7500km TDI Service Opinions

[orsegtsport]

$280 is definately toooo much. I had the car in at the dealership for a warranty problem with the rhf 1 touch electric window so decided to do an oil change while it was there ..... $185 - oil $69 labor $83.26.

$280 is actually quite good imo, because clearly some dealerships charge considerably more than that for a 'service'. I was charged $318 for my 15k service, which included $75 for oil, and $180 in labour!

If the oil is geniunely fully synthetic then I can understand that it's expensive (although not $75 expensive), but how on earth did they calculate the $180 labour charge? I seriously doubt that they spent over an hour checking over my immaculate 6 month old car, just to tell me everything is absolutely fine? Sheesh, stick a semi prestigious badge on a car and they think they can charge anything they like! I shudder to think what BMW or Mercedes charge then....I'll get my own oil next time (I doubt VW use the $75 oil they claim to anyway) and take it to Ultratune instead. Rant over.

[mr.damage]

I was charged $318 for my 15k service, which included $75 for oil, and $180 in labour!

(I doubt VW use the $75 oil they claim to anyway) and take it to Ultratune instead. Rant over.

I was quoted $695 for my 60k service on my 06 tdi polo. I laughed and walked across the road to ultratune with my service book in hand. Quoted $210 From ultratune. Guess who got the job.

[vanDub]

I think the question is, what is VW's interpretation of "low sulfur" levels?

Spot on Mr_Walker.

My original info was from the Victorian delivery dealer. Checked today with local North Qld dealer who "wasn't positive" but stated that they put 15,000 Km on the sticker and said that Australian diesel is "average" sulphur. He did promise to do some investigating with VW Aust about their position as well as a couple of other issues.

Sorry about my earlier rant but I am just paranoid about protecting my warranty and I am getting more and more confused / concerned about VW Aust's position on this debate.

[Greg Roles]

Dude don't apologise, everyone with a car in a warranty period is concerned just the same. Warranty is ALWAYS a prickly issue, and even with a dead stock car you have to abide by more and more rules these days to keep it.

[Seano]

My TDi has been serviced by a number of VW dealers over the years. The service interval has always been 15,000km.

BUT

The techs who do the windscreen stickers almost always get the interval wrong......the VW tech at the latest dealer puts down 10,000km as the service interval.

But if the service manager is telling you to come back every 7,500km then you are probably being fed a fine line in bull****......especially when you consider that a great part of a dealerships income is derived from the service centre.

That said there is nothing to be lost from changing your oil yourself every 7,500km....I do it on the T4 and it takes a half hour and the oil I use is Fuchs Titan Supersyn 5W-40 which is a VW 50500 rated oil (there's also a long life version of this oil too Titan Supersyn SL 0W-30 VW50600 & 50601 rated) and it's available at my local Supercheap...

[Buller_Scott]

hey there, my name is scott and i noticed that you have a polo tdi. i was just wondering if you yourself went ahead with the 7500km oil change?

if so, did you get it done at a service center, or did you do it yourself? if you did it yourself, which oil did you use and where did you get it from, if you dont mind?

any feedback would be ripper, because i intend my little pogo to last a long time....

cheers.

[mr.damage]

hey there, my name is scott and i noticed that you have a polo tdi. i was just wondering if you yourself went ahead with the 7500km oil change?

if so, did you get it done at a service center, or did you do it yourself? if you did it yourself, which oil did you use and where did you get it from, if you dont mind?

cheers.

I have been doing my 7500 k services since the car did 30000k get the oil from supercheap Fuchs Titan Supersyn 5W-40 get the filter from the local vw dealer.
Ultratune do the 15000k services from now on they did the last one much cheaper as you can see from my above post.
Next time I take it to them I might take my own oil just so I know what is in it though.
Once it is out of warrenty I might start doing all the services unless it is due for somthing major i.e. timing chain. The polo is the easyest moden car i have had to work on . It is on a par with my old 66 valiant to service once ya get all the plastic BS off . Might just leave it off one day the one that screws to the underside and bumper is nearly Roo#$d anyway. To much 4x4 work .