60,000 k service, ouch!

[petenkaz]

Hey all, guess what? they got it wrong. My beach doesn't have a timing belt so it will be $890 for oil and filters. So I will be ringing Jimmy Mac and a few others shortly just to compare. Not too concerned about who put the stamp in my books any more, just that it's there when it should be.

[Sunny43.5]

Hey Petenkaz it makes you wonder how many people go to the VW dealers without checking facts first , I know I made that mistake when our water pump started leaking they told me it would require removing the engine as it was fitted internally , if you read earlier in this thread I said that they rang me 3 pm that same day to say it was finished ???? whole engine removed new water pump and refit in less than 6hrs including lunch morning tea etc Idon,t think so and a $1300 bill to boot . In this day and age a good quality mechanic like Jmac with a laptop can do any thing VW can do for less and no bull**** either . The same Vw dealer also told me that I would need the timing belt done at 60,000 ks doh!!! what timing belt ?? as Jmac told me the 128 T5 2004-5 does not even have a timing belt its gear driven !! Howard

[petenkaz]

Sadly I think the majority of us just blindly accept what they tell us, well at least the mechanically challenged like myself (I'm sure they rotated and balanced my tyre caps last time). I rang Jmac yesterday, nice guy but busy. Just got to get off my butt and send him my VIN so he can figure out the cost for me and then find a time.

[Tewbacca]

I was travelling in my van last year and got up to the Gold Coast where it needed a 75000k service. On returning to the VW Specialist to collect it, I was told my 128kw van needed a timing belt done urgently. Told not to drive it back to Tasmania and if I did, I would be foolish. As I was leaving to return to Hobart that very day I decided to risk it and drive home. On returning to Hobart I drove around for a couple of months holding my breath that the timing belt wouldn't break. I really couldn't afford the 1200 dollars the Gold Coast guys said it would cost, hence my reluctance to get it done on my return. Imagine my surprise when I finally went to the local VW agents here in Hobart to get a quote from them to be told straight away, that I dont have a timing belt. I can only imagine now that the Gold Coast mob were trying to take advantage of an interstate traveller and wanting to make a quick buck.

[Transporter]

I was travelling in my van last year and got up to the Gold Coast where it needed a 75000k service. On returning to the VW Specialist to collect it, I was told my 128kw van needed a timing belt done urgently. Told not to drive it back to Tasmania and if I did, I would be foolish. As I was leaving to return to Hobart that very day I decided to risk it and drive home. On returning to Hobart I drove around for a couple of months holding my breath that the timing belt wouldn't break. I really couldn't afford the 1200 dollars the Gold Coast guys said it would cost, hence my reluctance to get it done on my return. Imagine my surprise when I finally went to the local VW agents here in Hobart to get a quote from them to be told straight away, that I dont have a timing belt. I can only imagine now that the Gold Coast mob were trying to take advantage of an interstate traveller and wanting to make a quick buck.

...or the mechanic didn't know much about your van.

[Tewbacca]

...or the mechanic didn't know much about your van.

He should know something about my van by the time he told me. He had just serviced it. If a "VW Specialist" (in phone book,painted on the building and on their business cards) does not know that a 128kw Motor does not have a timing belt then the company should not call themselves specialists I don't think.