 1.4 8v. Nothing special and I would have assumed cheap servicing costs. It's coming up to 12 months old and she's just had a call from the dealer to try and get her to book it in.

For the first service she's been quoted £194 (she didn't ask if this includes VAT or not). Seems quite steep to me for a first service. I've tried searching using Google but couldn't find anything of use. Can anyone advise if this is the norm??

[frosted]

Is that steep ? It's 80 quid for a friend to do it

[B'stard Child]

frosted said:

Is that steep ? It's 80 quid for a friend to do it

That might affect the warrenty....... Depends if that's a concern although a local independant might not be that much more and provide genuine parts etc etc might preserve the warrenty but I'm not sure I'd go independant till out of warrenty

[Grey Ghost]

In my book £194 for an annual service would be cheap as chips

As per previous poster if you don't get a franchised dealer stamp in the service book, and within a strict timeframe, you may invalidate the warranty. Call the dealer and ask if it is an all inclusive price as quite a few do fixed price servicing now.