Is The 3 Year Warranty for New Cars a gimmick to suck people's money during servicing?

[Stevegring]

Hi Guys

 

I just had my Swift on 31/8/07 and had clocked abt 7K so far. Alhough my servicing for 3 years are labour cost free, they are charging me $60 for mineral oil + filter and $95 for syntectic oil + filter.

 

So I asked if I could bring my own instead, the person told me that they will charge me $20 for the labour fee. I am puzzled. Wasnt it supposed to be labour fee free?

[Elfenstar]

I hate this thing that they're doing. technically this is against the fair trade act. Unfortunately nobody has tried to fight the dealerships. Just get your own oil and pay the $20 as thats still cheaper than going to an outside workshop to get the same thing done if you brought your own oil

Edited November 13, 2007 by Elfenstar

[Hilander4650]

labour free is when u buy the oil from them..if u bring your own oil ofcos they will charge u labour if not they earn wat?? $60 for mineral & $95 for syuntetic oil is consider cheap already..with labour free.

if u get some cheapo oil outside plus pay labour $20 come up to be the same amount as the mineral oil package..it is still cheaper considering if the oil u bought outside is syntetic oil like cxxxxxe.

[Chucky2007]

i agree their action is very irritating.. but my advice is not to be fussed up with such amount.. may be a matter of principle but dun kill yr brain cell thinking how to fight back, help u avoid high blood pressure.. my advice is to focus on how to make more $$ so that alot of rising cost in life can be not taken too seriously.. enjoy life.. its not very long.

[Ender]

Your 3 yrs warrranty also means 3yrs free servicing? Warranty don't includes servcing, right?

[Sony]

The price seems reasonable leh.

[Familymanz]

toking abt warranty or servicing???

[Kb27]

It depends on the distributor. I bring my own oil and filter to Komoco, and they didn't charge anything as the labour is free for the first 3 servicings.

[Paddie]

Your Swift is from Champion Motors? As far as I know the first 3 services (1K, 10K and 20K) are COMPLETELY free. After that it's not free! The car warranty is for 3 years but you need to pay for servicing like normal.

[Ken_leong]

At least they let you bring in your own oil. Mine at M.... Motors don't even let me have this option to bring in my own oil.

[Chickenfarm]

Your title should be "Is The 3 Free Servicing for New Cars a gimmick to suck pple's money?"

[Chickenfarm]

Outside food cannot be consumed in this coffeeshop? So the workshops are not alone with this kind of practices afterall Edited November 14, 2007 by Chickenfarm

[Apollo]

$20 special service mah... u dunno, u ask Porker, COmfy or PeeSai.. they will tellya.. chirper then go geylang.

 

[Nkps]

NBCB, no wonder i keep getting errecssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiion..........

[Nkps]

ya how cud u bring your own eggs to kopitiam and ask them to boil it for u ya

[York]

bring own $20/-....quite o.k. lah, some even dun allow tt...most agent r practicing the free labour servicing nia...parts & oil got to pay...

[Apollo]

u goto SUckuki workshop ask the angpai service u lor.. no nid goto HC liaoz.

[Chickenfarm]

But if you go body servicing can bring your own rubber Your "mechanic" will be most delighted