Hi all,

I have a 2009 1.9TDI Octavia that is fast approaching 1 year old so I need to think about servicing. I'm on fixed 1 year/10K servicing and do less than 10K miles per year so it's annual servicing for me.

My dealer offers a number of 2/3/4 years plans for fixed cost servicing although I have no idea what they cost (must look into that)

I just wondered if anyone knew of any good deals for servicing or how much one should expect to pay for the first 3 fixed services. It's difficult to evaluate the value of a 3 year deal if you don't know what the 3 services would reasonably cost individually.

When searching for information, I did find the following in Autoexpress:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/usedcartests/222591/skoda_octavia.html

...checks start at £73 (at 10,000 miles), and then progress to £140 (20,000), £75 (30,000) then £200 (40,000), before the cycle starts again.

which equates to £288 for the first 3 services.

Edited 18 September, 201015 yr by Phil_P

Did you not get the 3-years free servicing that was on offer last year?

Did you not get the 3-years free servicing that was on offer last year?

No, I didn't order until Sept and I think that deal must have ended by then. I just got £3500 off list price on scrappage.

Fair enough. I guess yours was a ready-to-go rather than a built-to-order.

I'm about to take up the offer from West Sussex Motors main dealer (I think the offer is from Skoda themselves, until end of this year) of £299 to cover the standard 2 year service due in Nov. and the three year one in 2011. I compared the cost with quote from my local specialist (not main) dealer and I think the Skoda offer will save about £100.

The deal would also cover 1st and 2nd year instead if your car is that new and not doing excessive mileage per year.

Fair enough. I guess yours was a ready-to-go rather than a built-to-order.

Nope, it was built to order.

I'm about to take up the offer from West Sussex Motors main dealer (I think the offer is from Skoda themselves, until end of this year) of £299 to cover the standard 2 year service due in Nov. and the three year one in 2011. I compared the cost with quote from my local specialist (not main) dealer and I think the Skoda offer will save about £100.

The deal would also cover 1st and 2nd year instead if your car is that new and not doing excessive mileage per year.

I would have thought a £299 deal should cover 3 years of servicing. VW currently do a deal for £250 for 3 years servicing, so £299 is already expensive, and even more so if it only covers 2 services.

I would have thought a £299 deal should cover 3 years of servicing. VW currently do a deal for £250 for 3 years servicing, so £299 is already expensive, and even more so if it only covers 2 services.

Well my first year fixed service ( not much more than an oil change and checkover really) cost about £120. (Fully synthetic oil)

The second year, coming up now, I was told would be about £260-£270 (these are both at a specialist dealer, not main dealer)

The third year one would usually be much like the first. So I reckoned £390 for year 2 and 3 combined, as against £299 for the main dealer offer.

I have always taken out the Skoda fixed maintenance, servicing and tyres policy. Pay around £30 a month but covers all my servcing and tyres for the next 4 years. Considering the tyres for my VRS are around £100 a corner I feel it is not a bad deal (also covers the cam belt change at 4 yrs as well as wiper blades etc.).

Well my first year fixed service ( not much more than an oil change and checkover really) cost about £120. (Fully synthetic oil)

The second year, coming up now, I was told would be about £260-£270 (these are both at a specialist dealer, not main dealer)

The third year one would usually be much like the first. So I reckoned £390 for year 2 and 3 combined, as against £299 for the main dealer offer.

Thanks, that's useful to know

With the 2 year servicing for £299, can anyone help??

I took this out through the dealer I bought the car from (10 plate VRS) on 30th July, but I still haven’t had any confirmation through, and the servicing department have no knowledge of it being taken out. The dealer says I need to chase the finance company but the number he gave me doesn’t work, and I get the feeling he is just fobbing me off as I don’t think he understands how the fixed cost maintenance works. Am I right to keep chasing the dealer or should it be the finance company??

Any advice would be apreciated.