Mine is 2 years old this month too and just booked service for later this month.
I hope they dont come up with this "try-on" with me.
My inclination would be to say yes to £20 job ( given that it might affect fuel quality and engine performance) and no to £199 and I will wait till the ac starts to fail.
I can't check right now but I bet neither of them is in the service schedule booklet.
I had my air con (serviced?), pressure tested, drained, refilled plus anti-bac treatment at ATS for £40 in October, that was on my jag that at 800g probably uses twice as much gas and lubricant as my C-HR
Personally If you use your air-con a service isn't really required until the 4yr mark, all IMO.
Did they change your keyfob batteries, read somewhere that they do this on the 2yr service?
my car has to go into Eastbourne Toyota soon (2 year service) so will wait and see if they say the same to me and will let them know they are taking the p. my friend has a garage and only charges £45 for a complete refill and clean of aircon system ,
i wouldnt let the do anything other than the service
I had my air con (serviced?), pressure tested, drained, refilled plus anti-bac treatment at ATS for £40 in October, that was on my jag that at 800g probably uses twice as much gas and lubricant as my C-HR
Personally If you use your air-con a service isn't really required until the 4yr mark, all IMO.
Did they change your keyfob batteries, read somewhere that they do this on the 2yr service?
I think I will leave the air con then - it's not as if it's had a lot of use, I've just reached the 8000 mile mark after 2 years!
Re key fob batteries, I didn't realise they did this as part of the service so left my spare key at home, so they changed the battery in the key I left with them, and gave me the battery for the spare.
my car has to go into Eastbourne Toyota soon (2 year service) so will wait and see if they say the same to me and will let them know they are taking the p. my friend has a garage and only charges £45 for a complete refill and clean of aircon system ,
i wouldnt let the do anything other than the service
I normally find Eastbourne Toyota very good and they've never recommended anything possibly unnecessary before - times must be getting hard for the dealers, getting a bit more crafty in making their money! They weren't pushy about it though, it was just on the recommendations on the paperwork. When my previous hybrid Auris had its 2 year service they never mentioned having the air con serviced!
Mine is 11m old.
And scheduled for first service at the end of January. Express Service as they call it here in Ireland.
But I will do asked them to replace the pollen filter and to do a check for AC. Of course I'll ask first what's included in Express Service.
I'm using AC all the time, to remove the moisture from the inside of the car. Not too many people are using it here in Ireland, I can see tons of foggy windows in other cars.
But this winter my CHR tends to be foggy'ish too so I'm not taking any chances. If they don't replace pollen filter by default, I'll ask for a replacement.
I had my air con (serviced?), pressure tested, drained, refilled plus anti-bac treatment at ATS for £40 in October, that was on my jag that at 800g probably uses twice as much gas and lubricant as my C-HR
Personally If you use your air-con a service isn't really required until the 4yr mark, all IMO.
Did they change your keyfob batteries, read somewhere that they do this on the 2yr service?
Re key fob batteries, I didn't realise they did this as part of the service so left my spare key at home, so they changed the battery in the key I left with them, and gave me the battery for the spare.
I had the remote battery replaced that I gave to the service department the other remote was at homebut the dealer gave me the second battery to repalce the one I left, towards end of year the other remote battery went and I had spares to replace the battery yourself remove the hiden key within the remote dn the 2 exposed sides from the area key removed prise aprt the key and hey presto and the key is in two halves.
I had my air con (serviced?), pressure tested, drained, refilled plus anti-bac treatment at ATS for £40 in October, that was on my jag that at 800g probably uses twice as much gas and lubricant as my C-HR
Personally If you use your air-con a service isn't really required until the 4yr mark, all IMO.
Did they change your keyfob batteries, read somewhere that they do this on the 2yr service?
Re key fob batteries, I didn't realise they did this as part of the service so left my spare key at home, so they changed the battery in the key I left with them, and gave me the battery for the spare.
No, I haven't really got into the habit of coming on here much yet but there does seem to be some useful things on here!
I've literally just changed the battery in the spare key, only about a two minute job - if a complete DIY dunce like me can do it then anyone can!!! Just follow the instructions on pages 561-562 in the manual!
Just had my 2yr service. Done in 2 hrs while I waited.
I was not offered any of these extras.
They changed my keyfob battery (and charged £3.23 for the battery) but ignored my 2nd key (which I forgot to take in). When I raised it they said I could buy another battery if I wanted to.
Otherwise quite painless( as I have a service plan - otherwise the £275 bill would not have been painless!)
Just had my 2yr service. Done in 2 hrs while I waited.
I was not offered any of these extras.
They changed my keyfob battery (and charged £3.23 for the battery) but ignored my 2nd key (which I forgot to take in). When I raised it they said I could buy another battery if I wanted to.
Otherwise quite painless( as I have a service plan - otherwise the £275 bill would not have been painless!)
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Message appeared on display screen noting key fob battery low. Visited my local Toyota dealer and they fitted one for £3.00. I'll do it myself next time I think.
Update : over the last couple of months I've had increasing problems with the key they supposedly changed the battery in, sometimes the doors wouldn't open even though standing right by the car, and sometimes when trying to start the car the message "Key not detected" came up. I've now changed the battery, and everything is fine again!
So... at the service, either they replaced my battery with a dodgy one, or they didn't change the battery at all!
Which started me thinking..... when we do something like take a car in for a service, we trust them to do everything they say they have, but... there's nothing to stop them saying we haven't got time for this or that, I'll just tick the box anyway!
Usage of keyfob battery depends on if it can see the car or not (I was told...) Bit like a phone sucking its batteries empty quite a bit faster when signal strength is low.
I'm going for second service next week and asked dealer specifically for battery replacement. They said they can replace for a price. They don't do it unless asked. Of course refused to pay their asked price - will change myself when I notice it's getting weak.
Check Amazon or your favourite online retailer (or brick and mortar) A 10 pack of CR2032 is about 4 GBP....
Just saying.... Lotsa replacement batteries in there...
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