Nissan - what a rip off!!
I have just had a call from Nissan Service Centre (Ind area) about the cost to fix my AC on my car - just shy of 20,000QAR!! Call me old fashioned but does this not seem rather alot to pay and it was almost as if the guy was glad to be telling me, like he was proud to rip off his customers.
Please tell me this is not so, any thoughts out there as to somewhere else to take my car???
pull shit better to buy a new car what is that ?!!!!!
Update - for you, when I went to pick it up the invoice total was 19,481QAR for AC and the labour. It's an Armada
there you have it, think I can buy a new Tiida for the same amount of money!!!
call the nissan service center and tell them to replace your car A/C instead of fixing it. definitely they will charge you 3,000-5,000 for a new A/C rather than repair it with a cost of 20,000.
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Dats-un Believable :O(
I am so so curious, what did they change that it costs that much ?
What Nissan are you driving anyway ? Maxima ? Patrol ?
They are a rip off ! Quoted me 13,000 last year to fix my AC.
Went to a small garage on Qatari Bin Al Fujaah Street,there is a row of garages there that do AC's, close to the Center shopping center.The guy told me the part to buy in the official Nissan shop a couple of doors up, that cost 2700 riyals and he fixed it for 600 riyals.All done in one day compared to Nissan's usual 2 weeks.And no problems with it since.
Richard - I may not be a mechanical engineer but I do have a fairly good grasp of english and I can assure you it was 20,000qar, I made the guy go through it line item by line item...
lol richard wait for the firing
are you sure it was 20,000? because a brand new car AC would cost only 2,000-5,000 approximately. try to call the nissan again, maybe you did not understand each other.
Cherukkan, I know but last time I went independent the guy was a charlatan and even lost my car key!!!
Then it is blade for sure. Even a new A/C will not cost that much. You should have given it to a good quality workshop other than the dealer.
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if its an AC problem and the car is more than 3-4 yrs old then you just have to refill the AC gas... costs around QR600
but hey... its got resale value...lol
Holy crap!
Mandi
A few days back someone has posted a very positive experience with a place called 'Blue Star ***' in Industrial area. Look up for that. It may be of help.
Cherukkan - no, I made them go through the bill item by item, as I said above, the labour costs alone are going to be QAR5,000+. I am going to pick it up tonight.
Beware Nissan owners DO NOT take your car to Nissan and blindly let them repair your car GET a quote first... (and then figure out where else to take it when you have recovered from the heart attack of hearing the estimated bill).
I'm pretty sure its 20k if the labour itself was 5k what more can you expect?
20k for fixing the car a/c. It is not rip off it is blade. May be the person intended to tell you 2k.
So sad..20k for nissan AC repair?! btw still you are so lucky to have jabanese cars with high re-sale value here in qatar. :)
Smoke - to be honest, I don't either, it just smacks of sheer naked greed and it is a most unattractive quality in any person/organization. Sorry to say this but we all know this is an expensive town to live in for most things but this really has taken the cake, it is just blatant...
but BG why should he go for toyota ac when he is having a nissan car LOLS...................:)
I dont understand how they get away with it, repairing or servicing a car should be within affordable standards to the average person. Its not like their parts are any cheaper compared to when buying them from outside.
Toyota is best believe me
As a wider point, it is just offensive that they can even quote this amount!!! Someone, somewhere has serious greed issues...
Option # 1
Take your car to Madina market # 2, opposite Mercedez in Industrial area, just near to the main bridge. So many are there to fix up just for Qar. 300 only. Mr. Najam 55215605 Bengali. It is a coil that he would replace for Qar. 200/300.
Optionn # 2,
Go to Japan Autos in street 26, buy a used AC compressor for Qar. 500 with the coil and get is replaced.
Both the options work fine.
www.qatarliving.com/node/4858391
Try these guys.
the labour alone will cost 5,000QAR!!
Any suggestions out there where to take it?? PLEASE
I had an oil leak..they gave me an estimate of 15K...got it fixed outside for 500 riyals!
probably he dint know how to say 2,000 n said 20 k
20,000 QR to fix the AC? :|
Nissan is a rip off, get your car fixed outside for fraction of the price.
To fix your ac they will tell you ten other items need to be replaced, plus labour charges and you will end up keeping your car with them for a week or so.
For 20k you can buy another second hand car :P