Motorhome first service

Our van is a year older than yours and happens to be a Fiat but its the same van, but slightly different engine. At 2 years old it had its first service, it was around £400 and at 3 years old its first MOT. I look at it this way, our VW car gets a service every year and its about £200 or so but the van is done every other and its £400 or thereabouts. Both are minimum £200 per year in the end... Its just the price you have to pay whilst vehicles are in warranty and to avail yourself of any main dealer updates etc.

Ours is a 2017 Euro6 2litre 160 Pug and we’ve just booked it in for its first (2 year) service.

Despite previously being told by our local Pug commercial dealership that the first service would cost around £350, on booking it in they weighed up its low mileage and other factors and, in line with Pug’s recommendations, decreed the minor service which is basically an oil change would suffice. £230 quoted.

I’m happy to go with that as the van has a 2 year servicing schedule so this should only be a minor service being the first one and this is the Peugeot dealership recommending it. Also, as an aside, it uses long life oil so, contrary to my long held belief, an interim annual oil change shouldn’t be necessary. 

If you have an Alko chassis, it may need annual greasing og the rear axle.  

This work tends to be missed as its not part of the habitation check, and  run of the mill Fiats (generally) have no greasing points.

Rgds

As as an after thought, because I cannot edit the post above.

2 years is about the time for a brake fluid change, and possiblibly a AirCon gas check.

you need to stagger the more costly items as you will have a cam belt change coming up in 3 years. If you still have the mohome.

rgds

A brake fluid check, Tony, but not necessarily a change. 

Thanks,  

The reason reason I mentioned it, is that a lot of items in the cab area are initiated at the time of construction, fluids, battery, etc. All could be a  couple of years old by the time , the converted Motorhome is finished and is sold and registered as new vehicle.

There is thread running on the MMM site that may be of interest to contributers.

https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Additional-service-items/51420/

not sure if cutnpaste works on my iPad 

Rgds

Cheers, Tony. 

Some of it sounds like a garage trying to make a profit, some there is justification for. 

Thanks all for your replies. I’ve decided to get a major service although my mileage is only 8000. The next service will be when she will be 4 years and I think that’s too far away to wait for the major service.

I think for a major service £395 seems about the going rate from a Peugeot dealer.

Not sure about the alko chassis as I thought it was the Peugeot chassis that would be used but I stand to be corrected 🤔.

I wrote to Peugeot. Their official advice is:

Every 2 years or 30,000 miles in normal operation: Systematic Operations, plus, Brake Fluid.

Not sure what “systematic operations” means but I guess normal routine service.

Take mine in every year since new and leave it up to the commercial garage to decide what to do unless I have something I specifically want fixed.

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