B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

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B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by TimDogg » Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:47 pm

Guys,

Looking to put the car in for a service at 55k miles - at 50k miles Audi asked if it needed the spark plugs doing (I said that they should tell me) - in the end they didn't do the plugs but it DID actually need them I later found out #thedicks

So - I've been quoted £700 ish from Audi Bristol - just seems steep to me.

£404 service

£249 spark plugs

£54 pollen filter

£707 Total

Does this seem right to anyone?

Thanks muchly.
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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by chriswhite1992 » Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:01 pm

Audi are such rip off merchants! £249 is silly for plugs. I got quoted £345 for an oil and filter change so that seems high too

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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by TimDogg » Mon Mar 06, 2017 7:12 pm

Thanks Chris, they didn't seem like they were into having a conversation about it and didn't have a little rental car until April!
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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by marc1 » Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:16 pm

They'll do you a deal usually. Pretty sure I paid around £500 including plugs. JCT600 group.

If it makes you feel any better it's £530 for an oil change and filter on a little four cylinder AMG. Makes Audi v8's seem cheap! Fuel economy is no better either with half the engine size, lol

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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by The_Coat » Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:38 pm

Can you not supply your own oil & plugs?

Think I paid for £65 for a set of 8 plugs off eBay.

Oil you can get here for a good price: http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/oshop. ... 6.110.5573

My local dealer (Southend) have no issues with me supplying the above.
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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by TimDogg » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:14 pm

Might look at supplying my own plugs and oil, good info - remind me to avoid AMGs in the future lol!
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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by MIDZ » Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:41 pm

That's dear, you should at least get fixed price service due to the age of car (major service £645)
I stuck mine into Glasgow Audi last week for oil & filter service except I supplied the oil from Opie Oils. Charged £238 from Audi for (interim) eng service & replace brake fluid.
Oil from Audi is charged at about £160, same Castrol oil from Opie £72....no brainer
Can't really complain...no BS when I went to pick it up either

You can check fixed price service charge on Audi website, by putting your reg plate no in to fixed price tab

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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by sebgreen » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:41 am

If the car isn't in warranty, why take it back to a main dealer? Half the time they have some trainee mechanic who will work on it and do stuff wrong....

Save some money and find a good indi specialist who has good prices and known what they are doing.

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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by FaisalJ » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:59 am

sebgreen wrote:If the car isn't in warranty, why take it back to a main dealer? Half the time they have some trainee mechanic who will work on it and do stuff wrong....

Save some money and find a good indi specialist who has good prices and known what they are doing.
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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by sebgreen » Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:56 am

Just as an example on what I said above: my previous s4 had a dsg error come up. Huddersfield Audi had no idea what the problem was and reccomended a new gearbox (£9k).

Took it to a local Audi independent specialist who within 20 mins had diagnosed it was a circuit board fault which Audi sell a repair kit for as it's a common problem. I can't remember the final bill as he did a few other bits for me but it was under £1.5k

Audi dealers are usually <beep> when it comes to servicing, both on price and quality of service.

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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by daytonamart » Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:27 pm

I think it's fair to say that's expensive,

Out of interest I've got a service booked for the end of the month at Audi, the price was fixed at £345 plus £80 for brake fluid change.

I asked if I could supply my own oil, they said no problem. This took £176 off the price I bought the oil from Opie for £54. All in £303.
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Re: B7 RS4 50k mile service cost from Audi - seems high?

Post by cocovs6 » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:43 pm

Audi dealers are stealers. Better off with a recommended Audi specialist. I use an Audi specialist in Edinburgh who uses all genuine Audi parts and all work keeps Audi warranty valid if in warranty obviously. My RS4 service was £300 cheaper than Audi dealer for same parts and work. Also my wife was quoted £421 by Audi dealer for 1st service on her 2016 Audi A3 1.4 S Line which I refused to pay instead taking it to Audi specialist who done same work using same parts for £123. Even got pair of Continental tyres fitted for less than Audi wanted just for service.

They even charge around £100 more for a service for newer cars less than 3 years old compared to same car which is older than 3 years old. How do they justify that?

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