Your electric car will require regular servicing, just like a petrol or diesel car. We carry out all the usual roadworthiness checks, but the rest of your service is quite different.
When you bring your electric vehicle in for a service, we check for all the usual service items legal requirements, such as wear on the braking system, your headlights and tyre condition.
But your electric car service will also include the following checks:
Unlike petrol and diesel vehicles, electric vehicles don’t need an oil change - because there’s no oil to change! This can also save you money.
Service Regime Comparison : Golf
Electric | |
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Inspection Service | 9k miles / 12 months |
Expanded Inspection Service | 18k miles / 24 months |
Hybrid (Fixed Servicing only) | |
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Oil Change | 9k miles / 12 months |
Inspection Service with Oil (excluding electric) | 18k miles / 24 months |
Inspection Service Extended with Oil (excluding electric) | up to 36k miles / 36months, then every 36k miles or 24 months |
Petrol (Flexible Servicing) | |
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Oil Change | up to 18k miles / 24 months |
Inspection Service with Oil (excluding electric) | 18k miles / 24 months |
Inspection Service Extended with Oil (excluding electric) | up to 36k miles / 36 months, then every 36k miles or 24 months |
Diesel (Flexible Servicing) | |
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Oil Change | up to 18k miles / 24 months |
Inspection Service with Oil (excluding electric) | 18k miles / 24 months |
Inspection Service Extended with Oil (excluding electric) | up to 36k miles / 36 months, then every 36k miles or 24 months |
Electric (Fixed Servicing only) | |
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Inspection Service | 18k miles / 24 months, then every 18k miles or 12 months |
Expanded Inspection Service | 36k miles / 36 months, then every 36k miles or 24 months |
Petrol (Fixed Servicing only) | |
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Oil Change | 9k miles / 12 months |
Inspection Service with Oil (excluding electric) | 18k miles / 24 months |
Inspection Service Extended with Oil (excluding electric) | up to 36k miles / 36 months, then every 36k miles or 24 months |
We will always do our best to provide you with a replacement electric vehicle if we need to keep your car while we work. However, we are still at the start of our electric journey and don’t yet have sufficient stock to be able to promise this for every customer. If we cannot provide you with an electric vehicle, we guarantee to offer you a suitable alternative to keep you on the move.