36k Renault Service ripoff?? Any Alternatives?

[Fien]

I've just rung up my local Renault dealer in Chester after a price for a 36k service on my clio 182 and got quoted:

£236 standard service, or
£484 inc accessory belt change

I know it's not meant to be cheap going through Renault but i didnt want to pay that sort of money.

Has everyone decided to stay away from getting their services done at Renault?

Also can anyone recommend somewhere else to get it done around the Chester area please???

 

[Justin182]

No surprised at that at all really !!

I was quoted £660 up here in edinburgh..... they can stick it. I now go to an independant garage and the service is 300% better than renault.... think it was only £230 for me.

 

[DrR]

Is that £484 inlcuding a service? If so thats not bad.

 

[JimmyMac81]

If your sold on keeping a 'Full Renault Service History' then you really have no chice but with the silly prices all car companies charge and smaller garage will be better.

They rely on good customer satisfaction so will do a better job and cheaper aswell

 

[Maz]

Got mine done at RENTECH for £250 including belt.

If your wanting a renault specialist the nearest one to you would be Yozzasport and the last time I asked the cost was £350 including belt.

If I still have my car come my 48k which is in 5k I will be taking it to Black Diamond Service Centre in Warrington or another local garage now the warranty has expired.

 

[Fien]

Yeah it was £484 for the service and the belt change.

I'm not that fussed about having a full renault service history so would prefer to save a couple of quid instead each service. I've only had the car for a couple of months tho and plan to keep it for a while so would like to get it done properly and keep the 8 months warranty on it.

i've heard that the quality of services at some renault dealers can sometimes not be the best as well so dont want pay a wedge for what will be a sh!t service.

 

[coatesy]

im paying this week aux plus cam belt 350-400quid
full service roughly 120quid

 

[Maz]

Iirc you have to have it serviced at Renault to keep the warranty ?

However how often they check I dont know.

 

[Timmay]

i was told that if genuine reno parts no matter where you took your car the warranty wasnt voided?

 

[cat171]

Iirc you have to have it serviced at Renault to keep the warranty ?

However how often they check I dont know.

The specialist has to use genuine parts & be VAT registered for you to keep the warranty.

 

[MillerLight]

wait till the cambelt is due! thats ££££ reno quoted me £700.

but like said above if renualt parts are used by a VAT reg co it should be ok

 

[Dillsy]

im paying this week aux plus cam belt 350-400quid
full service roughly 120quid

I've been quoted roughly this with Rentech, gonna bite the bullet and pay it. Would rather spend a bit more and know im getting good quality work done, and i certainly wouldnt take it to the thieving monkeys at Renault

 

[Fred@BTM]

Iirc you have to have it serviced at Renault to keep the warranty ?

However how often they check I dont know.

nope, you could have it seviced at hyundai or wherever, as long as genuine parts are used and VAT registered

you could take your lambo to ford to be serviced for example

 

[Fien]

Fred, do you do services on a clio 182??

if so how much would it be for a full 36k service and the belt change?

 

[Maz]

^ As I said above last time I asked, £350

Ah I see I knew it was something to do with Renault to keep the warranty lol

 

[Turkish]

I seriously hope half of the people on this forum don't ever get real cars with the amount of moaning they do about prices of basic running costs. 1*2's are cheap to run even if you go to a main dealer for servicing. Most on here seem quite happy to piss money up the wall on "bling" but when it comes to tyres, services etc they're tighter than a ducks butt.

 

[Fred@BTM]

£700 to service the A4 last time!

 

[Maz]

Mum used to pay £1k+ for the Mak

 

[Justin182]

I seriously hope half of the people on this forum don't ever get real cars with the amount of moaning they do about prices of basic running costs. 1*2's are cheap to run even if you go to a main dealer for servicing. Most on here seem quite happy to piss money up the wall on "bling" but when it comes to tyres, services etc they're tighter than a ducks butt.

Dont see it like that at all....

Would you rather:

1. Spend over £600 to get a service at Renault who, in all seriousness as a whole are a bunch of numpties who just want to get home at the end of the day. (probably in your car as there has been a "delay" so your not getting it back till tomorrow)

or

2. Spend under £300 for the exact same service, but with greater care and attention taken, car is worked on as soon as you turn up and done in a few hours, the staff actually know what they are talking about and dont argue that your car is a 172 when the owner is telling them its a 182. Basically great service and pease of mind that a top job has been done.

Thats my experiences.

Giving any money to Renault is pissing it up the wall imo.

 

[Turkish]

Dont see it like that at all....

Would you rather:

1. Spend over £600 to get a service at Renault who, in all seriousness as a whole are a bunch of numpties who just want to get home at the end of the day. (probably in your car as there has been a "delay" so your not getting it back till tomorrow)

or

2. Spend under £300 for the exact same service, but with greater care and attention taken, car is worked on as soon as you turn up and done in a few hours, the staff actually know what they are talking about and dont argue that your car is a 172 when the owner is telling them its a 182. Basically great service and pease of mind that a top job has been done.

Thats my experiences.

Giving any money to Renault is pissing it up the wall imo.

I've never had any issues with my local dealer they've been nothing short of spot on everytime I've dealt with them. The only complaint I had with them was washing my car and putting swirls into it but then that's partly my fault for not telling them not to wash it as I didnt realise they did when a car was having warranty work done.

You can't lump all dealers into the same boat, nor can you lump all specialists or independants into the same one either. You get good and bad with both. I choose to take mine to the main dealer as they've looked after me and my car well and I get the main dealer stamp in the service book. I know if I have any issues they will get resolved and they will have the correct special tools and diagnostic equipment on site. Plus only the RTE's are allow to work on the RS range so it wont be the semi qualified monkies playing with it. I've seen so called "specialists" who I wouldnt let near a lawn mower let alone a car, there are main dealers like it too but in my experience they are in the minority (I'm not talking about Renault specifically, the motortrade as a whole).

 

[Fien]

My main aim for my car is to make sure it's running as it should be. Couldnt give a sh!t about adding flashy lights, body kits and all that rubbish. I bought the car cos i liked the way it looked as it was and most of all for the way it drives.

I'm happy to pay the money in order to get a good service but from alot of peoples views Renault seem to charge more for whats also a poorer service.

I'll be honest and say that i am maybe being a bit of a scrooge in trying to get a cheap price on a service but i've gotta pay my insurance next month and it's also xmas so any money i can save is a bonus.

 

[Justin182]

Dont see it like that at all....

Would you rather:

1. Spend over £600 to get a service at Renault who, in all seriousness as a whole are a bunch of numpties who just want to get home at the end of the day. (probably in your car as there has been a "delay" so your not getting it back till tomorrow)

or

2. Spend under £300 for the exact same service, but with greater care and attention taken, car is worked on as soon as you turn up and done in a few hours, the staff actually know what they are talking about and dont argue that your car is a 172 when the owner is telling them its a 182. Basically great service and pease of mind that a top job has been done.

Thats my experiences.

Giving any money to Renault is pissing it up the wall imo.

I've never had any issues with my local dealer they've been nothing short of spot on everytime I've dealt with them. The only complaint I had with them was washing my car and putting swirls into it but then that's partly my fault for not telling them not to wash it as I didnt realise they did when a car was having warranty work done.

You can't lump all dealers into the same boat, nor can you lump all specialists or independants into the same one either. You get good and bad with both. I choose to take mine to the main dealer as they've looked after me and my car well and I get the main dealer stamp in the service book. I know if I have any issues they will get resolved and they will have the correct special tools and diagnostic equipment on site. Plus only the RTE's are allow to work on the RS range so it wont be the semi qualified monkies playing with it. I've seen so called "specialists" who I wouldnt let near a lawn mower let alone a car, there are main dealers like it too but in my experience they are in the minority (I'm not talking about Renault specifically, the motortrade as a whole).

Yeah, fair enough mate. As i said its only in my experience so generalising is unfair. But to me up here, every renault dealer ive been to (4+ around me) dont know their head from their arse and have been winding me up for the last 3 years..... the independant garage i now go to have never once faulted. That coupled with the HUGE price Renault quote over an independant is probably the reason for my rant.

 

[Darren S]

Mum used to pay £1k+ for the Mak

Don't scare me, Maz!

Like I said before. If I was buying a 2nd hand RS Clio in particular - I'd put far more faith in a log book stamped with the likes of RenTech, GDI, RS Tuning, etc than normal Renault garages.

These specialists see the same components day in-day out and often drive similar (if not the same) cars as the ones they work on. They will have a depth of knowledge that I think most main dealers would perhaps lack, imo.

D.

 

[Maz]

haha tis the truth Darren, you need to have deep pockets to run one for sure.

Can't rememebr if it was a special one for that but the £1k+ stuck in my head lol

 

[182joe]

The renault garage in chester dream up their prices.

Have you tried the renault dealers by wrexham (i dont know if it is still there)?

if not look for a renault specialist, i am sure there used to be one by the racecourse?

 

[Turkish]

1k for a service is peanuts in the grand scheme of things, but it does give you an idea of just how cheap main dealer servicing is for Renaults. Goes back to the same old story of people buying a car and either not considering the running costs or just trying to run a car on the cheap.

 

[Fien]

Cheers Joe, not sure off the top of my head of which garage u mean round there but i'll find out.

Spoke to the dealers in Wrexham and they quoted £458.50 with no aux belt change as "it only needs changing after 72k miles". Now they are either charging twice as much for just a normal service or they dont realise the aux belt needs changing after 36k. Either way i think i'll give them a miss!

 

[Justin182]

Cheers Joe, not sure off the top of my head of which garage u mean round there but i'll find out.

Spoke to the dealers in Wrexham and they quoted £458.50 with no aux belt change as "it only needs changing after 72k miles". Now they are either charging twice as much for just a normal service or they dont realise the aux belt needs changing after 36k. Either way i think i'll give them a miss!

Its common for them not to know it needs doing at 36k.... yet another example why i avoid them.

Somehow the independant garage has info that it should be changed at 36k, but yet the actual renault garage think its 72k.... brilliant eh ?!

 

[Maz]

1k for a service is peanuts in the grand scheme of things, but it does give you an idea of just how cheap main dealer servicing is for Renaults. Goes back to the same old story of people buying a car and either not considering the running costs or just trying to run a car on the cheap.

Im sure it is compaired to some car service costs.

At the end of the day some people like to save a few pounds by shopping around, no matter what type of car they have or how much money they earn etc and there isn't anything wrong with that imho.

 

[gaz_5103]

This is when im happy i do my own work lol

 

[edde]

i've heard that the quality of services at some renault dealers can sometimes not be the best as well so dont want pay a wedge for what will be a sh!t service.

Chester are a good place though.

i was told that if genuine reno parts no matter where you took your car the warranty wasnt voided?

Nope warently is unaffected howevr don;'t forget anything they miss or don't do which they should and later claims come up RUK will refuse to pay out. Also out of warently claims are ignored more or less without full RUK stickers in the book.

Would you rather:

1. Spend over £600 to get a service at Renault who, in all seriousness as a whole are a bunch of numpties who just want to get home at the end of the day. (probably in your car as there has been a "delay" so your not getting it back till tomorrow)

or

2. Spend under £300 for the exact same service, but with greater care and attention taken, car is worked on as soon as you turn up and done in a few hours, the staff actually know what they are talking about and dont argue that your car is a 172 when the owner is telling them its a 182. Basically great service and pease of mind that a top job has been done.

Giving any money to Renault is pissing it up the wall imo.

Ver unfair that not all dealerships are poor I've seen some terribale supposed specialsist work on Renault and mess tham completly up and on here people would rave about the companies since there not full dealers but supposed experts.

I'm happy to pay the money in order to get a good service but from alot of peoples views Renault seem to charge more for whats also a poorer service.

No they don't people on here semmigly love to put dealers down for anyhting they can and rave about any none dealership.

The renault garage in chester dream up their prices.

Have you tried the renault dealers by wrexham (i dont know if it is still there)?

Renault chester don't dream up prices they have a high labourrate though which affects prices a lot. There good dealership though now.

Wrexham dealerships not to bad bit down on technical knowedge due to there setup though. Cheapers labour rate is nice but if thats all you want try the one in Whitchurch as there rates are less again.

 

[SBV116]

Chester are a good place though.

i was told that if genuine reno parts no matter where you took your car the warranty wasnt voided?

Nope warently is unaffected howevr don;'t forget anything they miss or don't do which they should and later claims come up RUK will refuse to pay out. Also out of warently claims are ignored more or less without full RUK stickers in the book.

Would you rather:

1. Spend over £600 to get a service at Renault who, in all seriousness as a whole are a bunch of numpties who just want to get home at the end of the day. (probably in your car as there has been a "delay" so your not getting it back till tomorrow)

or

2. Spend under £300 for the exact same service, but with greater care and attention taken, car is worked on as soon as you turn up and done in a few hours, the staff actually know what they are talking about and dont argue that your car is a 172 when the owner is telling them its a 182. Basically great service and pease of mind that a top job has been done.

Giving any money to Renault is pissing it up the wall imo.

Ver unfair that not all dealerships are poor I've seen some terribale supposed specialsist work on Renault and mess tham completly up and on here people would rave about the companies since there not full dealers but supposed experts.

I'm happy to pay the money in order to get a good service but from alot of peoples views Renault seem to charge more for whats also a poorer service.

No they don't people on here semmigly love to put dealers down for anyhting they can and rave about any none dealership.

The renault garage in chester dream up their prices.

Have you tried the renault dealers by wrexham (i dont know if it is still there)?

Renault chester don't dream up prices they have a high labourrate though which affects prices a lot. There good dealership though now.

Wrexham dealerships not to bad bit down on technical knowedge due to there setup though. Cheapers labour rate is nice but if thats all you want try the one in Whitchurch as there rates are less again.

or try me! im cheaper still and closer!:rasp:

 

[172.com]

Cheers Joe, not sure off the top of my head of which garage u mean round there but i'll find out.

Spoke to the dealers in Wrexham and they quoted £458.50 with no aux belt change as "it only needs changing after 72k miles". Now they are either charging twice as much for just a normal service or they dont realise the aux belt needs changing after 36k. Either way i think i'll give them a miss!

Its common for them not to know it needs doing at 36k.... yet another example why i avoid them.

Somehow the independant garage has info that it should be changed at 36k, but yet the actual renault garage think its 72k.... brilliant eh ?!

I think it was 72k but they had failures so reduced it to 36k. They obviously don't read internal memo's lol.

 

[DrR]

Go see SBV116 he's done loads of work on my car, all been tip top.

 

[sean182cup]

im getting mine done soon at RS tuning in leeds they quoted 350 all in mate

 

[edde]

or try me! im cheaper still and closer!:rasp:

I forget I wrote the reply based on Renault dealers or I'd have added yourself to the list.