Our 2020 GLE350 just turned 40K and we used the final B service prepaid 3 years ago. I checked with our friend Jeff in Louisville, and an A+B will cost $1600 and an A+B+A $2290. Has anyone done the math whether this is worthwhile on a vehicle we expect to keep? I know the 60K B service is a big one. Does anyone know the approximate cost?

Incidentally and FYI, we needed front brake pads replacement and the local dealer charged $500.

 

Call all the local dealers near you and get a quote for A and B for your model. That's the easiest comparison. I did that and it was not worth getting prepaid by nearly a grand even thru Jeff Jackson.

 

Yes. It's a simple math problem.

Get with your SA and use their current prices.
Consider likelihood of future price increases.

Also be aware that all services will be time dependant, and will be covered at the appropriate time.

We saved about $700 by purchasing the plan, 48 / 48. The 4 year maintenance was covered, including brake flush. Wife's GLC with only 22,000 miles.

It's the first time ever that I bought such a plan. I did the math.

 

I found an interesting video for official Mercedes prepaid maintenance in England. I understand that things are different there so costs can't really be compared directly. However it is a good demonstration of how it is supposed to work. Pre-paying for maintenance is supposed to be at a discount, they get a commitment from the buyer and the buyer knows what they are going to pay no matter which dealer they go to over the course of the plan. Check out the video here the costs (for a C-class in this example) are laid out precisely starting at 3:15 if you don't care about the other stuff.

Bottom line, in England they do the same A, B, A, B service schedule but they do slightly different stuff in them. Costs for a C-class (as of the time they made the video of course) for pay as you go are 2,150 GBP and with the plan (his example uses monthly payments) total out to $1,645 for FOUR YEARS. They get plugs at year 3 and they charge about 180 GBP on top of the normal A service.

My take-aways from this: There is a real, and easily calculated discount of about 25%. The prices are standardized - you can get the service at any of the 140 dealers in the country. This means that the payments (mostly I'm sure) go to Mercedes and Mercedes then pays the servicing dealer. None of this is remotely close here in the states. Plus, everything I have ever heard about cars in England, and all of Europe for that matter, tells me that things are significantly more expensive there than here. Note: I am not talking about the individual prices that each dealer can charge for various services (ie $700 to replace 4 spark plugs right on the top and in the middle of the engine). The meaningful information here for me at least, is about how things should work. Stuff just doesn't add up here in the good old USA.
The dealer that quoted me the PPM wanted about $1,700 for 2 years and said that represented "up to" 30% discount. I had already asked a service advisor the price for A and B services when I asked for the service history of the car before I decided to buy and he told me about $500 A and $950 B (my car had less than 7k miles when I bought it). I have no idea if the US PPM is accepted at all MB dealers (I am sure it does given that the OP got a quote from a dealer in Louisville KY, but given the price differences everywhere it doesn't seem like it should).

I hope this is helpful and I will let you decide on value.

BTW std maintenance does not include a brake fluid flush, they change it by sucking out the contents of the reservoir with a turkey baster type tool and then fill it back up to the line with new fluid.

 

Do you mean that you expect to save about $700?
I ask because you mentioned that your price includes a transmission fluid service that they quoted at about $1k in a different thread. Did you get that service done?

BTW, I am willing to wager a good bottle of Bourbon that they won't do it.

 

We bought the ABAB service package from Jeff when the car was new. It was a substantial savings vs. our selling dealer quote, and in hindsight we saved quite a bit of money. The ABA package Jeff just quoted me (see above) is $400 cheaper that what our original selling dealer quoted me today. I should add that we also bought the 7/75 extended warranty from Jeff 3 years ago. As has been well documented here many times, Jeff is a great source of money saving deals.

 

The last time I checked, a few months ago, here's what the 4 dealers were charging around me:

A $680, B $1500
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A $537, B $1330
Coupon: $50 off service A
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A $568, B $1457
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A $399, B $1260
Coupon: $75 off service A

 

It probably was a turkey baster. You could have done that yourself for free. They should have bleed the brakes at each wheel.

https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...d-your-brakes/

 

Where are you located?

 

I didn't "expect to," I did.
And it was a brake flush, not tranny. Which they actually did it at 48 months, with 22,000 miles.
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I'm a Scotch drinker. Thanks!

 

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The plug and filter were $42 at a local dealer. Mobil 1 European Car Formula 10 Quarts 58.79 at Walmart. The fun me and my buddy had changing it was priceless.
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For the B service, the Pentosin Super Dot 4 was 20.18 At Amazon. Just as much fun.

 

You forgot to include the cost of a case of beer.