Just trying to arrange a 5th year service and rang a few local dealers.Cost is around £325 at two dealers but the 3rd said £425.Told me that it was dearer because their labour charges must be higher than the other dealers.I find this hard to believe.Anyone else noticed vastly different prices for exactly the same service? Stornaway grey SE auto with 18" alloys

Based on my experience I would say this is the norm, was quoted £390 at one dealer to replace the glow plugs, £230 at another and £220 at an interdependent.

Both part of the same change or car dealers too. I did find the same when I use to get my old car servered with merc, the prices varied by quite a bit between different dealers, allways pays to shop around...

Jon Freelander 2, 2014 Dynamic SD4 Santorini Black

Mine will come due later this month so I have the ringing around to look forward to.

I paid 500 at 77k  When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car

That seems a fair price. I paid £363. For the same service albeit I had my service done in London

After reading all these posts on servicing fees etc etc it strikes me that why do you pay these outragous and over priced fees.
You can go to an independant and providing their Vat registered then the warranty will still be in tact. For those of you who are lucky enough to have the expriance and knolegde that I have find most tasks from servicing to replacing steering racks as easy as putting on a pair of shoes.
A full service on my FL2 costs me about £120 for all the parts and my labour is free. It also gives me a great buzz just knowing its a job well done.

What do others think about using independents rather than LR dealers for servicing / repairs? We've got a well-respected garage & MOT station literally at the end of our road here charging less than £40 per hour labour. The MOT's due this month and the car's now out of its 12-month warranty so I'm seriously thinking of giving them a go. Ours - 2008 Stornoway Grey HSE Auto
Tricia's - 2006 Royal Blue Beetle Cabriolet Auto
Mine - 2014 Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport Matt Black
Ours - 2007 White Bailey Pageant Champagne

There's some things only a LR dealer can do.
A couple of mates of mine have a garage and they're brilliant, but only LR dealers can do some of the dark magic on their PS3 things, and they have the s/ware updates if released(doesn't mean they always check and load them for you though)

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You can go to an independant and providing their Vat registered then the warranty will still be in tact.

My 3rd service is due in April. I bought from a non LR dealer (who's franchise also own two LR dealerships) who serviced the car them selves so my car doesnt have a full LR history. I have got pries from two indi's. 250 and 300 quid. I dont fancy paying LR dealer prices. I might use a back street garage but is that taking a risk? I belive a 3rd service requires oil, oil filter and air filter. What else is done on a service?

Check the brakes, lubrication where necessary, i.e. doors etc.
They should also check that everything inc. lights is working.
Only one i would have any concerns about for a bog standard service is them changing the oil filter, as it supposed to be a pig to do, but some of the other guys on here have done it fairly easily.
If they don't do a good job, vote with your feet.
By the way, you don't need to take it to a franchised dealer to keep your warranty intact, but they (you) need to prove they have serviced it to LR standards with right oil, LR filters etc. keeping the LR receipts for the parts is usually OK
However, until my warranty runs out, i'll be going LR.

Stevie5tapes wrote:

What else is done on a service?

Depends if you are going to keep it or get rid in 3 yrs. in my experience a full landrover service history could be worth as much as £500 at sale time.

That's said, I've never paid full price at a dealer for a service and I will always use Indi prices to get a price match - has worked the last couple of times and I get the car back washed and vac'd and with the knowing that should anything big go wrong, despite it being out of warranty I might get some money back.

On the other hand, if it were over 5 yrs old with a blemished service history then I would do the simple stuff myself and use and Indi for the rest Freelander 2 TD4 Auto, SE, Narvik Black, Alpaca full leather, Rear Headrest Entertainment System, 6 CD, 18 HSE Wheels, Privicy tints

Just thought, I'm not sure they changed mine when they did my 3 year service, if they did I don't recall them mentioning it

Guess a phone call is due

Captain Worm wrote:

Depends if you are going to keep it or get rid in 3 yrs. in my experience a full landrover service history could be worth as much as £500 at sale time.