Body Inspection At Main Dealers

[markymark]

The sti is booked in next week for its 1 year service & was told it needed a body inspection service as well, is this really needed as it hasn't done 8K yet & has little or no stone chips ? Is it just a money maker for T & C ?

cheers Mark

[colin_ross]

Do you need to pay for those?

I thought there were just to let dealers wriggle of out honoring body warranty claims?

[markymark]

Do you need to pay for those?

I thought there were just to let dealers wriggle of out honoring body warranty claims?

Yes they do charge for it, just can't remember how much

[thewelsho]

Yes they do charge for it, just can't remember how much

Screw that then! I don't recall anything like this when my car was a year old.

[sti pretender]

Body warranty doesn't cover stone chips, when I got it done at S&S last year I asked as had a deep chip on the door pillar that had a touch of rust. Was advised this wasn't covered as it is purely paint defects. They did some undersealing which stank for a couple of weeks.

Think I was £100, don't think it affects the main warranty if you don't get it done.

Edited May 27, 2008 by STI Pretender

[Boyakasha]

The sti is booked in next week for its 1 year service & was told it needed a body inspection service as well, is this really needed as it hasn't done 8K yet & has little or no stone chips ? Is it just a money maker for T & C ?

cheers Mark

Mark had mine serviced and nothing mentioned about this at all. In fact I've never had a body inspection done at a dealer and that is with 4 new Scoobs over 8 years

Marc

[iainc]

Mark had mine serviced and nothing mentioned about this at all. In fact I've never had a body inspection done at a dealer and that is with 4 new Scoobs over 8 years

Marc

My last scoob never had any bodywork inspections done (at least no stamps for it) and by the time I got shot of it there was a spot or two of rust developing on it.

[bigal024]

I'd query it mate. T&C charged me 150 quid for my 1000 mile service (Oil Change effectively)

Not impressed.

[colzo]

The Body Inspection (Service) is for your 3 year corrosion warranty. You are recommended to get this done at the 1st and 3 year, then every year after that if you wish. Is it worth it? Well I would say yes if you plan to keep the car for a good length of time, if not you are paying the privilege for the next owner. Of course stone chips etc are 'self inflicted' so would go against a warranty claim. As well as checking all panels, underseal etc., they spray (waxoyl???) inside all the panels which smells for a week or two.