I bought my Doblo new from my local Fiat dealer ('06) and I've only ever had it serviced by them. I'd never had a new car before so I thought it was the right thing to do, but money is tight now so I thought I'd start doing it myself.
The first thing I find is the sump plug is almost completely rounded off. Luckily I drive coaches for a living so the mechanics at work sorted that for me.
The second thing I found was a lot of oil around the filter. I went to undo the filter and found I could unscrew it with just finger and thumb.
I think this is disgusting behaviour from a franchised dealer.
I know it's easy to make mistakes but if you accidentally round off a sump plug surely you should replace it? And maybe you should make sure the oil filter is tight?
They are, or were, a Subaru/Fiat dealer, so I imagine that if an Impreza comes in, the senior techs do the service, and if a Doblo comes in... "give that one to the work experience kid"
I hate to think what else they have, or haven't done.
It just shows that a fully dealer stamped service history means absolutely nothing.
Would you take this further, or put it down to experience?
The first thing I find is the sump plug is almost completely rounded off. Luckily I drive coaches for a living so the mechanics at work sorted that for me.
The second thing I found was a lot of oil around the filter. I went to undo the filter and found I could unscrew it with just finger and thumb.
I think this is disgusting behaviour from a franchised dealer.
I know it's easy to make mistakes but if you accidentally round off a sump plug surely you should replace it? And maybe you should make sure the oil filter is tight?
They are, or were, a Subaru/Fiat dealer, so I imagine that if an Impreza comes in, the senior techs do the service, and if a Doblo comes in... "give that one to the work experience kid"
I hate to think what else they have, or haven't done.
It just shows that a fully dealer stamped service history means absolutely nothing.
Would you take this further, or put it down to experience?