2025 G 63 - prepaid maintenance package
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2025 G 63 - prepaid maintenance package
For those who recently purchased a 2025 G 63, what was the dealership offering for the prepaid maintenance package? Curious to know the fair price and if it’s negotiable. Also, for those who opted in, do you feel it’s worth it if planning to keep the car for 3-4 years before upgrading? Appreciate any insights!
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I think they quoted like $4.5k for 4 services. I’ll probably purchase it when I go in for my first service later this year. I do think it’s worth it for the convenience and (minor) savings if you plan on keeping your G63.
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I was quoted about 6.5K, decided to pass on it for now and may be purchase it later when I bring my car in for first service
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Hard to justify the 500 dollar oil change when there are good independent shops using the same parts and techniques. Document your compliance and no worry about warranty. Take the money you save and put it in a car repair fund.
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For those who recently purchased a 2025 G 63, what was the dealership offering for the prepaid maintenance package? Curious to know the fair price and if it’s negotiable. Also, for those who opted in, do you feel it’s worth it if planning to keep the car for 3-4 years before upgrading? Appreciate any insights!
unlike the extended warranty, I don't think the service plans are prorated, I think once the money is spent, it's soent, and you don't get it back even if you flip the car within one year. For the cost of what you spent on the car (2025 g63) plus any additional fees like adm, the percentage cost of this prepaid service plan is pretty small. It's probably commensurate to what somebody buying any class would pay for their service plan over four years.
what cost for prepaid maintenance would be reasonable for you to have already pulled the trigger?
The complexity of taking a car like this to an independent mechanic for routine maintenance while this car is under warranty is it it just becomes more challenging to get warranty work done from a dealership having to prove with documentation all of the maintenance and any dealership at any time can challenge that and it becomes frustrating, it's not a streamline process like some people would suggest that it is. yeah, you might save a couple hundred bucks on an oil change however the headache of having to deal with all of that can be insanity. Additionally, if for whatever reason, somebody's having a bad day in that dealership and says that your warranty cannot be honored because you didn't get appropriate maintenance despite your documentation, your day will be incredibly difficult.
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Per my understanding, prepaid maintenance is not negotiable. Have been told by several parties that its about 30% savings over pay-as-you-go. Assuming you will service at the dealer during the warranty period its a good deal and I bought for my '24 G63.
Now, the extended warranty IS negotiable and there's lots of threads here about what people are paying. I think from memory I got 15% off or something but had to buy from a different dealer than where I got my truck.
Now, the extended warranty IS negotiable and there's lots of threads here about what people are paying. I think from memory I got 15% off or something but had to buy from a different dealer than where I got my truck.
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warranty is never voided unless mercedes can prove you did not maintain the car. for those that diy, take pictures and keep your receipts. For those that go independent, just keep your service records.
personally, new car i'll have the dealer service for first couple of years at least as some campaigns and minor issues are often found.
personally, new car i'll have the dealer service for first couple of years at least as some campaigns and minor issues are often found.
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warranty is never voided unless mercedes can prove you did not maintain the car. for those that diy, take pictures and keep your receipts. For those that go independent, just keep your service records.
personally, new car i'll have the dealer service for first couple of years at least as some campaigns and minor issues are often found.
personally, new car i'll have the dealer service for first couple of years at least as some campaigns and minor issues are often found.
I mean you pay $30-50k ADM on top of MSRP and then wanna save a few hundred on service costs by going independent? I respect people have the right to save cash wherever they see fit but I wonder how many of these buyers are taking their brand new g63's to independent mechanics in the b2b warranty period. Honest question.
I totally agree with you about going to the dealer for the first few years or for me at least for the entire bumper-to-bumper warranty., The in-house bulletin system and service campaigns can be invaluable and can really optimize the repair, especially when they know this is a systemic problem seen in many other vehicles across the board.
for example, people with the RMS issue, which this vehicle can suffer from as well, time will tell, have been going to independent mechanics who are at times unknowingly only replacing the rear main seal, but they're not replacing the oil vapor separators, and then they're coming back with repeat rear, main seal issues.
The independent mechanics don't have access to the Mercedes service campaign records that indicate the rear main seal and oil vapor separate issue for the M177/M178 engine series
Those that are going to the dealer for this work are getting both the oil vapor separator and the rear main seal repaired at the same time to solve the problem, hopefully permanently.
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I purchased it yesterday and was able to negotiate the prepaid maintenance down to $5,000. Depending on your financial philosophy, you could argue that holding onto the money and investing it might yield better returns over time.
That said, this is my wife’s car, and I didn’t want to worry about unexpected service costs down the line. Prepaying just felt like one less thing to think about for the next four years. Your mileage may vary, of course.
That said, this is my wife’s car, and I didn’t want to worry about unexpected service costs down the line. Prepaying just felt like one less thing to think about for the next four years. Your mileage may vary, of course.
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I purchased it yesterday and was able to negotiate the prepaid maintenance down to $5,000. Depending on your financial philosophy, you could argue that holding onto the money and investing it might yield better returns over time.
That said, this is my wife’s car, and I didn’t want to worry about unexpected service costs down the line. Prepaying just felt like one less thing to think about for the next four years. Your mileage may vary, of course.
That said, this is my wife’s car, and I didn’t want to worry about unexpected service costs down the line. Prepaying just felt like one less thing to think about for the next four years. Your mileage may vary, of course.
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