Folks, firstly, apologies for probably repeating something that has been asked before!
My E320 CDI (W211) is telling me Im just a few hundred miles from a Service C. So I've been ringing round different local MB dealers to get a price.
So far I've yet to get a definitive list of whats included in a C Service.
Also, "fixed price" service only lists A & B on the websites, at £200, and £300 respectively (both of which seem to have gone up in price when you call - one dealer wanting £400 for a B service)
Only one dealer has given me a price for a C service of £255, the others seem to skirt around the subject, saying it may need an A service plus lots of other bits, others say B with a few other bits etc
Either way, they all seem to give a total cost ranging from of around £650-£800. Not exactly the £255 for a "fixed cost" service C?!
The car is an MB approved used, which we've had just 9 months approx. What I'd like to know is what is included in a C service? Increasingly, it seems to me that the fixed cost is purely the labour and a basic oil and filter change, with the labour to cover the assorted "optional" extras?
What should I be paying? How "optional" are these optional extras? They apparently include things like carbon filter change, auto box oil/filter change, etc etc.
Finally (phew!), what's the score with the approved used warranty, MGFV on the PCP finance etc, if I get the service done at an independent non MB garage? Or maybe at a "BMW/Audi/Merc specialist" independent?
Cheers!
My E320 CDI (W211) is telling me Im just a few hundred miles from a Service C. So I've been ringing round different local MB dealers to get a price.
So far I've yet to get a definitive list of whats included in a C Service.
Also, "fixed price" service only lists A & B on the websites, at £200, and £300 respectively (both of which seem to have gone up in price when you call - one dealer wanting £400 for a B service)
Only one dealer has given me a price for a C service of £255, the others seem to skirt around the subject, saying it may need an A service plus lots of other bits, others say B with a few other bits etc
Either way, they all seem to give a total cost ranging from of around £650-£800. Not exactly the £255 for a "fixed cost" service C?!
The car is an MB approved used, which we've had just 9 months approx. What I'd like to know is what is included in a C service? Increasingly, it seems to me that the fixed cost is purely the labour and a basic oil and filter change, with the labour to cover the assorted "optional" extras?
What should I be paying? How "optional" are these optional extras? They apparently include things like carbon filter change, auto box oil/filter change, etc etc.
Finally (phew!), what's the score with the approved used warranty, MGFV on the PCP finance etc, if I get the service done at an independent non MB garage? Or maybe at a "BMW/Audi/Merc specialist" independent?
Cheers!