Toyota Prado Car servicing
Can anyone recommend a good car service place for my Prado using Toyota spare parts? I have just imported my 1 year old Prado from Dubai and local Toyota garage want QAR 5000 just to register it on their system - robbery with the lights on I say!!! Any suggestions gratefully received. Regards Tony
Teyseer may be OK for routine Oil change ,filter etc - but In know Toyota has a service checklist for a certain Odometer reading . Are there garages in Qatar that can do this type of service .Mine is a fortuner imported from Bahrain . I am nearing 40K on the Odo . I would like to take it to a garage that does the proper job - if any one knowss such a place. rgs
Other than American cars none of the other cars are provided GGC-Wide warranty. Check your documents. If you dont have GCC wide warranty then there is nothing much even the Ministry can do and Neither will Toyota HQ do anything about it.
In addition to complaining to the Ministry, send a complaint to Toyota-Japan; I'm sure they don't accept such crooked practices; and if they do, never buy a Toyota again.
Just noticed you said your car is one year old.
For sure it is under warranty so check with Toyota Dubai to see if your warranty is valid at any Toyota dealer which it should be. It is possible that the story I relayed to you was in fact I believe either Toyota or BMW. If your warranty is valid I would definitely go to the proper authorities at the ministry of economy and commerce and report the Toyota dealer. MAke them service your vehicle under the conditions of the warranty you agreed to . Believe me they know what they are doing and they know it is wrong but yet they still try to bend the conditions to their liking . Make them honor the rules they have the responsibility to uphold.
I am sure for every car they have to service from outside Qatar there is one that leaves they dont have to.
ANYWHERE BUT TOYOTA. If you are new to Qatar you will not know NEVER bring your vehicle, no matter which make , to the dealer service center. Thye will RAPE you to no end. The charges here in Qatar have to be the highest not only in Doha, not only in the Middle East, but the highest on the entire planet.
There was an article on QL a few months back about exactly the same thing that a service center tried to charge QR 5000 to "register" an out of Qatar vehicle but since his warranty explicitly explained that his warranty was good at any mid east dealer during validity he brought his case to the better business government office which I think is at the ministry of ecnomy and commerce and won his case. The dealer was forced not to charge him anything. Check your warranty if it is still in force. NEVER trust the dealer service centers here as I can tell you of many a personal story of consistently getting ripped off. NEVER trust anything they say or tell you. JUST DONT GO! There are many car centers here that are better if not the same and more importantly more trustworthy!
I imported prado from Dubai an year ago and Toyota dealer asked the same. I am taking the vehicle to Tayseer service station and they are excellent. You can actually monitor what technician is doing. Make sure that he follows the maintenance schedule.
Even if you flush the engine, change japan make oil filter and use mobile 10,000 Km oil it will not cost more than 300 QR where as in Toyota, the same with 5000 Km oil will cost around QR 800 – 1000. Go to salwa road Tayseer and get the vehicle serviced in less than 2 hrs. In Toyota dealer it will take not less than one entire day.
all the major car companies chrage the same here unless you have GCC coverage
Report them to Toyota Dubai. Have some evidence handy.
I service my Honda here with no problem at all.