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Car Service

  • 22-01-2009 8:15pm
    #1
    tipptop2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Hi. Just got my car serviced a week ago and now my spark plugs are gone. Does anyone know if this should have been checked as part of a service? Wana know before I go and give out and try get some of my money back


Comments

  • #2
    scudster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 416 ✭✭scudster


    They definately should have been checked. I'd go back and tell them to fit a new set.


  • #3
    Avns1s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,424 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    How do you mean your "spark plugs are gone"? I don't think I've ever heard that term applied to spark plugs.


  • #4
    homer90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭homer90


    :rolleyes:
    these dont just go ..... how did you come up with that reasoning ?


  • #5
    tipptop2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭tipptop2008


    Thanks for the responses - sorry shouldn't have said the spark plugs were gone - have a mechanic friend - says they need to be replaced and the leads too - cars engine wasn't working right a few days after the original service so have to go back in


  • #6
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,730 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Well if it wasnt running right, it should certainly have been spotted.
    If all was well with the car and you just ordered a minor service, then plugs wouldnt be renewed. Do you get it serviced there regularily and are you following a service schedule? I ask because there are major and minor serviced that are generally carried out depending on mileage etc.
    How much was this service?


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  • #7
    tipptop2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭tipptop2008


    homer90 wrote: »
    :rolleyes:
    these dont just go ..... how did you come up with that reasoning ?
    mickdw wrote: »
    Well if it wasnt running right, it should certainly have been spotted.
    If all was well with the car and you just ordered a minor service, then plugs wouldnt be renewed. Do you get it serviced there regularily and are you following a service schedule? I ask because there are major and minor serviced that are generally carried out depending on mileage etc.
    How much was this service?

    Was supposed to be a full service cause it was going for an NCT in a few weeks - car was running grand for the first few days after the service but started acting up after that - service cost €150 down the country


  • #8
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    This is what worries me.

    Mechanics price a service very cheaply, but to make up for the loss, they try to do the service quicker to fit more cars in, thus leaving out, and missing things that normally would be looked at.

    €150 is a great price for a full service, but i would be worried for this price they dont pay as much attention to detail as they should.


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