motability servicing

sterling88 · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:17 pm Post Subject: motability servicing

Hi, I have a citroen c4 motability car, it's only 9 mnths old, i phoned the dealer about when to bring it in for service ect and was told it doesn't need a service for the three years i'll have it, is this correct, thanks for any advice.

Stivino · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:36 pm Post Subject:

I think the service interval is 20,000 miles or 10,000 miles if it's been used arduously.
Try the C4 forum.
http://c4owners.org/download.php?list.11

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sterling88 · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:45 pm Post Subject:

Hi stivino, But why would she tell me that because it's a motability car it doesn't need a service for the first 3 years.

Stivino · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:27 am Post Subject:

Maybe because they think you're not going to be hard on it and if you don't do a lot of miles it'll take you three years to do 20,000 miles.

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sterling88 · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:44 am Post Subject:

thanks for that stivino

TicklyT · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:07 pm Post Subject:

IIRC there's an upper limit of about 20,000 miles per year for the motability scheme. That was a bit of a downer for my stepson, who covered about 30,000 miles per year in his wheelchair carrier.

We used to replace his car with an ex-motability adapted car every couple of years or so. It was rare to see more than about 25,000 miles on a 3-year old car, and even rarer to find anything of a service history.

Maybe the scheme operators, in line with some other large fleet operators, can tolerate an occasional catastrophic failure as a cheaper alternative (for them) than adhering to the manufacturer's recommended service intervals.

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sterling88 · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:16 pm Post Subject:

thank you for that tickly t