€255 for a window regulator?

markesmith · 12-05-2010 4:26pm #1

OK, so the back driver window on my 00 Jaguar S-Type disappeared this morning. Had to go to the main dealer - the one in Sandyford, no names :pac: - and got charged €255.

I was stunned. Thought I'd be paying no more than €80 or €100. Couldn't believe it. I'd asked him in advance how much it would cost, he couldn't even give me a ball-park.

Am I over-reacting?

EPM · 12-05-2010 4:30pm

Sounds ok to be honest for a main dealer - especially on a Jag. Have heard people paying as much on Meganes...

If you shopped around you may have gotten it cheaper but it's fixed quickly now...

cml387 · 12-05-2010 4:31pm

At the risk of being flamed...you have a jag,and wonder at the price of spares?

cian1500ww · 12-05-2010 4:34pm

You pay premium prices at the main dealers. Did they replace the motor or just the actual regulator itself ??

MunsterCycling · 12-05-2010 4:37pm

Its €250 + VAT for a drivers one on a Mondeo, got a reconditioned one instead from the UK for £30

slimjimmc · 12-05-2010 4:38pm

Dealer once quoted €285+VAT for a Megane regulator, then he was nice enough to discover it was covered under warranty so it cost me €0, which I have to say I was very happy to pay

Jag price sounds good, even if VAT is on top.

Hang on a minute ... you say your back driver(-side) window disappeared

What do you mean by "disappeared", is the glass gone or just it stopped opening/closing?

jimmycrackcorm · 12-05-2010 4:40pm

slimjimmc wrote: »

Dealer once quoted €285+VAT for a Megane regulator, then he was nice enough to discover it was covered under warranty so it cost me €0, which I have to say I was very happy to pay

Jag price sounds good, even if VAT is on top.

You can smile now but you can ne sure that once the warranty is up you'll be paint the full amount more than once...

cml387 · 12-05-2010 4:40pm

slimjimmc wrote: »

Dealer once quoted €285+VAT for a Megane regulator, then he was nice enough to discover it was covered under warranty so it cost me €0, which I have to say I was very happy to pay

Jag price sounds good, even if VAT is on top.

..ah the old megane window regulator.Mine is gone for the second time and will remain gone for the moment.

..anyway I should have added I feel your pain OP.

markesmith · 12-05-2010 4:42pm

Fair enough, thanks for the input on that, just wanted to know I wasn't being scr*wed!

slimjimmc · 12-05-2010 4:44pm

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

You can smile now but you can ne sure that once the warranty is up you'll be paint the full amount more than once...

That was quite a few years ago, and it's still going strong :P

€255 for a window regulator?

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