BMW service

sid40

Hi, I have a two year old 520d car with the service pack. Can I just bring it to any dealership to get it serviced? I don't have any documentation stating I purchased the service pack. Will they be able to verify that I have it. Or should I just bring it back to where I bought it (which I don't live very near to). Thanks

DublinWriter

Yes, they should be able to access your details via the online BMW dealership system.

sid40

Thanks:)

Johnny Utah

I really have to question the merits of buying a service pack from BMW dealership, no oiffence Sid... but you can get far better value going to a good independent mechanic and that's using genuine BMW parts as well! :cool:

godtabh

Johnny Utah wrote: »

I really have to question the merits of buying a service pack from BMW dealership, no oiffence Sid... but you can get far better value going to a good independent mechanic and that's using genuine BMW parts as well! :cool:

Resale value for one. I'd have second thoughts of buying a 2 year old car with indie service history compared to main dealer history. After a couple of years that becomes less relevant

Johnny Utah

godtabh wrote: »

Resale value for one. I'd have second thoughts of buying a 2 year old car with indie service history compared to main dealer history. After a couple of years that becomes less relevant

You will actually get a better service from a good indy and I'm not talking about the likes of certain BM specialist on the Southside (first letter A). I use a very good independent garage, they have all the diagnostic equipment and the workshop floor is spotless, you could eat your dinner off it! Though they are few and far between!

veetwin

Johnny Utah wrote: »

I really have to question the merits of buying a service pack from BMW dealership, no oiffence Sid... but you can get far better value going to a good independent mechanic and that's using genuine BMW parts as well! :cool:

I don't know how much the OP paid but I paid €400 for 5 years or 100K kms of servicing from a main BMW dealer(09 E61). If there is an indie out there offering better value than that maybe you could provide a link?

Anan1

Johnny Utah wrote: »

I really have to question the merits of buying a service pack from BMW dealership, no oiffence Sid... but you can get far better value going to a good independent mechanic and that's using genuine BMW parts as well! :cool:

I dunno about that. My mother's service pack cost €1000 and covered all servicing for 5 years/100k kms - I really don't see an indy doing the work any cheaper. Although yes, the standard of work might be higher.

Johnny Utah

Anan1 wrote: »

I dunno about that. My mother's service pack cost €1000 and covered all servicing for 5 years/100k kms - I really don't see an indy doing the work any cheaper. Although yes, the standard of work might be higher.

What does €1,000 cover?

Ideally a car should have an oil change every year/7000 miles. The problem is that the service pack will probably rely on service intervals of 20000+ miles, so if you only cover small mileage, you may only get 1 or 2 services over 5 years. Pretty expensive in my book!

Also, probably doesn't cover any extraordinary repair items, (but I stand to be corrected on this).

Myrddin

BMW are usually good with goodwill warranty gestures if the car has a main dealer history. Its worth keeping it main dealer to a point, & after a few years keep a specialist history

sid40

Well regardless of whether it is good value or not, I have the service pack (I think it cost €400 for the 5 years) so I go with that! My main question was if any dealership will honour it and it seems so. Mind you it doesn't cover the cost of new tyres which are very expensive but other than those the running costs of this car have been very reasonable...

AltAccount

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Ideally a car should have an oil change every year/7000 miles.

Where did you get that from?

Anan1

Johnny Utah wrote: »

What does €1,000 cover?

Ideally a car should have an oil change every year/7000 miles. The problem is that the service pack will probably rely on service intervals of 20000+ miles, so if you only cover small mileage, you may only get 1 or 2 services over 5 years. Pretty expensive in my book!

Also, probably doesn't cover any extraordinary repair items, (but I stand to be corrected on this).

It covered all servicing, including the likes of brake pads & discs etc. The oil service intervals were too far apart for my liking too, but hey, the car's only eaten one turbo (under warranty) so far.

Myrddin

sid40 wrote: »

My main question was if any dealership will honour it and it seems so.

They will, when your making the booking have the chassis number to hand, they are able to see exactly what package you have from that.

lomb

Anan1 wrote: »

It covered all servicing, including the likes of brake pads & discs etc. The oil service intervals were too far apart for my liking too, but hey, the car's only eaten one turbo (under warranty) so far.

I suppose you could always do your own mini service -oil and filter only in between main dealer servicing. Only really applicable if your going to keep the car though...

Del2005

EnterNow wrote: »

They will, when your making the booking have the chassis number to hand, they are able to see exactly what package you have from that.

Why do you need the chassis number? The registration number should be all that's required, especially for an Irish car.

Myrddin

Del2005 wrote: »

Why do you need the chassis number? The registration number should be all that's required, especially for an Irish car.

Yeah the reg will more than likely do too. When I worked in a BMW dealer a few years ago, the systems wern't that integrated & a reg number over the phone was hit & miss...though it was improving. It's prob much better these days

Wheelnut

You just go in and hand them that key fob thingy, they stick in the sacred computer and they can tell everything. If there's anything else you want to know and it's not on the computer the service adviser (guy in the suit) will tell you "it's not an issue with this model, sir".