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What is the Difference Between a Full Car Service and an Interim Car Service?

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A full service is a fairly comprehensive set of checks and adjustments that your car should ideally undergo once a year, or once every 12,000 miles (whichever comes first).

If you drive more than 2000 miles a month, an interim car service may come in handy too. This type of service repeats many of the basic checks involved in a full service to make sure that your car is still performing well in the meantime. It’s recommended that you book an interim car service every six months.

You may not need an interim service if you don’t drive particularly regularly, or you don’t use your car in heavy traffic or over long distances or rough terrain.

However, it’s important to remember that an interim service does not replace a full one – there will be elements of your vehicle’s operation that are not checked during an interim service, and may go totally unattended to in this situation.

You may decide to book an interim service between full services if your vehicle is making funny noises or handling differently.

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INTERIM PACKAGE
from £125
  • Checks for damage and wear (body, wheels and trims, brakes, steering)
  • – Engine checks and servicing (replacing oil and filter, sump plug seal or full plug replacement check, timing belt check interval check, coolant check and top up, undertray check)
  • – Checks for oil and fluid leaks
  • – Fuel filter checks
  • – Lights and horn checks
  • – Battery checks
  • – Steering and suspension checks (power steering reservoir top up, steering rack gaiter checks, wheel bearings checks, shock absorber testing
  • – Exhaust checks
  • – Brake checks and adjustments (callipers, hydraulic system, handbrake checks and brake discs and pads, brake fluid top up
  • – Tyres and wheels checks and adjustment  (tread depth, pressure, wear, wheel nut torque)
  • – Windscreen and wiper checks (wiper condition checks, windscreen washer position, screen wash top up)
  • – Interior checks dash lights
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FULL SERVICE PACKAGE
from £200
  • In a full service, your car will undergo all the checks it would receive as part of an interim service, along with:
    • – Extra engine checks and adjustments (radiator condition, leaks, cap seal, coolant hoses, cooling fan, alternator belt and auxiliary drive belts and air filter replacement)
    • – Greasing prop shaft, axle oil checks and top up
    • – Gearbox fluid checks and top up
    • – Extra electrical checks (diesel heater plug indicator, battery checks and terminal lubrication, High Tension leads checks, alternator charging checks)
    • – Steering and suspension greasing
    • – Bonnet catch lubrication
    • – Extra brake checks (brake servo, fluid boil test)
    • – Extra visibility checks (windscreen chips and cracks, mirror condition, number plates condition)
    • – Extra interior checks (seatbelts, door locks, door hinge lubrication)
    • –spark plug and fuel filter replacement. cabin filter replacement

    This type of servicing often costs around £200 to undergo.

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