NISSAN dealership service - good/bad/ugly??

[franks]

interested in knowing who's taken their skyline to a nissan dealership for a service before and if they have any opinions?

my 40,000 is coming up, i'm struggling to find a workshop who accepts fleetcard, so i have no other option. just booked it in...

any good, bad or ugly stories and which one in particular???

cheers,

[ed]

what do they actually do for a 40,000 km service?

oil change, fluid top-ups etc?

[hippy]

i have a friend who took his 180 to a nissan dealer ... he said they were shit house and did not know what they were doing ... he said they probably know lots about the cars they sell here ... but they knew nothing about his 180 .. he never took his car back to the dealer again!!

go to a performance car specialist i say if u dont' want to do the service yourself.

[franks]

spark plugs, engine oil, oil filter, air filter, $hit, can't remember the rest as he rattled them off too quickly. most of the disposable's i guess plus other adjustments.

hippy, what service centre was this? and why specifically were they shit? why did your friend think they were mechanically incompetent?

one of the main reasons as to why i dont want to do it myself is because i want to put it through my fleet card.

[ed]

Dealer mechanics do get some training on locally delivered cars, they probably work so much on them that once they see a different car, they forget the basics?

[RUX]

Depends where your located but if your in Melbourne - i took my r33 down for a 50k service at Blackburn Nissan

They did a great job (got my previous R31 skyline serviced there as well).

The specialise in import parts as well.

Jase

[franks]

yeah, fortunately im not located in melbourne

but i think i can trust a nissan dealership, of the dealerships i know, they won't screw you around with labour charges and i believe they are set priced...this was my experience with subaru anyways...

[hippy]

i will ask him again ... we're in adelaide so i can only speak for this particular nissan dealer ... i've no experience myself so this is all i can say ...

[T0nyGTSt]

Try Northshore Mitsu/Nissan.

They reckon they are good.

Maybe.

T.

[Brody]

Franks stop being cheap

[franks]

if i was being cheap, id be driving an R32

woahhhh!!!

just j/k

[Brody]

lol good call, ill take that :lol:

Watch when i have a garage :uh-huh:

You going on the gong cruise?

[croat]

Hey Franks from personal experience i would not send your car in for a service at a nissan dealership. I had a new nissan maxima and after all the shit i had been through with nissan i will never go back. In one case they didnt even change the oil on the car which led to major problems!!! Franks i would persevere and try find someone else.

[franks]

australia day long w/e cruise???

i'll be down the coast saturday and sunday, on the monday coming back, i MIGHT be able to stop off at the gong for lunch...

[franks]

thanks for the tip croat, i'll give these guys a go and see how it goes from there...

[B-Man]

What about that place - Western Toyota. I always see them in the Friday tele selling Skylines. They must have a workshop with skyline experience and being a Toyota dealer, the should do fleetcard. I dunno - it's just a guess....

Franks, can't you just get the service done at CRD or Hills or where-ever and then claim the amount back from the Novation Co ?? When I had my VT SS dunnydore, and before I got the fleetcard (Optus were really slack at organising novated leases) I just used to pay & claim the whole amount back, the calim would go against the Novation payments for the month - then viola, tax free service.

[Duncan]

I bought a 200xs from Northshore Nissan, and had it serviced there, they were fine, even replaced some warped rotors under warranty for me. In the mid 90s they were Nissan's performance specialist dealership and they seemed to have better than average knowledge. It was a locally delivered car of course, but lets face it, they didn't sell many S14s.....

[red900ss]

Whatever you do don't take it to the dealer on the Northern Beaches. The X-Trail was pinched from there, key and all. Just imagine how long a Skyline would last....

AND they had the temerity to wash their hands of the responibility...:hellpisd: :cuss: :Bang:

I'd do what Brendan suggests. Contact your leasing company and see if you can be reimbursed, then take it somewhere decent. :uh-huh:

[ed]

Originally posted by red900ss

Whatever you do don't take it to the dealer on the Northern Beaches. The X-Trail was pinched from there, key and all. Just imagine how long a Skyline would last....

AND they had the temerity to wash their hands of the responibility...:hellpisd: :cuss: :Bang:  

I'd do what Brendan suggests. Contact your leasing company and see if you can be reimbursed, then take it somewhere decent. :uh-huh:

*ouch*

My friend had her Rav4 pinched from the dealer too, I think it was in the hornsby area?

I think franks doesn't wanna front with the cash as it takes on average about 4 weeks for the cheque to arrive?

Then another coupla days for it to clear

[Cubes]

Unley Nissan in Adelaide appear to be quite in Tune with the Imports.