Vehicle servicing

We are able to provide servicing to in-house schedules or to Manufacturer's specifications. The costs do vary between the two but this is usually reflected in the amount of work specified on the individual services.

For example:
a 2000 Ford Focus 1.6 petrol
On a small service, our interim service would cost just under £120 + vat and a Ford 12,500 service costing about the same, there not being a great deal of difference in the price or the work carried out.

On a larger service, our full service would cost aproximately £220 + vat as opposed to the Ford 37,500 service costing around £190 +vat. The Manufacturer's specification service costing slightly less but does not include having the wheels removed and a thorough check of the braking system which our full service does include.

This gives a rough comparison of prices although this varies between makes and models and is only a rough guide.

The difference between full and interim services and manufacturer's services can be quite vast. Manufacturer's larger services are now usually much later on the newer vehicles which serve to move your costs into a later time.

Two good examples of why this is not necessarily a good idea is:

A) On rear brake drum wear. If they are not removed on a regular basis and cleaned, a lip develops on the edge of the drum which when removing breaks either the shoes or the adjusters, creating higher service costs.

B) On spark plugs. On manufacturer's service schedules spark plugs are not generally removed until the vehicle has reached approximately 60,000 miles. When left for this length of time we are finding spark plugs seized in cylinder heads and shearing off thus increasing costs once again.