So, hypothetically, if you were to have a "Major" Seat Main Dealer service (the £300+ one) on your Leon, would you a) expect to have the spark plugs replaced (petrol obvs), and b) expect to have to pay extra for an air filter replacement...?
And the service tables are in the ‘maintenance’ workshop manual here explaining what should be done when:
General maintenance - Leon Mk3 Official Seat Workshop Manuals Link
Hi All! I obtained these a few months ago, and they've been a great use so far. Here's a link to all of the Seat Workshop manuals for the Leon Mk3 3dr/5dr. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M4ofxxMgsFjE7hNWg6l4KuifelmdMUu0?usp=sharing...www.seatcupra.net
Aircon refresh is a bit of a shocker though...
£29 for them to run your car for 10 mins with the aircon on after popping a £7.50 quantum aircon cleaner canister is a bit steep!
£29 for them to run your car for 10 mins with the aircon on after popping a £7.50 quantum aircon cleaner canister is a bit steep!
I get what you're saying - but wouldn't the cost of the air filter be included in the service charge? Isn't that the point of the fixed price servicing?
So, assuming my next year's service is a "minor", but the plugs are due to be replaced - would that be done all-in or would they be charged extra too?
This whole fixed price servicing thing sounds like quite a scam to me.
I recently had a Major service (part of my service plan) on my late 2015 1.4act FR, as I only had 21000 miles on the clock I asked for the spark plugs not to be changed and for them to be left in the car for future use. They changed the air filter and pollen filter as well, all included in the service plan price!Right - yeah - so looking at both of these things has definitely confused things... Okay - so, as Mr Pig wanted a story...
Yesterday I took my car (2014 Leon 1.4 TSI FR) to a main dealer for its first service under my ownership. The car is quite high mileage (86k) and I only bought it 5 months ago so I thought I'd treat it to - at least one - main dealer service (it also has MDFSH up to this point). The previous (at 82k - nobody has gone anywhere in the past year!) service was a "minor" so they booked me in for a major (along with an MoT). I was also upsold an enhanced service (where I was told they'd clean out the sump and oil channels and clean the injectors - although upon looking at the invoice it appears I've actually just paid an extra 50 quid or so for a can of oil flush and a shot of Redex-alike! But that's not particularly relevant to this!).
Anyway - the bottom line here is that as a "major" service, the Seat website (as linked by stu_m) suggests that this service should include an air filter and spark plugs... but is that only "if required"? The service table posted by black_sheep suggests the plugs are replaced every 60000km (so around 38000m). My service book shows mine were last changed at 53882 (I'm now 85976 so *slightly* short of the interval)... They DID however replace my air filter, but charged EXTRA for it (part only - "No Extra Labour For Fitting" - woop).
So the question here is, what the hell have I paid an extra 130 quid for when I've basically just had an oil change, plus an air filter that I've paid extra for anyway!?!?
I get what you're saying - but wouldn't the cost of the air filter be included in the service charge? Isn't that the point of the fixed price servicing?
So, assuming my next year's service is a "minor", but the plugs are due to be replaced - would that be done all-in or would they be charged extra too?
This whole fixed price servicing thing sounds like quite a scam to me.
Even in a minor service our techs would have the wheels of to at least to blow the brakes out and check pads and discs-very hard to check inner pads with the wheels on- how can a health check be done correctly? Some dealers are definitely taking the mick.