Service price

Thanks Pete,

It would have been more obvious if the quote function had worked!
Oh well, I expect the D4 may be visiting you & your lads in the next month or two then!
One of your own team of guys disabled the folding mirrors for me while you were away actually. Everyone was great down there after less than satisfactory "service" at the sister dealership!
They said they'll fit switches next time it's in, so that's now on the radar too :)

Regards,

Les.

Just had my D4 serviced at Melbourne City Land Rover at 24000km as I have towed a van for approx. 4000km in the last 8 months. Vehicle registered May 2011. Cost for service (26000km) $720.00. This included clean inside and out.
Good customer service.

On the subject of servicing, does anyone have any advice for non dealer servicing in the Canberra region. I have had a less than satisfactory run with the local dealer, they dont appear to be interested in maintaining customer relationships or loyalty.

Cheers,

Pat

Just had my 96000 "C" / major service done by Graeme Cooper in St Peters, Sydney, who were helpful and professional.

They replaced just about every consumable: engine oil, oil filter, fuel filter, pollen filter ($87 list price!, charged 54+GST). Also cleaned out/serviced the parking brake shoes+drum.

They drained the transmission and refilled with "ZF 6 speed fluid" aka unicorn tears. (mostly: popped the plug and waited rather than running through the cooler/etc to expel all the old oil).

Total (which made me cringe) was $1204 incl. GST; ~440 labour, 420 consumables, 240 parts, 110 GST.

Ben

Hi Don
See your at Caloundra, are you using Pacific LR at Maroochydore?
I am debating who to use for my 3.0 D4, next service at 48k
Regards
Brian at Cooroy

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Originally Posted by af3556

Just had my 96000 "C" / major service done by Graeme Cooper in St Peters, Sydney, who were helpful and professional.
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Total (which made me cringe) was $1204 incl. GST; ~440 labour, 420 consumables, 240 parts, 110 GST.

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I got a quote for my in-law's D3 from them, and the C service was quoted at $1200. In comparison, a C service from Alto Land Rover St Leonards was quoted at $1900. :eek:

Graeme Cooper said within their price they also include the change of a fluid that is not strictly in the schedule, but they have found beneficial.

BTW, I wish I had known this prior to my last service. I went in knowing a little warranty work was needed, and thinking that it was going to be a minor/medium service with only a hundred dollars or so difference, but Alto gave it the 2 year/48,000km treatment - ie the major service aforementioned. [bawl]

With a D3 - what is a C service - my service schedule has a mix of A, B and O services but no C service.

O service = every 12,000km (basically an oil change)
A service = 24K, 72K, 120K, 168K and 216K
B service = every 48,000km

Equivalent time frames also apply for each.

Thanks

Garry

A = O
B = A
C = B

Newer service schedules have slightly changed & for whatever reason (it used to work quite well) the sequence of A,B & C service is now as above??

Cheers

Hi Sniegy,
Any chance of listing the "new" service sheets?

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Originally Posted by Robocop

Ok so according to the service schedule the oil gets changed once a year depending on kms travelled. What I want to know is exactly what do they do?

I was quoted, not naming names of course, from a prestige dealer west of Sydney near the M4 where I bought my D4, $600 for my first service & $1350 for the yearly service.

Now I'm all for changing oil but are they kidding? Every 5000km I would change the fuel, oil filter, centrifugal filter, air filter & full synthetic diesel oil in my 2003 TD5 Defender 110. It was about $140 for parts delivered to my regional door & $90-100 for the Penrite oil. So somewhere around $250.

So including the $70 for the grease monkey per hour what are they doing with the remaining $250 odd dollars?

Should I be asking the stealer for a full breakdown prior to service?

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This has been my 'rant' for ages.... (I rant quite a bit I'm told)

Changing oil / filters etc at such intervals (unless its working like a dog all the time) is a complete and utter waste of money and resources...

It gained nothing for engine longevity in measurable terms.....

And by the sound of it (in your case) you then moved the vehicle on anyway...

Simply put - Excessive oil changes gain nothing - cost more - waste more resources.