Guys,
I recently moved to Gurgaon and basis advise in this forum decided to give my car to the Hyundai Motor Plaza near Sarita Vihar Delhi.
I am deeply perturbed cause though I was given an estimate, I am never sure if the things told by car servicing advisor are required or not. I would request any advise from all of you to help me out here on whether certain aspects could have been done
without.
Car - Getz GLS
Make - Dec 2006
Kms Driven - 26,000
Last Servicing Done - 18000 Kms ( June 2009)
My total bill for servicing came to
Rs 6693/-
Let me give your a detailed breakup.
Sr.No Description QTY Amount
1 Wheel Balancing 2 130
2 Wheel alignment 1 320
3 Throttle Body Cleaning 1 90
4 Fuel Injector Cleaning 1 230
5 Periodic Maintenance Service 1 700
6 Super Charge Oil Addivitive 1 346.42
7 Gear Oil 2.5 470.5
8 Engine Oil Shell Premium 3.3 591.2
9 Coolant 3 597.32
10 Weight Wheel Balance ( 30 gms) 2 34.46
11 Weight Wheel Balance ( 20 gms) 2 23.88
12 Filter Air Cleaner 1 170.12
13 Filter Assy- Engine Oil 1 75.44
14 Plug-Assy- Spark 4 206.12
3985.46
Sr.No Labour & Services QTY Amount
1 Transmission System Flushing 1 350
2 Radiator Flushing 1 350
3 H.P.L.S Gear Treatment 1 350
4 Brake Shoe Cleaning 1 125
5 I S A Cleaning 1 115
6 Consumables 1 60
7 Caliper Pin Greasing 1 190
8 Engine Flushing 1 350
1890
Total 5875.46
VAT, Service Tax, Cess Tax, H&S Cess 817.54
Net payable ---> 6693
Dont get me wrong. I love my car and would love it to be serviced well. What I want to be absolutely sure is that I get value for what I pay. Rs 7000 is close to the EMI of my car.
This is the second time its happening to me. Last time I got my car services in Whitefield Hyundai in Bangalore. I told the Car service guy specifically that i seem to be having some problems with starting my car in the morning. Would he advise me to change my battery.
He said no sir, no problem. A few cells are weak, but I have changed the distilled water, so don't worry about it. The next day I was to drive from Bangalore to Chennai and I started about 6 am. Around 9 am I pulled into a petrol pump to fill gas. 5 minutes later, my car simply wouldn't start. Thankfully a truck driver offered to help. Opened my hood, looked at a few things and quickly told me to have my battery replaced. He helped me start my car ( we pushed it for a distance and I didn't stop till i reached Chennai). Once in Chennai i replaced the Exide with Amro.
The point is...if I have my car serviced, i better know that everything which can go wrong has been serviced at least to a large extent ( especially when i make it a point to tell the service advisor that I think i have an issue with the battery).
Please share your feedback and experience and especially let me know..should I be budgeting before I visit a car servicing dealer and let him know absolute specifics he should be doing and not touch anything else ? What should be my approach.
In advance, thanks for taking time to read this and my gratitude for any advise that you might share.