X6 first service

[bmw_convert]

Just sent in my car with just under 6,500 miles to the dealer in London this morning. The service overdue indicator with change oil & brake fluid came up last week! The guy at the reception desk mentioned that my car was built in Oct 08 (2 years) and hence was due for a service!!?? He also mentioned whichever comes first 2 years or 1xxxx miles! Am I right to say that it may be a sensor issue?

He quoted £415 for both the oil changes and microfilter. Please advice if the service price is appropriate and whether the 2 years service due is from the production date or the day I bought the car i.e Mar 09? Thanks!!

[ryansumm]

Christ your being ripped off, my x6 gets serviced at Synther Haroldwood - I belive theres one at docklands - i have a 08 model and like you both oil and filter changing it was £303 ! and i thought that was expensive!

[Ikendiken]

Wait. Service isn't free for the first 4 years or 50K miles in the UK?

[ryansumm]

no - unless you order your car under a promotional scheme, I have just ordered a new x6 in october during that period you get 5 years free servicing.

[bmw_convert]

The Battersea 'dealer' was my only closest option in central london. I understand that the labour charges varies outside Central London.

Still waiting on the other diagnosis reported yesterday as well - Sat Nav disc error; Performance fail indicator etc...

[dmlgc]

first 4 years or 50K miles is free in US . guess it varies in other countries, which seems odd.

[335Xray]

Originally Posted by dmlgc

first 4 years or 50K miles is free in US . guess it varies in other countries, which seems odd.

Not odd at all. See the many posts here on the from our Canadian brethren. They do not get service included, most countries don't. We get most cars at the cheapest prices world wide and with cheap gas, and the included service, we are pretty lucky.

[bmw_convert]

Yes, it depends on the aggresiveness of the sales marketing for every country. I received £xxxx worth of free upgrades when I purchased the X6.

Got the X6 back from the dealer - all is well. Oil changes are due 2 years regardless of the miles done.

Its just that althought the car's memory registered a 'failure fault' but it was only registered once in the system (but I swear it has happened more than once) and unfortunately not sufficient for the dealer to take action at the moment. The same for the Sat Nav DVD error...

[ryansumm]

had the sat nav error too "disk wouldnt read" they swapped out the cdrom however its started to do it again recently, looking foward to the new idrive with hdd no more bloddy taking the cd out and waiting for a fes secs to put it in