182 Altenator

[JasonA]

My altenator packed in yesterday, anyone else know how much it will set me back?

Car has been left at the dealer to be fixed monday and im trying to find out what sort of price to expect as the parts guys were away off home.

Cheers

Jas

 

[Track'd]

Same problem with mine this week (36k 182). They were going to send it away to get repaired, but ended up going for a new 1 - around £350.

 

[JasonA]

Yea got it fixed, price is 314, bit dearer than i thought it would be but at least the car works again!!

 

[D1CKY]

Who did this for you mate ?

Mackie Motors ?

 

[JasonA]

Yea, mackie motors. Its not fixed, they phoned the next morning, now been told i have a 2 week wait for an altenator!!!! Bit pissed, hopefully get a discount on the price!! Got a courtesy car but its not the point.

 

[Chili Red]

Must be a common thing with 182s.

Mine went as well a couple of years ago when the car was only about a year old, so luckily it was fixed under warranty..

Dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree!!

 

[D1CKY]

Yea, mackie motors. Its not fixed, they phoned the next morning, now been told i have a 2 week wait for an altenator!!!! Bit pissed, hopefully get a discount on the price!! Got a courtesy car but its not the point.

Ah ok that aint so good

2 weeks, how so long ?

Hows the prices and service apart from the 2 week wait ?

Reason i'm asking is my 172FF is due a cambelt cahnge and they were a bit cheaper than Evans Halshaw in Aberden and i was considering geetting thenm to do it.

And theres no one really in Aberdeen that'll touch clio 172's for cambelts

A lot of places have said they don't have locking tools or a few places didn't know you needed locking tools for cambelt change. :S

 

[JasonA]

I dont use them too much to be honest, when i have gone to them they are pretty good. Seen them working on v6's and so on so they should be more than capable.

My cambelt will be getting done pretty soon but i will be putting it to a little garage in montrose, just because i know someone there who has worked on them before. Purely for being cheap!

How much were mackies for the cambelt, i never even bothered to ask them?

They were telling me that there is a shortage of altenators at the moment and that it could be upto 2 weeks. Sooner the better as im not so keen on the wee 1.2 as a substitute!!