Worst Service

unobeat said:
Agree
My Toyota Auris is sitting on 235 000km and the engine uses chain.
The chain is not rattling or making any funny noises and what i know is that oil services are very critical to keep the chain well lubricated with fresh oil.
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Yup this is pretty much the thing, chain driven cars are nice in that regards. Though I did my cambelt on my 2012 Cruze and it didn't cost anywhere near 18k. Think it was 5
 
Bluefin you got torn a new one.
Do not ever go back there again.
 
Think you got ripped badly, def don't need chain replacement at that KM.

Call me risky I am on original cambelt, at almost 200k, through it is lubricated belt which suppose to last to 230k.
 
BigBear said:
This one ?

Kwik-Fit Auto Centre
Shop 1 & 2, 118 Jakaranda St, Centurion, Pretoria, 0157
012 653 1804
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Luckily never went past quote with them..

Can recommend Thomas @ Coachmans did great work on our Ford

Coachmans Auto Repair
137 Edward Ave, Hennopspark, Centurion, 0157
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Ditto on Coachmans, but they are pricey
 
thechamp said:
:oops:
Don't be fooled by people telling you small cars are cheap to mantain, the parts prices are horrendous.
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No they were just ripped off, that car didn't need any of that done on the 90k service.
 
Holy hell, did you go offroad rallying in your car? How can all that stuff be wrong with it and it still can move?
 
While I totally agree that OP has been ripped off in this scenario, from my experience I can also say that the I10 is a real piece of trash. I owned a VW Polo for 10 years and put nearly 130000KM on it without any problems and parts were usually reasonably priced.

Then one day my beloved Polo was expropriated without compensation and I had the misfortune of coming into the possession of an I10 of a similar vintage to OP's. I too thought it was a good deal because it was reasonably priced, had low mileage at 43000KM and was being sold by a Hyundai dealership. Within the first week I discovered that the rear main seal was leaking badly and that it had been sold with a fan belt that was on the verge of catastrophic failure.

At my first service interval post purchase my usual mechanic informed me that the price of parts is unusually high for this vehicle. He also replaced the fan belt twice after the first one was chewed to hell in less than 6 months and the new one continues to squeal like a banshee.

I never had any of these issues, and the myriad of other problems not mentioned here, with my VW.
 
R_D_V said:
While I totally agree that OP has been ripped off in this scenario, from my experience I can also say that the I10 is a real piece of trash. I owned a VW Polo for 10 years and put nearly 130000KM on it without any problems and parts were usually reasonably priced.

Then one day my beloved Polo was expropriated without compensation and I had the misfortune of coming into the possession of an I10 of a similar vintage to OP's. I too thought it was a good deal because it was reasonably priced, had low mileage at 43000KM and was being sold by a Hyundai dealership. Within the first week I discovered that the rear main seal was leaking badly and that it had been sold with a fan belt that was on the verge of catastrophic failure.

At my first service interval post purchase my usual mechanic informed me that the price of parts is unusually high for this vehicle. He also replaced the fan belt twice after the first one was chewed to hell in less than 6 months and the new one continues to squeal like a banshee.

I never had any of these issues, and the myriad of other problems not mentioned here, with my VW.
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Polo parts cheap? You obviously never had to replace the thermostat which was R1600 back in 2012.
 
My advice to the OP is to always have your car serviced at a dealership. I have learned this lesson the hard way in the 18 cars that I have owned. Take it to an 'independent' repairer and you are almost always ripped off - both in price and in quality of work.

I know this is a very unpopular thing to say and that many people will crucify me. Fact is, every time I was ripped off, it was by a so-called independent. Dealerships have always fixed my cars at reasonable prices and with proper guarantees. They work with these particular cars every day, know the peculiarities of the make, diagnose problems correctly because they have the experience and they have the right tools.
 
We've had some very good service from three separate independent mechanics over the years, but I know we're in the minority.

Unfortunately dealerships rip you off as well. Volkswagen once charged us for a cambelt service that wasn't performed, and Jaguar once charged me for 6L of automatic transmission fluid... my car only takes 2L, and it's a manual. Audi wanted to replace my one friend's turbo and intercooler on his A3 1.9 TDI after it went into limp mode once.

At least you have additional leverage if it's at a dealership.
 
So I got photos of the parts out of the guy - spot anything missing? Now he wants to offer me stabilizers on the house as well, but here's the thing, I don't trust them to work on my car.IMG-20200310-WA0031.jpgIMG-20200310-WA0030.jpg
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Freddl said:
My advice to the OP is to always have your car serviced at a dealership. I have learned this lesson the hard way in the 18 cars that I have owned. Take it to an 'independent' repairer and you are almost always ripped off - both in price and in quality of work.

I know this is a very unpopular thing to say and that many people will crucify me. Fact is, every time I was ripped off, it was by a so-called independent. Dealerships have always fixed my cars at reasonable prices and with proper guarantees. They work with these particular cars every day, know the peculiarities of the make, diagnose problems correctly because they have the experience and they have the right tools.
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There's no difference, dealership or independent, they all have one intention.
 
Huge chancers name and shame them on all social media platforms.
 
So wait, other than being ripped off... you told them you wanted the parts left with you, and you didn't get them?

Obviously not being able to see the edge of the brake discs and such, they look fine. Those brake pads look fine, and those control arms also look fine to me. The chain looks perfectly fine as well, no evidence that i can see of it stretching (which can happen, but very rarely)
 
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