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Is this normal
Just tried to book MY00 in for a service, suprise suprise its is now due a major service costing around £460 and they have informed me that it needs a cambelt change costing another £300+. The laugh is that the salesman assured me that the cam belt was changed at 45000K. I have gone and booked it in for a minor as they have told me that if i dont get it serviced it will invalidate my warrenty.
Good old T&C, cant wait for my years warrenty to end so i never have to deal with T&C ever again.
Good old T&C, cant wait for my years warrenty to end so i never have to deal with T&C ever again.
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Sounds well pricey for a belt fitting - i paid about £40 from a local specialist mechanic. It's not a huge job on Imprezas anyway, being at the frint, just didn't want to riak getting the wrong tooth doing it myself.
Glad mine so old a service history doesn't really matter!
Glad mine so old a service history doesn't really matter!
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Originally Posted by stewfo
Just tried to book MY00 in for a service, suprise suprise its is now due a major service costing around £460 and they have informed me that it needs a cambelt change costing another £300+. The laugh is that the salesman assured me that the cam belt was changed at 45000K. I have gone and booked it in for a minor as they have told me that if i dont get it serviced it will invalidate my warrenty.
Good old T&C, cant wait for my years warrenty to end so i never have to deal with T&C ever again.
Good old T&C, cant wait for my years warrenty to end so i never have to deal with T&C ever again.
If they try to bill you for both they are taking the pi$$.
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What mileage are you on? If it's the 90k then that price is not unheard of or even out of the way. 600-700 quid. Actually, the price of the cambelt itself has dropped recently - it used to be an expensive part.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but if it is a Subaru warrenty, then as of a couple of years ago, I thought you were able to take the car to any registered dealer/garage.
As long as you can prove that they have used OE spec parts, or better.
Don't think I would like to be the one to test this theory though...!
As long as you can prove that they have used OE spec parts, or better.
Don't think I would like to be the one to test this theory though...!
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Have tried this allready, if the cars new then they cant insist you use a subara dealer. However if it's an approved one as is here then the warranty is with subaru via T & C for the one year from purchase
Afraid to say you've fallen for salesman bull****.
Up until 97/98 models cam belt change was 45k, then 98 - late 2001 it was 50k, and late 2001 onwards its 60k.
Have a 2001 myself and subaru could only tell me when it needed the cambelt changed if I quoted the chasis no.
ps. The 50 / 60 k service (cam belt/fluids etc) from T & C is £450 ish including the belt change and its not extra.
Afraid to say you've fallen for salesman bull****.
Up until 97/98 models cam belt change was 45k, then 98 - late 2001 it was 50k, and late 2001 onwards its 60k.
Have a 2001 myself and subaru could only tell me when it needed the cambelt changed if I quoted the chasis no.
ps. The 50 / 60 k service (cam belt/fluids etc) from T & C is £450 ish including the belt change and its not extra.
Last edited by Kevadair; 11 August 2005 at 10:56 AM.
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If it were me mate, id shove the warrenty up the salesmans ****, and take it to a specialist, chances are if anything does go wrong they will try and get out of sorting it anyways.
£450 + £300, they are bending you over mate.
£450 + £300, they are bending you over mate.
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