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G01 Servicing costs

Post by sharpharp » Thu May 23, 2019 11:26 pm

Anyone had their G01 X3 in for any type of service?

Got mine in for an Oil service and it way more than the old X3 F25 I had.

Interested to know if you go to the dealers or independent to get your servicing done? Also, might be useful to find out which is the cheapest dealership for servicing.

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Post by X5Sport » Fri May 24, 2019 6:45 am

Most Dealers use a ‘fixed price’ based system where BMW tell them how long it should take.

Our F46 is on a service plan as it’s not a year old yet, but the E71 and E46 are done by an independent garage run and staffed by ex-BMW techies. They charge £60/hr against my local Dealerships’ £220/hr but use BMW or the OEM parts that BMW rebadge as their own.

I use Carly to check the fault log and for simple fluids & filters servicing I do the majority myself. If it’s something where specialist tools or knowledge are needed (such as replacing all the glow-plugs on the X6, then I let the Indy do it. ‘Heavy’ work that needs a full-lift is again an Indy job.

BMW have started to add a 90-minute safety check into everything, and that may push the prices, plus there is more to check on current generation cars with a lot of it harder to get to for servicing too. Servicing should be simpler but the opposite seems to be the case.
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