Servicing a V90

[Nippy]

Further call to the dealer today, apparently this offer is for post march 2021 cars. To say that I am disappointed to be offered the deal then not get it is an understatement.

[Terra1]

Sorry to hear that, very poor to have offered it and then go back on this. I didn't even bother asking about it for my recent purchase.

[Wabby]

Last time I checked (Car was just under 1 year old and had just been serviced) my 2020 V90 was showing as £475 for the second service.

The 'service plan' I was offered saved me £2 over three years so naturally I told them where to put that.

Just logged onto the Digital Service this morning and its now showing £275 for the 2 year, 36k service on my D4. Confused, buy very happy if thats the case.

[Wabby]

Originally Posted by Wabby

Last time I checked (Car was just under 1 year old and had just been serviced) my 2020 V90 was showing as £475 for the second service.

The 'service plan' I was offered saved me £2 over three years so naturally I told them where to put that.

Just logged onto the Digital Service this morning and its now showing £275 for the 2 year, 36k service on my D4. Confused, buy very happy if thats the case.

Just checked again and now its showing £470 .....

[Wabby]

Rang them and as it has less than 36k on, the fuel filter and air filter are not required according to them so the service is £325 ....

[eternal optimist]

Why would you avoid changing the filters just to save a few pounds?

[Wabby]

Originally Posted by eternal optimist

Why would you avoid changing the filters just to save a few pounds?

I wouldn't. The main dealer told me as it has less than 36k that neither of those filters require changing, which revised the price for the 'standard' servicing.

Given that they want £150 to change a fuel and air filter leads to me believe that they are infact worse than Dick Turpin .... as at least he wore a mask!!

[VOLVOL0VER]

people buy Volvos and then don't want to spend the money. i understand that we all want to save the most we can, but volvos are expensive cars with expensive maintenance. we have to inform ourselves before buying a car in order to know if maintenance of that brand in particular is expensive or not.

[Nippy]

Originally Posted by VOLVOL0VER

people buy Volvos and then don't want to spend the money. i understand that we all want to save the most we can, but volvos are expensive cars with expensive maintenance. we have to inform ourselves before buying a car in order to know if maintenance of that brand in particular is expensive or not.

I am fully aware that Volvo's are expensive to maintain, we have had the V40 for the last four years. I also checked the servicing prices on Volvo's website before I purchased the car. That said, to be offered a servicing deal that was then withdrawn is very annoying indeed.

[Familyman 90]

Originally Posted by VOLVOL0VER

people buy Volvos and then don't want to spend the money. i understand that we all want to save the most we can, but volvos are expensive cars with expensive maintenance. we have to inform ourselves before buying a car in order to know if maintenance of that brand in particular is expensive or not.

Exactly this! People buy big, expensive, complex cars, and then try to run them on a shoe string. Look at the number of threads on here from folk who've tried to be clever and used an independent for diagnosis and repair, and then had to give in and take it to a dealer anyway, thus doubling what they would have spent if they'd done that in the first place.

All of mine have been to the dealer since day one, and all still do. It's not cheap, but it's not eye-watering either (we had an X5 and a Lexus RX beforehand, and they were expensive dealers).

Best of all it means no messing, genuine parts with lifetime warranty, and there's never any quibble if something isn't quite right, which is rare.

As a result the entire fleet has been supreme. Nothing has failed on any of them, not so much as a bulb, which means in the long run the maintenance regime has been very good value, which is a very different thing to simply being cheap.

You can either afford to run such a car, or you can't.

Still and all, I do have empathy with the OP. Moral of the story - if you're offered something worth having, don't procrastinate, have it then and there before the situation changes.