Car woes - am I being ripped off?

qwerty · 28 Feb 2008 at 19:34

My car broke on Saturday - the clutch hydraulics failed and it is currently in the garage. They have said it will need new hydraulic cylinders since they were leaking. They have also said the rear brake pads were fairly worn so it will need new pads, and discs apparently so they bed in properly. I have been quoted £700 for all this including labour and VAT.

Does that sound about right? The car's only done 30,000 miles so I'm a bit wary of them sayig the brakes are shot already. Is it normal to take a car in for one thing and be told other things need fixing? I'm worried I'm being ripped off

Confused · 28 Feb 2008 at 19:35

I would tell them "thank you very much for informing me about the condition of my brakes, but please just do the work that I booked it in for, and replace the clutch components"

Perywinkle · 28 Feb 2008 at 20:09

'avin a giraffe aint they? £700 to change a hydraulic cylinder and some brakes?

*Moangroan* · 28 Feb 2008 at 20:39

you dont need new discs for the brakes to bed in.....they will bed in fine. As long as your old discs are not scored badly or cracked or worn down to the minimum level required for MOT.

As far as clutch cylinder have no idea on labour time...

Ev0 · 28 Feb 2008 at 20:42

30k miles for a set of brakes is not long enough??

Granted they are rears but still, that's quite a lot of miles (unless you do 30k a year on the motorway etc, in which case ignore me

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ste_bla · 28 Feb 2008 at 20:47

What car is it?

qwerty · 28 Feb 2008 at 22:50

ste_bla said:
What car is it?

VW Golf Mk5 2.0 GT FSI

Defcon5 · 28 Feb 2008 at 22:51

Wont that still be in warranty?

qwerty · 28 Feb 2008 at 22:55

Defcon5 said:
Wont that still be in warranty?

Hmmm...it's an 04 plate...I assumed the warranty would be 2 or 3 years :confused:

Defcon5 · 28 Feb 2008 at 22:57

Oh sorry, I thought they came in in 05. Have you asked on a more specific forum, if its a regular thing than VW may fix it as a goodwill gesture. They have been doing with the Lupo pedal boxes

Skiddley · 28 Feb 2008 at 23:17

Warranty? Aren't brake pads\discs consumable items then?

Dogbreath · 28 Feb 2008 at 23:20

Skiddley said:
Warranty? Aren't brake pads\discs consumable items then?

Of course they are, clutch slave cylinders are not. At least not at that age/mileage.

jamief · 29 Feb 2008 at 10:09

Don't a lot of manufacturers exclude the clutch (and related components) from warranties nowadays?

qwerty · 29 Feb 2008 at 11:08

Apparently the problem is not to do with the clutch cylinders, its to do with the clutch itself. So they've knocked off the labour (so it's now £380) and are taking it to another garage to get a new clutch put in.

I need the car for tomorrow morning!!