Alpine Centre Servicing Costs

[iKenndac]

There are some posts about this deep in the owner's thread, but I though it'd be a useful to resource to have this split out.

Can we collect some servicing costs so folks have a reference?

For the first year service the Alpine Centre in Stockholm, Sweden quoted 8000 SEK, which is ~£630. That was excessively high compared to everything else I saw in other parts of the world.

I just got a quote from the St. Albans Alpine Centre in the UK and was told £500 £350 for the second service, which was higher than I was expecting from a UK dealer if I'm honest. I'd appreciate it if others could share what they're paying for their services.

Edited by iKenndac on Tuesday 1st March 08:35

[iKenndac]

AlpineGuy said:

First and second service are the same

Thanks for mentioning that — I dug out my service schedule paperwork and confirmed. The St. Albans dealer mentioned doing work to the brakes on the second service hence the higher price. I'll call them tomorrow and complain.

Why is so hard to find competent work at a fair price? My word.

Edited by iKenndac on Monday 28th February 21:05

[iKenndac]

St. Albans update: I called back and it was £350 for the second service — they'd tacked on a "recommended" A/C recharge and brake service for an extra £150. Cheeky bds.

Portti said:

That certainly is expensive, almost twice the price of the UK servicing prices. Did you end up using them or did you go somewhere else? What kind of experiences you have with them?

I have planned to use Alpine Stockholm for servicing during the warranty period since it is the nearest Alpine dealer to me (only 15 hours trip one-way ) but if they charge that kind prices for servicing maybe I need to consider other options.

For my first service last year I put up a valiant fight against the price and was ultimately too successful — they did it for free. What I really wanted to was to establish a fair price for my continued ownership of the car. This year they're back to 8000 SEK and aren't budging — but luckily I'm travelling with the car at service time, so I can get it done in the UK for half the price.

Other than the cost, Alpine Centre Stockholm does good work. Their Alpine mechanic, Aslam, cares about his work and does a good job. When I've had warranty trouble, he's gone above and beyond to make me right. In 2020 I did a roadtrip to the Nürburgring and the interior A/C drain pipe came disconnected, flooding out the interior of the car. Aslam coached me over the whole on how to disassemble the interior to get to the part and fix it, then when I got back ended up warrantying the entire interior — all of the sound deadening material, carpets, mats etc were changed — I was only asking for the ruined sound deadening material to be replaced, since everything else dried out without damage.

If they weren't quite so ridiculous with their servicing prices I'd support them, but 8000 SEK is just far too much for me to stomach, especially when I can do the maintenance parts myself quite happily.

Portti said:

By the way does somebody know where to find A110 service schedule online? I would like to know what is included in which service?

I tried to find the service schedule from the Alpine A110 E-guides but I didn't find anything. A quick googling didn't provide any results either.

I had a piece of paper in the docs package with mine. I can scan it if you like (it's in Swedish), but:

Year 1: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter
Year 2: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter
Year 3: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter / Brake fluid
Year 4: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter / Air filter / Gearbox oil
Year 5: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter / Coolant
Year 6: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter / Spark plugs / Brake fluid / Accessory belts & rollers
Year 7: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter
Year 8: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter / Air filter / Gearbox oil
Year 9: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter / Brake fluid
Year 10: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter / Coolant
Year 11: Service / Cabin filter / Oil change / Oil filter
Year 12: Everything except coolant :P

Edited by iKenndac on Tuesday 1st March 08:58