Diagnostic check

I've just been charged £55.00 for a diagnostic check on a 04 reg,
Vauxhall Astra because the engine management light is on.

This seems a little over the top for a 10 minute job. Comments are welcome.
Should this be the price??

Tonatk

 

Don't know whether that is a fair price or not, but when my customers (non
car related) quibble on the price I say "you are not only paying for my
time, but also me having the correct equipment and knowing how to use it".
I do thing garages (main stealers) take the p**s though, my hourly rate is
nowhere near what they seem to get away with!

Cheers

John

 

That's quite cheap for a vauxhall dealer, as you say a lot of money
for 5 minutes work. An independant auto electrician would probably
charge less, alternativey code readers are available from a number of
sources, see recent threads on this group for example. On many older
vauxhalls, up to around 2001, the codes can be read by inserting a
paper clip between two of the diagnostic connector terminals. won't
work ona 2004 Astra though :-(.

 

Rather depends upon the result. Have they correctly identified the reported
error, have they correctly interpretted the diagnostic as to the most likely
(true) cause and suggested a fix (that will most likely work)?

If everything is all clear now (and stays clear) then it is probably worth
it.
If mis-diagnosed - I'd sue!

As said, it's not the 10 minutes it is the outlay of these machines. If it
were 'just 10 minutes' we'd all be doing them (and charge less!)

 

I bought one of these to use on my zafira

http://www.talktomycar.co.uk/products/codereaders/mj003.htm

I've only used it the once, but its paid for itself already!

Mike

 

Too expensive

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