i just have my service B done today, and it cost 416$ CND !!! is this normal ?! i give them engine oil they still able to pull $267CND of labour on me. How can they spent that much time jsut changing oil ?

 

if i recall correctly, CND dollars are like .5-.75 american dollars....which means you only paid around $200-275 for a "B" service. At a dealer, that is pretty inexpensive. I remember having to pay $700 on time for a "B" service at the dealer.

now i just bring my car to a local shop for my a and b services to avoid the high costs of the dealers.

 

thanx you i feel much better now

 

Damn this is why I'm considering selling my car. That is just rediculous.

-Bruce

 

this is the exact reason why you gotta get to know your SA... my advisor is pretty cool with me since we are both young...

he hooks me up good... he gives me discounts on parts... and he told me i'll never pay full price for any service for as long as he works there... now that is comforting words...

 

every SA who works at SMYTHE EUROPEAN is an old fart with personal grudges against the younger generation who own the nicer, fixed up Mercedes. I gave Smythe 4 chances, each with a different SA. All were old grumpy *** men who were old-school. No discounts at all. FULL PRICE!

Beschoff Motor Cars in SJ has a little better prices, however, the service advisors do not have a lot of experience with mercedes. They have mostly women that are SA's. I guess that is supposed to attract the men who own benz. I gave them a try one time, and my SA was so unknowlegable that I didn't even leave my car there. I ended up taking my car to a local shop. =(

Autobahn Motors is the only Mercedes Dealer that I had a good experience with. My SA offered me an E class loaner (which i found out is not usually offerered, offered me 10% off , and made my overall experience an enjoyable one.

Bottom line is this.... most experienced local shops can do the services that the dealerships do at usually around 50-60% of the cost. You just have to live w/o a loaner car.

 

that is true... servicing the benz after warranty sucks major... their rates are so damn inflated it is ridiculous...

but, thats how they can afford to offer us loaner cars while its in service...

 

Can someone explain this service A and B? I bout my clk from a dealer in Florida and after the car was sold he didnt want to have nothing to do with me so im left out in the dark. Dont ever do business with these guys....Cars of Manheim/Motrgroup/So Florida Leasing

 

LOL I don't know about the grumpy and grudge part but most of those guys have been there for 20 years!

 

I had to pay around the same amount for service B

it is normal I think

im also in vancouver

 

wow, hard to find ppl living in Vancouver come on this fourm. Nice to meet you man !

 

I'm from Vancouver too. I'm taking my car in tomorrow for B service in Richmond. I will post the price they charge me.

 

nice rides guys


cya around ~

 

No way, your car rocks! Bring it to me, we do service too!

 

$492.36 for the B service and $468.86 for brakes. And the best thng about this whole thing is that I got a nice 2003 Honda Civic for a courtesy car!!!!! Sigh.....I think its time to change cars.

 

jsut the front break ? or rear also ? i thought if my car still in warrnty changing break is free ?

 

the brakes are free if it's defective, but brake pads are not free and not within warranty past service B i think

it shoudl be free before service B

but ya, service B was damn expensive for...like oils and filters

i had to pay around $492.36 for service B

 

What do they do in a B service? And whats an , and C if it exists?

 

but i remember my sales told me isn't the break pad free if your car still in warranty ? i could be wrong becasue i brought my car two years ago.

 

ya, the warranty cover things for 2 years i think, brake pads, windshield wiper etc...

after 2 years, and service B, the warranty changes to cover only main car component.

you guys can double check with your tech on that to be sure.

 

I'm not anywhere near service B, but I was just wondering how much did service A cost for you guys?? I assumed that service B will be more expensive than service A.......

 

mine was around $180 CAD
can't remember the exact number, but i think it was around there~

 

yah, service A was under $200 cdn. I will call my SA tomorrow and ask him about the warranty on the brakes.

 

thanx, my break pad and break rotors are almost dead. i heard MB jsut rape you pretty hard on those stuff.