Re: Modern Cars.
Originally Posted by
Bruce
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That possibly is why people buy Asian cars rather than European, from memory my Mitsubishi Starwagon
timing belt was changed at 100000km. The two cars since then have chain timing belts (another Mitsubishi and an Isuzu)
The after sales service for most European cars out here is appalling, they just don't sell enough. It is hardly surprising the best selling make is Toyota
The maximum mileage requirement for a change of cam belt at 140,000 on my 2014 VW Golf diesel I can understand but with the car having covered only 17,000 miles from new that did not apply. However, then came the next ‘frightener’ –
OR five years as “the cam belt is ‘perishable’, if it breaks it can do a lot of expensive damage to the engine”!
They’ve got you whichever way, added to that is the information that “while stripping it all down to replace the cam belt the tensioners and water pump may as well be changed too, because if and when they need changing it will mean paying almost the same amount again”!
Volkswagen service advice:
https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/...cambelt-change
Just look at these main dealer costs:
https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/...rice-servicing