[veeeight]

Assuming trade price.
But yes, retail for just the front wipers are around £35.

 

[Dee177]

A few weeks ago I paid £38 for the front pair and £18 for the back one delivered from a MB dealership.

I could have got a full 3 x bosch set for just under £40 from halfords with a trade card, but preferred to keep it genuine MB for a few extra quid considering they will last prob a couple of years.

 

[relax24]

It's coming up to my 3rd service in oct/Nov and I only had the 2 year free service plan so either I pay for another 2 years or just pay as I go. Does anyone know how much the 3rd service is roughly for an a180 w177. I've not even done 5k miles.

Secondly, as its year 3, I'm guessing I need mot too? Does the service plan include this?

Annoyingly they only sell the plans with a minimum of 2 years. I have a 4 year pcp and was hoping to get rid of the car before the final service/mot although not sure if this is possible

Thanks!

 

[Forrester]

Mot is not included in the SP.

An MB garage will give you a guide price so you'd probably do better to ask them rather than get a general ballpark idea from us.

 

[Reteb]

Had the car serviced today and asked them to replace the rear wiper - £15.47, free fitting

 

[Gerry striker 1]

I have had the dealership call me regarding the Mercedes service plan, I had a bit of trouble when I first had the car (November) and I was given a free service for this year. In the service plan the cost of the second years service comes out at a whopping £467.75 this is for a major service plus brake fluid change, now to me this is bordering on a Porsche service costs for a small family hatchback. The cost of the service plan has increased fro £28 to £29 per month

The question I would like answering is do you have to have the brake fluid changed at 2 years or could you ask them to test it to see if it actually needed changing, also my car is on a 3 year pcp so do you have to have it serviced at Mercedes or can you take it to a vat registered garage. I would assume that I would be contacted before the 3 years is up for another pcp so the 3rd year service wouldn’t come into it. The cost they have quoted for the 3rd service is £849.81 which includes a minor service plus air filter, spark plugs and transmission oil change, mind blowing really.

Hi if you have a service plan i would cancel it and get a refund of the money you have paid in. I had the service plan on my a class and got the money refunded because the cost was a rip off. I have taken it to formula 1 autocentres, they charged me £165 for a master service, they had it all day and when i collected it it responded brilliantly! They were excellent and very nice to deal with. You can also look for discount codes which will get you a bit more off. I really wouldnt ever have a service care plan with mercedes it really wasnt worth it

 

[Forrester]

No MB franchise dealer service is cheap but it depends on a number of factors in whether you stick with MB or go elsewhere. For me I want to make sure everything is kept as good as it can be with all the software updates which are relevant and my rear diff oil change happens, in the first place, and then happens correctly. Clearly not many A-Classes are AWD, but they all have software which needs to be updated correctly. A personal choice at the end of the day.

 

[Chrismc20050]

Hi if you have a service plan i would cancel it and get a refund of the money you have paid in. I had the service plan on my a class and got the money refunded because the cost was a rip off. I have taken it to formula 1 autocentres, they charged me £165 for a master service, they had it all day and when i collected it it responded brilliantly! They were excellent and very nice to deal with. You can also look for discount codes which will get you a bit more off. I really wouldnt ever have a service care plan with mercedes it really wasnt worth it

Does that no invalidate the warranty?

 

[Gerry striker 1]

Hi if you have a service plan i would cancel it and get a refund of the money you have paid in. I had the service plan on my a class and got the money refunded because the cost was a rip off. I have taken it to formula 1 autocentres, they charged me £165 for a master service, they had it all day and when i collected it it responded brilliantly! They were excellent and very nice to deal with. You can also look for discount codes which will get you a bit more off. I really wouldnt ever have a service care plan with mercedes it really wasnt worth it

Does that no invalidate the i dont think so

Does that no invalidate the warranty?

I dont think so

 

[Forrester]

Does that no invalidate the warranty?

The SP is purely a tool to spread the cost of services so does not affect the warranty. But the SP does mean not having to haggle over the cost of a service at an MB francised dealership.

 

[veeeight]

If you have a PCP with M-B Agility, read the small print carefully.

The finance agreement may say that as part of the finance agreement, it has to be serviced at an authorised M-B workshop, if it isn’t, there are end of lease charges to pay.

While the EU ruling prohibits manufacturers from tying in consumers servicing their cars (bought with outright with cash, or an 3rd party finance agreement) at their own dealerships, a lease or finance company can impose their own servicing requirements onto the consumer (as they have ownership of the car during the PCP/lease).

With M-B Agility Finance products, there is often a clause in it about servicing at M-B dealerships.


See:
Servicing - HELP

 

[veeeight]

A full M-B service history is certainly beneficial when trying to claim for warranty further down the line, especially if the dealer administering the warranty is the same dealer that you used for the service history for the car. I have first hand experiments of this, and have had exceptions and goodwill granted even outside the warranty period - purely because of the full M-B service history.

As for residuals, I also know of 3rd party non franchised dealers who will only take on cars that have had full M-B service history, not so much from the residuals point of view, but for them it increases the saleability of the car, and easier to shift, especially the AMGs.

Everyone has the choice of going down the Indy or Dealer route - it’s a matter of personal choice (but no choice if going for a M-B Servicing Plan) and up to them to weigh up the pros and cons of each.

However not all Indy’s are the same, some are excellent, but many do not have access to the latest Xentry online updates or TIPS, and from previous threads on here, are unable to apply the latest updates, nor perform recall work. So choose your Indy wisely.

 

[Forrester]

Personally I would not by an MB which was not serviced 100% at a franchised garage. Although that maybe difficult to determine as the owner might well have gone to KwikFit for new brakes as a for instance but generally the service print out showing that it was only worked on for the services by an MB garage is something I would look for everytime if buying second hand.

 

[Mark .Y.]

I have just sold my late 2018 A250 Premium and terminated my service plan. Disappointed to hear that they charge a £40 + VAT fee to end it, I checked the paperwork and it does say that but I certainly don't recall the salesman telling me that at the time so slightly miffed.
On the positive side, I got £22,950 for my car from Cazoo (a long way better than the p/x I was offered), car was in very good nick (one slightly kerbed alloy which they did not reduce the price for) with 42,000 miles on the clock.
I was the 2nd owner and what that meant was that I had 22 months of owning the car and only suffered £650 depreciation - very pleased

 

[Dee177]

I have just sold my late 2018 A250 Premium and terminated my service plan. Disappointed to hear that they charge a £40 + VAT fee to end it, I checked the paperwork and it does say that but I certainly don't recall the salesman telling me that at the time so slightly miffed.
On the positive side, I got £22,950 for my car from Cazoo (a long way better than the p/x I was offered), car was in very good nick (one slightly kerbed alloy which they did not reduce the price for) with 42,000 miles on the clock.
I was the 2nd owner and what that meant was that I had 22 months of owning the car and only suffered £650 depreciation - very pleased

That's cheap motoring for sure 👍

I'm booked in for service A on Monday, it will be the first one I've had done under the service plan, be interesting to see how it goes.

 

[Gerry striker 1]

Hi ive just booked my new a class in for its first service at formula 1 autocentre ive used them before and thought they were excellent. Normally £105 ,but they have 20%off all servicing its cost £84 i would rccomend them to anyone theyve been very thorough and very good to deal with. Hope its as good this time.

 

[Peter55]

Just got a quote for my 3rd Service (first one I’ll have to pay for after 2 years Free Service Offer) from Mercedes Dealer
A Service £705.94! Shocked to say the least, will definitely shop around

 

[Peter55]

I have just sold my late 2018 A250 Premium and terminated my service plan. Disappointed to hear that they charge a £40 + VAT fee to end it, I checked the paperwork and it does say that but I certainly don't recall the salesman telling me that at the time so slightly miffed.
On the positive side, I got £22,950 for my car from Cazoo (a long way better than the p/x I was offered), car was in very good nick (one slightly kerbed alloy which they did not reduce the price for) with 42,000 miles on the clock.
I was the 2nd owner and what that meant was that I had 22 months of owning the car and only suffered £650 depreciation - very pleased

I was thinking about changing my 2018 Sport Ex quoted £15500 Part Ex, but Cazoo offered £19650

 

[Peter55]

Local German Car Specialist is quoting £490 for A Service, using genuine parts
Going with them

 

[ikon66]

Local German Car Specialist is quoting £490 for A Service, using genuine parts
Going with them

At £40 per month then it works out at the same price from MB 🤷