Hi all
Could anyone offer any advice from.experience or knowledge
The airbag warning light comes on and stays on when I turn my 2011 leon on. So I took it into the dealership this morning. They tell me it will cost £54.60 to diagnose the problem.
I get a call at 12, the technician needs more time to find the issue (his kit is telling him to take the steering wheel off) this will take him another hour so they are ringing to tell me I will incur another £54.60. So I say continue
I've just had a call , the technician has found the issue which is the slip ring needs replacing at a cost of £300, £220 for the part and another hours fitting labour at £80.
So that's
2x £54.60
£220
£80
I whinged a bit and they said they'd not charged one of the £54.60 as he didn't use the full hour.
Now I've googled/you tubed the slip ring replacement and it seems to me it should not have taken more than 1 hour to find the issue and it certainly wouldn't take another full hour to replace the slip ring. Also I'm not sure if 220 is the right price for a new part , genuine or not. I found a YouTube video of a guy replacing the slip ring on his car (different brand)
I feel like I'm being ripped off but it may be my ignorance. Could anyone confirm or rebuff the above?
Andy
Could anyone offer any advice from.experience or knowledge
The airbag warning light comes on and stays on when I turn my 2011 leon on. So I took it into the dealership this morning. They tell me it will cost £54.60 to diagnose the problem.
I get a call at 12, the technician needs more time to find the issue (his kit is telling him to take the steering wheel off) this will take him another hour so they are ringing to tell me I will incur another £54.60. So I say continue
I've just had a call , the technician has found the issue which is the slip ring needs replacing at a cost of £300, £220 for the part and another hours fitting labour at £80.
So that's
2x £54.60
£220
£80
I whinged a bit and they said they'd not charged one of the £54.60 as he didn't use the full hour.
Now I've googled/you tubed the slip ring replacement and it seems to me it should not have taken more than 1 hour to find the issue and it certainly wouldn't take another full hour to replace the slip ring. Also I'm not sure if 220 is the right price for a new part , genuine or not. I found a YouTube video of a guy replacing the slip ring on his car (different brand)
I feel like I'm being ripped off but it may be my ignorance. Could anyone confirm or rebuff the above?
Andy