A62.7T4Me (Ben)

So my car goes in Thursday for a couple of warranty repairs. Minor things. While I'm on the phone I ask the service advisor, are cam seals done under CPO, answer, yes. Me: Woohoo!

To the point, I figure if they're taking apart everything to get to the seals, it's timing belt time in about 3 months, which should be around the time those seals are ready. I ask, ok, how much considering you're already billing AoA for the time. 900 bucks for the timing belt service. Anyone else think this is robbery, and I should slap the service advisor?

Final Conclusion: 950 for the timing belt is reasonable and will be done by the dealer at 60K. Thanks everyone for chiming in.

gietl

Where is the car at? I know prestige usually charges about $1200+ for a t-belt job.

$900 seems like a lot still, but there is a lot of labor involved, I mean ripping apart the whole front end of your car. I guess it depends how they planned to dot he cam seals compared to what they need to do for the t-belt.

FWIW, I think Prestige charges aroun $85-$90/hour for labor, I'm not certain. So if you figure parts from the dealer for t-belt are probably like $400 - $500 the about $700 is labor then it's not that bad of a deal.

However, I don't know what the parts are going for these days nor what the actual labor amount is. I am just guesstimating here.

So yeah, $900 might be right for a dealer charge, but if you could get it down to $700 I would be much happier.

EBG 18T [Eric]

getting things fixed because i couldn't get a callback from the other place in town i usually take my car. And 3zero3 was backed up.

MCH 2.7t

Complete BS! How dare they not rip off AoA for unnecessary warranty work

gietl

Which is not unbelievable, keep in mind my last service there was a couple years ago which is why I was unsure what it might be now. I also know Osborn VW recently (last fall) upped their labor rates to $90/hour so I think that Colfax stretch is a little costly now.

gietl

Based on Eric's comment then $900 sound even more reasonable than before.

A62.7T4Me (Ben)

I certainly wasn't expecting a free service, I just thought that 900 was a little steep if the front of the car was already off.

A62.7T4Me (Ben)

So there is some savings. This is why I love this forum, for a sanity check. I will certainly try and negotiate when it's time for the service.h

MCH 2.7t

:-)

OOOOya

If it's the adjuster seals, the front end does not come apart.

$900 seems pretty reasonable for complete TB job & related parts. If you DIY, the parts alone are about $550.