Cost of Tiguan services

[XTiguanX]

Good idea!!!

[Mullos]

I just had my 15,000 service done yesterday at a VW Specialist - cost $315.00 all up. Apparently recently gone up from $275.00

Very happy with the price and the service, considering my local "Squealer" Service department in southern Sydney were quoting me $470 + parts etc etc.

I'll return to the specialist for sure.

[JagerMarty]

Any VW specialist recomendations for me in Melbourne, I'm in Moorabbin, I have my 15k one coming up in a few mths

[ido09s]

15000 k service plus a wheel alignment for $420 at VW for me.

[dogbowl]

We had last service (45,000 or 50,000km) done at UltraTune, first time away from VW dealer. I drive a 125 TSI auto. We were delighted as they quoted about $200 less, and then charged a little less again.

Some months later I noticed some issues. With Cruise on at 60 km/h, engine would fluctuate by about 1,000rpm on a flat, and you could feel the car rocking back and forth. Also, brakes sometimes gave a little groan when pulling up to lights (and yes we use auto-hold all the time). My feeling is that the car had lost a bit of power too.
Took the car to a VW dealer recently, and turns out that the wrong engine software had been loaded. They could not believe it, and charged me about $320 to reload and do some testing. Apart from the engine, the software related to power steering was also wrong. The dealer advised "you don't have to bring it to us, but these cars are finely tuned and you should at least stick to a VW specialist". Think we will take his advice!

[Lucas_R]

^ what the heck is Ultratune doing loading different software onto the ECU? My guess is that they would not have the ability to do that anyway.

Ultratune is for Falcadores and Camry's etc anyway. If you care for your car, take it to a VAG specialist.

[Transporter]

We had last service (45,000 or 50,000km) done at UltraTune, first time away from VW dealer. I drive a 125 TSI auto. We were delighted as they quoted about $200 less, and then charged a little less again.

Some months later I noticed some issues. With Cruise on at 60 km/h, engine would fluctuate by about 1,000rpm on a flat, and you could feel the car rocking back and forth. Also, brakes sometimes gave a little groan when pulling up to lights (and yes we use auto-hold all the time). My feeling is that the car had lost a bit of power too.
Took the car to a VW dealer recently, and turns out that the wrong engine software had been loaded. They could not believe it, and charged me about $320 to reload and do some testing. Apart from the engine, the software related to power steering was also wrong. The dealer advised "you don't have to bring it to us, but these cars are finely tuned and you should at least stick to a VW specialist". Think we will take his advice!

I think that this dealer was just pulling your leg. The Ultratune most likely done nothing to the software and the dealer probably just applied some software update(s) to fix the bugs in the original VW software.
It takes 1-2hours to do the sw update and I doubt that Ultratune would do it for free (if they had an equipment).

[MGV]

Just had 75K service done at a recommended independent here in Newcastle. Happy with work carried out & reasonable price ($387).

One thing i've not heard of that was carried out: 'BG quick clean oil system service' (along with 'BG C5 fuel system cleaner'). Anyone heard of it? Hope it's not detrimental...

No issues with stock shocks (lowering springs) or other suspension/steering components & original brake pads & rotors still have plenty of life left after 75000.

[Umai Naa!!]

Sounds like they've put a couple of additives in for you.

[Transporter]

Just had 75K service done at a recommended independent here in Newcastle. Happy with work carried out & reasonable price ($387).

One thing i've not heard of that was carried out: 'BG quick clean oil system service' (along with 'BG C5 fuel system cleaner'). Anyone heard of it? Hope it's not detrimental...

No issues with stock shocks (lowering springs) or other suspension/steering components & original brake pads & rotors still have plenty of life left after 75000.

I use the BG additives as well, highly recommend. However the price of the fuel additives could bother some car owners.
VW is now selling their own additives as well. At least they have the part numbers for them and some other company is making them. But, IMO the BG 244J and 44K products there are superior.