2015 Fiat Ducato timing belt change and service

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Hi guys need timing belt change with new water pump plus major service done, had the van serviced through main fiat dealer from new, been quoted £1000 by fiat 🤪 the service guy said you need specialist tools and its a specialist job blah blah and they use genuine fiat parts with 2 year guarantee on them, what do you knowledgeable lot think of the price and could anybody recommend somewhere in the North East or cumbria, thanks im advance
 
There is nothing and no-one who speaks more utter tripe than the "service guy" at most garages!!

Throughout the country there are countless thousands of local specialist garages or even mechanics on the drive who are fully capable of doing a timing belt change.

The service, even a major mechanical service is such an easy job to do and on my Renault Master I had a full service including all filters, 2 x new rear brake callipers, a cambelt and auxiliary belt for a grand total of only £550.

My BMW daily driver, if I was to use a BMW dealer to carry out the servicing it would cost me £1,100 per annum whereas I use my local multi make garage and he does a far more thorough job and I have change out of £350.

Do a quick check on the internet for mobile mechanics, or multi make vehicle servicing and then have a darned good read of the reviews and go from there and pocket your money for a few cases of wine!
 
Budgie said:
Hi guys need timing belt change with new water pump plus major service done, had the van serviced through main fiat dealer from new, been quoted £1000 by fiat 🤪 the service guy said you need specialist tools and its a specialist job blah blah and they use genuine fiat parts with 2 year guarantee on them, what do you knowledgeable lot think of the price and could anybody recommend somewhere in the North East or cumbria, thanks im advance
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Hi mine's in right now, I'll let you know, indi garage
 
I recently had my first service done on my Ducato.
The first service being a small one.
I phoned the Fiat dealership in Falkirk.
I nearly choked on my cornflakes when they quoted £480 plus vat.
Went to Glasgow Motorhome repair centre £213.
They advertise on MMM.
And that included an extra litre of oil to carry for top up.

In case anyone is looking for them up here.

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First service on our 2018 Ducato, at a Fiat professional dealer in France cost me under €400. (About £350.)
 
Snapster said:
First service on our 2018 Ducato, at a Fiat professional dealer in France cost me under €400. (About £350.)
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I used to live in France and I knew of quite a lot of owners of Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Land Rover, Jaguar etc. etc. who used to come over to France on a free holiday as the amount they were saving on their servicing costs over having them done in the UK paid for the trip with in some cases quite a lot left over!!
 
SAme engine in iveco and its not that hard to do except on transverse donkeys, mine an inline was easy after the front panel came off, id say £350/400 should be about right.
 
trevskoda said:
SAme engine in iveco and its not that hard to do except on transverse donkeys, mine an inline was easy after the front panel came off, id say £350/400 should be about right.
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Its pretty straightforward even on a transverse engine though there a few more things to take out the way. Its an easier job than in most cars (I've done a fair few over the years) as there is more room. No excuse for charging more than you say. Main dealers who quote figures like that make my blood boil. A decent independent is the way to go!

Keith
 
We had the cam belt changed on our old Swift Royale, (1998 Fiat Ducato 2.5 tdi) at a cam belt specialist in Kent, a few years ago ( JD Cambelts, Upstreet, near Canterbury) it cost us £300 and the owner lent us his car for the day. A very nice Jaguar S Type!
If anybody is near Kent, I can recommend him.
 
I have to do one on my car, but there is only about an inch gap from the engine to inner wing, think I'm going to have to go on a very tight slimming plan. :(
 
I used Westmorland Garage, Durranhill Ind Est, Carlisle last December. About £300 cheaper than your quote for the same amount of work as you need.
The service history was a bit sketchy and we had only just bought the van so we wanted to know it was ok. The garage was recommended to us after our previous guy retired and sold up.
Have used them twice now and happy with them.
 
Budgie said:
Hi guys need timing belt change with new water pump plus major service done, had the van serviced through main fiat dealer from new, been quoted £1000 by fiat 🤪 the service guy said you need specialist tools and its a specialist job blah blah and they use genuine fiat parts with 2 year guarantee on them, what do you knowledgeable lot think of the price and could anybody recommend somewhere in the North East or cumbria, thanks im advance
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After all of these replies, I actually wonder if Budgie is following his OP ?
 
Millie Master said:
There is nothing and no-one who speaks more utter tripe than the "service guy" at most garages!!

Throughout the country there are countless thousands of local specialist garages or even mechanics on the drive who are fully capable of doing a timing belt change.

The service, even a major mechanical service is such an easy job to do and on my Renault Master I had a full service including all filters, 2 x new rear brake callipers, a cambelt and auxiliary belt for a grand total of only £550.

My BMW daily driver, if I was to use a BMW dealer to carry out the servicing it would cost me £1,100 per annum whereas I use my local multi make garage and he does a far more thorough job and I have change out of £350.

Do a quick check on the internet for mobile mechanics, or multi make vehicle servicing and then have a darned good read of the reviews and go from there and pocket your money for a few cases of wine!
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The service receptionists at Springfield Motorhomes certainly does not talk tripe in fact they go out of their way to be helpful and have always looked after my interests for the time I have used them. Having bought three Motorhomes from them over a period of ten years and I have ten years as a very satisfied customer. I really must comment on your statement that the service guy at most garages talks tripe, my working life was in the retail motor trade and been the after sales manager ( used to be called service manager) for a large private retail company selling Mercedes Benz Car Truck and Van also Audi and VW Vehicles I always said and still maintain that the sales department sells you the first vehicle and the service department sells the you your next one. The Service guy as you call them in my case where both time served technicians and certainly did not talk tripe and on many occasions received letters of thanks for their customer care. Occasionally something did not go as it should have done but it is the way that it is dealt with that matters making sure that the customer was kept fully in the picture of the circumstances and were also kept mobile with a loan car. I do agree that local garages do not charge the same labour rate per hour and yes do a good job and some of them most probably started their career at a main dealership serving there apprenticeship as a technician, one advantage they have is they usually speak direct to the customer. I am not saying that everyone gets it right all of the time but for you to say they talk utter tripe most of the time is a very unfair statement unless you have been extremely unlucky.
 
Tweedy said:
The service receptionists at Springfield Motorhomes certainly does not talk tripe in fact they go out of their way to be helpful and have always looked after my interests for the time I have used them. Having bought three Motorhomes from them over a period of ten years and I have ten years as a very satisfied customer. I really must comment on your statement that the service guy at most garages talks tripe, my working life was in the retail motor trade and been the after sales manager ( used to be called service manager) for a large private retail company selling Mercedes Benz Car Truck and Van also Audi and VW Vehicles I always said and still maintain that the sales department sells you the first vehicle and the service department sells the you your next one. The Service guy as you call them in my case where both time served technicians and certainly did not talk tripe and on many occasions received letters of thanks for their customer care. Occasionally something did not go as it should have done but it is the way that it is dealt with that matters making sure that the customer was kept fully in the picture of the circumstances and were also kept mobile with a loan car. I do agree that local garages do not charge the same labour rate per hour and yes do a good job and some of them most probably started their career at a main dealership serving there apprenticeship as a technician, one advantage they have is they usually speak direct to the customer. I am not saying that everyone gets it right all of the time but for you to say they talk utter tripe most of the time is a very unfair statement unless you have been extremely unlucky.
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No matter what, I far prefer to save quite literally enormous amounts of my hard earned and go to small independent garages where I know I am dealing with people who care.
 
I was recently quoted £480 plus vat for a first small service on a fiat Ducato.
I just wonder what they would charge for the next large service in 2023.
How can they justify £576 for what amounts to not much more than a oil change.
15 years ago I put my Mercedes into a Mercedes dealership for a large service and was charged over £700. I have since never returned to a main dealer.
And here’s the big question, do I trust them, well no I don’t.
The cost of servicing cars in this country is disgraceful.
Anyway I finished up going to a Motorhome specialist who advertise in MMM and had the service done for £212 including an extra litre of oil for topups.
 
Folks there is more to a service than an oil/filter change, so filter/oil antifreeze top up, gearbox oil screen wash flued, front or rear hub bearings greased, brakes inspected, hand brake cable adjustment, top steering nylon bush oiled, back of road rims slight grease so they come off when required , tyre pressures set, ex sys looked at for corrosion and leaks, engine manigement readout, door locks oiled etc, well i do it like this, the rest can follow.
 
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