MBWill
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- Joined
- May 5, 2017
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- Age
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- Location
- near Westerham, United Kingdom
- Your Mercedes
- 2014 2.1 (168bhp) C220 CDI SE EXECUTIVE
Hello,
I'm brand new having just joined, I currently have a 2014 C220 SE Executive Benz, which is due a B3 service, from what I can see looking around the price of this service varies from £250-£450 which seems enormous considering, as my understanding is, a "B" service is a minor service compared to an "A" service, if a B3 service costs £250-£450 I dread to think what a tier A service would cost.
I have had a quote from a local Benz dealer who wanted £475.00.
Is there a full list of parts that need to be replaced?
So far I believe it is as follows:
Fuel Filter
Air Filter
Cabin Filter
Oil change
Transmission fluid change?
Standard checks, brake pads/discs, fluid levels etc.
I got the car in September 2016 with about 33,000 miles on the clock, it now has 48,500 miles, I used to do a lot of driving in my last job, in one month alone I drove 1,500 miles.
Is this just a rough guide as to when it should be done, or would it be very detrimental to continue driving without a B3 service for say, perhaps another month or two as I am currently out of work and cannot afford to layout up to £450 unless it is absolutely necessary.
I had a "check brake pads" light come up about 3 months ago, drove it for a week and had a mate (mechanic) check it, who said he reckoned there was easily another 1,000 miles or so left, i'm wondering if this is the Assyst system giving an early "warning" so to speak.
Cabin filter, oil change and air filter I can get my mate to do rather cheaply labour wise, however i'm not experienced with cars, how much effort is required (in terms of time) to change a fuel filter, just so I can get a rough idea on labour cost.
Apologies if this has been posted in the wrong section.
I'm brand new having just joined, I currently have a 2014 C220 SE Executive Benz, which is due a B3 service, from what I can see looking around the price of this service varies from £250-£450 which seems enormous considering, as my understanding is, a "B" service is a minor service compared to an "A" service, if a B3 service costs £250-£450 I dread to think what a tier A service would cost.
I have had a quote from a local Benz dealer who wanted £475.00.
Is there a full list of parts that need to be replaced?
So far I believe it is as follows:
Fuel Filter
Air Filter
Cabin Filter
Oil change
Transmission fluid change?
Standard checks, brake pads/discs, fluid levels etc.
I got the car in September 2016 with about 33,000 miles on the clock, it now has 48,500 miles, I used to do a lot of driving in my last job, in one month alone I drove 1,500 miles.
Is this just a rough guide as to when it should be done, or would it be very detrimental to continue driving without a B3 service for say, perhaps another month or two as I am currently out of work and cannot afford to layout up to £450 unless it is absolutely necessary.
I had a "check brake pads" light come up about 3 months ago, drove it for a week and had a mate (mechanic) check it, who said he reckoned there was easily another 1,000 miles or so left, i'm wondering if this is the Assyst system giving an early "warning" so to speak.
Cabin filter, oil change and air filter I can get my mate to do rather cheaply labour wise, however i'm not experienced with cars, how much effort is required (in terms of time) to change a fuel filter, just so I can get a rough idea on labour cost.
Apologies if this has been posted in the wrong section.