Wheel alignment and Drive Assist Package

[armthehomeless]

Hi all,

Had my first service of the R this week, and for the most part it went well (few parts for warranty jobs). One issue I have is with my drive assist sensor. Apparently it was throwing codes.

Anyway, the Advisor told me that if I ever wanted to get a wheel alignment done it would cost upwards of $1,000 due to them having to spend a whole day re-calibrating the sensor.

It sounds like BS to me, but I'd be interested to know if anyone else has heard this.

Cheers

[Umai Naa!!]

It's moreso to cover the cost of the equipment, than the labour.

Still, $1,000 is a bit rich.

[MyGTI]

They told me the same thing on the GC. So I rang the place were I'm having my GTI serviced they did the alignment on the same machine apparently for a fraction of the cost.

[Umai Naa!!]

This is the equipment I was referring to:

[buzuki]

$1000 would be for a full adjustment on like a touareg with lane/side assist, ACC and reverse camera.

Gold 7 Id guess would take approx 2-3hours with setting up.