1st maintenance service cost

[pmera91]

Hi there,
In some days I will need to go for the first time to a Dacia dealer to have the first inspection (AKA A Service).
I already asked before buying the car, and here in CH the price seems to be around 250.- CHF.
TBH... to me seems to be high, considering the kind of checks they need to perform and what they have to change:

I have the option to go an other mechanic, not official, so the question is: would I have problems with warranty?

Consider that my car is an imported car from Belgium, so in any case EU warranty should cover... what would happen going to an unofficial mechanic in Italy?

 

[Bender]

in the case of warranty you have to prove, that the no-Dacia Mechanic has done the service works as default by Dacia. That is not a comfortable position while Dacia try anything to reject your request.

 

[pmera91]

I thought was just an italian law... Now it is european: EU 461/2010 de facto let you go to general certified mechanics outside the official dealers.
Btw, did not know that from the app you can buy the service and see the price

 

[PEM]

Ich habe meine erste "service" in October und ich habe gefragt viviel das kostet und sie haben gesagt das es ungefähr CHF 150 kostet. In die fransöchische teil die Schweiz.

 

[PEM]

Ich werde meine erste "service" im october haben.

 

[Fahrer]

Scheint mir für schweizer Verhältnisse okay zu sein.

 

[SchweizerSpring]

250.- is a deal. We paid 330.-..
Well, 30.- was a ridiculous "brake test" that's completely unnecessary. I called the dealer once I got the bill and complained about the very high cost of the service. I said that all of the points to be done are visual inspections that can be done when the car is on the lift, and a half decent mechanic can do it in probably 30 minutes, as most of the things to be inspected overlap.

Welcome to Switzerland. Land of the ripped off and taking it in the ass.

Took them (well, they billed) 1.3h @ 156.-/hr.

Needles to say, won't be going back to that dealer.