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Insane overengineering of a car headlight
Bassman59:
--- Quote from: tom66 on April 05, 2022, 07:27:11 am ---That is out of line. Maybe VW America has different service pricing and schedules.
The service schedule for the DSG box in my car is 40,000 miles / 4 year DSG oil change. At a main dealer that's £320 (~$420USD) but at any good independent it's as little as £200. Or, you can do yourself pretty easily, though it will require a diagnostic tool (~£100) to activate the gearbox pump so you can totally drain the old oil.
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Here in the US, the service departments are the big moneymakers for dealerships. This is why dealers fight to keep service information out of the hands of independent garages and car owners.
But, now that I have thought about it: yes, the service interval for the DSG was 40,000 miles or 4 years. The dealer offered free oil change services for the first three years, and then the fourth year would be that $1,000 DSG/etc service. Since I bought the manual transmission that service was not necessary and the independent garage across the street did the standard service for not much money. (Dealer charge was double the indie.)
Seriously, though, here in the US, Volkswagen parts and service are much more expensive than equivalent service for a Japanese or a domestic car.
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