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Hello people

I don't know much about cars.  Mine is close to its 18,000 mile service.  However, due to my local dealership being 35 miles away and me being rather busy, I'm not going to be able to get it there for a couple of weeks, getting it closer to 19,000.  Will this make me be in trouble with the men in the garage?

So its presumably a fairly new car, presumably under warranty? 

You need to check with the dealer really. They usually let at least a couple of hundred miles grace before getting uppity but 1000 might be pushing it. You don't want to give them an excuse not to pay out on any warranty claims.

Mine is the same Billy.

It's not going to the fiat garage though, getting an independent garage to do it as the fiat garage will rip you off, unless you already paid for the services when you bought the car?

Thanks both.  Booked it in for two weeks time.  Will be nearer 19k than 18 but I'm hoping to keep it as low as possible - I drive 80 miles a day round trip for work so it really tots up.  Tans - I'm going with the Fiat dealer - to my eternal shame.  225 quid all in.

If you don't use an official dealership, isn't the warranty void? It is with mine anyway.

Nope,  you should be able to use any VAT registered garage as long as they carry out the service to manufacturers specifications using genuine parts.

Here is a bit about it

http://www.oft.gov.uk/news-and-updates/press/2004/85-04

Got my car serviced the weekend...£400 later - 2 new tyres, brake pads and tracking and service and the car is only 2 years old - bloomin pot holes in swindon throwing out the tracking and screwing the tyres

Anyone know what a caliper kit is - I have been charged £40+ for this, didn't reaslsie until I got home and looked through all the paperwork

It's too cheap to be a whole new caliper.

Most likely just a few O rings and new caliper bolts.

Think it's what Tiny Tim had to wear in 'A Christmas Carol'. Poor Tiny Tim.

as Sam said probably just a few bolts etc.

but shouldn't this be replaced by warrenty seeing as the car is only 2 years old?
if they need replacing after 2 years it's a fault not w&t

They probably class it as consumables so not covered by warranty.

If anyone has a Mitsubishi then i can get cheap geniune parts as i work for them!

Just let me know!

Ok! I will!

Definitely consumables, as Ralphy said.

Any decent mechanic will always replace caliper bolts once they've been removed. They're only designed to be tightened once.

Replacing the O rings is probably a bit overkill, but at least you know they've done a thorough job.

£400 for a service plus that amount of extra work is pretty good value i'd say

What get's me though is you ask how much the service will cost and get told £135 then you see things like Oil on there and these Calipers - so actually it is not £135, I'm no mechanic and know nothing about cars other than where the oil and water go but even I know that surely is not right.

Most mechanics when quoting for a service will only give the price of the labour. Consumables are nearly always added extras.

Yeah, the fixed price covers fixed amnount of work. Which is far as I can tell is top up windscreen washer bottle, change key fob battery, get YTS boy to jetwash the paint off the car and change the oil.

Yo'd have though Oil would be include in the quote. Thinking back to past bills it has always been listed separately at stupid price but I am sure the total still came to the quote total.

Anything extra is, well, extra.