Brake Fluid service

rajan29 · 03-20-2017, 03:49 AM

Hi, I have to change Brake fluid this month. BMW gave me a quote of £91 and Halfords are charging £37, still waiting to hear from a BMW specialist near me.

All my service history are stored in my idrive and I don't have a service book. Are BMW specialist able to save the brake fluid service onto idrive or only BMW can do that? Is it worth going directly to BMW or should I just get a service book and go to either specialist or Halfords?

What do you guys do for changing the brake fluid? Any advice is appreciated

Thanks

teaston · 03-20-2017, 03:52 AM

If it's only £90 every 3 years i'd get it done by BMW personally, unless you plan to keep the car for many years.

simon the pieman · 03-20-2017, 04:04 AM

As above. Would you really want Halfords doing your servicing?
At least a specialist if not BMW but there won't be a lot in price difference.

rajan29 · 03-20-2017, 04:48 AM

Thanks guys, I will go with BMW directly.

NISFAN · 03-20-2017, 04:51 AM

My dealership will improve pricing when confronted with an indy price, so worth trying that.

I agree with others on letting Halfords do it. If they snap a bleed nipple, which can easily happen, I would rather a BMW dealership were there to pick up the pieces.

Having said all that I do my own

UKF30 · 03-20-2017, 06:01 AM

I just had same service done by Dealer as last service on service pack .

I would personally pay £90 at least dealers had done mate

rajan29 · 03-20-2017, 07:05 AM

Thanks to everyone for helping me out...I just booked an appointment with BMW.

I have a major service due this November, I've seen a lot of people in this forum choosing Indy over dealerships. How does it work? Can Indy store all the services onto idrive or do I need to get a service book from BMW?

NISFAN · 03-20-2017, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by rajan29

Thanks to everyone for helping me out...I just booked an appointment with BMW.

I have a major service due this November, I've seen a lot of people in this forum choosing Indy over dealerships. How does it work? Can Indy store all the services onto idrive or do I need to get a service book from BMW?

A good Indy will be able to enter service into OBC just like a dealer. And you keep the receipts just like I do with my BMW receipts.

Only difference being, BMW dealers have a unique code number next to each service, an Indy will just come up as 0000 as the service centre.

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rajan29 Private First Class 25 Rep 112 Posts Drives: F10 M SPORT Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: South West London iTrader: (0)	Brake Fluid service Hi, I have to change Brake fluid this month. BMW gave me a quote of £91 and Halfords are charging £37, still waiting to hear from a BMW specialist near me. All my service history are stored in my idrive and I don't have a service book. Are BMW specialist able to save the brake fluid service onto idrive or only BMW can do that? Is it worth going directly to BMW or should I just get a service book and go to either specialist or Halfords? What do you guys do for changing the brake fluid? Any advice is appreciated Thanks
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teaston Banned 10995 Rep 32,881 Posts Drives: X3 M40d Join Date: May 2012 Location: The High Seas iTrader: (1)	If it's only £90 every 3 years i'd get it done by BMW personally, unless you plan to keep the car for many years.
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simon the pieman Captain 239 Rep 833 Posts Drives: f44 M235i gran coupe Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: hertfordshire iTrader: (0)	As above. Would you really want Halfords doing your servicing? At least a specialist if not BMW but there won't be a lot in price difference.
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NISFAN Major General 3489 Rep 9,709 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Bedford UK iTrader: (0)	My dealership will improve pricing when confronted with an indy price, so worth trying that. I agree with others on letting Halfords do it. If they snap a bleed nipple, which can easily happen, I would rather a BMW dealership were there to pick up the pieces. Having said all that I do my own
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