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Service included when buying from a garage?

connolb2 · 2014-08-27 11:06:46

Hi I bought a car at the end of February, it's now due a service (light coming on to tell me to change oil filter). My question is should the car have been serviced before it left the garage where I bought it? I checked the service record and it says that last service was provided in September last.

27-08-2014 11:06am

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connolb2

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Hi

I bought a car at the end of February, it's now due a service (light coming on to tell me to change oil filter). My question is should the car have been serviced before it left the garage where I bought it? I checked the service record and it says that last service was provided in September last.

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#2 27-08-2014 12:03pm

bazz26

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That is totally dependent on the deal you struck at the time of sale and how reputable the garage are. Most reputable garages will give the car an oil & filter change along with a detailed inspection as part of the sale. Less reputable places may tend to just tell you they did when they probably didn't do anything other than give it a quick valet.

It is also possible that the garage serviced it but didn't stamp the service book or reset the service interval light at the time? Not unheard of either.

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