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Wednesday: I thought I'd give the car a final dealer service before moving to a local garage I trust or sell the car. 06 plate CDTI SRI Pre-Facelift. Service 220 quid....OUCH (major service) then I gets the call..... 2 rear tyres discs all round Rear Pads Rear road Springs....... Oh and wiper blades that i only replaced 3 weeks ago! I meant to do this before the warranty expired, but never got round to it.I think she said another 600 quid for the repairs.....I said I'll be in touch. I need to shop around for a better price... So yesterday I collected the car...Put the key in the ignition...SPANNER Light! Not happy....They looked the car over and didn't find the cause. The fault has gone away. Advise notes say: Wiper Blades Smearing Rear Pads Low Discs Lipped Front Discs Heavily Lipped Pads 40% remaining OSR Road Spring Snapped Both rear tyres 2mm, OSR Nailed. Quote reads: Wipers: £17.25 for parts, £20.27 Fitted Discs: £145.50 for Parts, £217.96 Fitted Springs: £140 For Parts, £287.88 Fitted (Pair) + Tyres I had a look at the discs and they don't seam that bad. Less than a 1mm Lip on the front. I would be curious to put a vernier on it. Tyres do need doing, I jacked the car up and yes the spring has gone: ![[Linked Image]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4297966764_502b2ac3a9.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4297216249_c45beb6f19.jpg)
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ouch gutted mate, I am surprised for such a new car.
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no way!
if you look in a haynes manual if should say minimum disk thickness, see if there having you off!
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I cant believe the springs have snapped on a 3yr old car  ...and to cap it, they want £150 labour to change them!!! Whats the milage, Id expect 40-60k for the disks to need replacing, either way, 3 years is fairly acceptable before its needing new ones 
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I said if they changed anything on my last service, I need to see the parts. It's obvious they like changing it when it doesn't really need it, I had them saying the clutch is going, when it absolutely wasn't at all. I hate main dealers for that, but it's a stamp in the book. 
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ouch gutted mate, I am surprised for such a new car. My thoughts....and none would have been covered by the warranty! no way!
if you look in a haynes manual if should say minimum disk thickness, see if there having you off! There is no Haynes Manual for the car. I cant believe the springs have snapped on a 3yr old car ...and to cap it, they want £150 labour to change them!!! Whats the milage, Id expect 40-60k for the disks to need replacing, either way, 3 years is fairly acceptable before its needing new ones 65k. All motorway....well 90% anyway. Looking at the owners club site, I've realised the springs are quite common. Even on a 2 year old. I said if they changed anything on my last service, I need to see the parts. It's obvious they like changing it when it doesn't really need it, I had them saying the clutch is going, when it absolutely wasn't at all. I hate main dealers for that, but it's a stamp in the book. Thats why I didn't authorise the work. Having looked myself, I can see the spring has gove. I'm still not convinced about the discs though. I may DIY them.
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no way!
if you look in a haynes manual if should say minimum disk thickness, see if there having you off! There is no Haynes Manual for the car. Oops I'll take that back....Just found one on Amazon. We did a campaign on the owners club to get Haynes to produce one, but nothing came of it....Or so we thought!
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what car is it? i could get all the info for you up on autodata 
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2006 1.9cdti Sri (120ps) pre-facelift
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make and model?! vaux i asume
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minimum thickness vented - front 22mm
minimum thickness - rear 10mm
minimum pad thickness - front 9mm(including the backplate)
minimum pad thickness - rear 8mm(including the backplate)
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remember to exclude the lip when measuring  i tend to grind this lip down
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Cheers Chris.
BTW, The name Chris Gilly rings a bell. Any ideas how I might know ya? IIRC Gilly was a nickname/shortened name.
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