Leeds - auto electrician?

[andys]

Don't suppose there is an oOple Auto Electrician that's local to Leeds on here is there?

I have a heater resistor that needs replacing on my Renault. I have bought the part and know what needs to be done.

I got a local auto electrician out - but he simply told me I was right - and needed a new resistor and tried to tell me the part was £80
It wasn't - it was only £20, so I had to pay him his £55 call out fee for his 10mins and brew I made him, and he told me it would be £85 to £95 to call back and fit the part when i pushed him for a price to get him to fit the part once I had it.

So - not entirely happy, £55 out of pocket to be told I was right about the fault.

Anyone help me out?

[bodgit]

Don't know which Renault you have but there are plenty of you tube clips that seem simple enough if you can have a go yourself.

[andys]

It's a 2007 Grand Scenic.
Getting to the resistor is very tricky - unless you have tiny hands - or I guess know what you are doing / have done it before
Hardest part is wiring / connecting the new one in as apparently the wire runs across the car under / behind all the dash.

[mark christopher]

???

your miffed you called an auto electrician out and he charged you £55 to diag a fault? we charge £86 for you to come to us!!

Autodata show a labour time of 3.5 hours for the heater module/resistor pack

you dont need an auto electrician to fit a part, you just need a technician that's prepared to do it

[andys]

Yep - I was a bit miffed as I'd already diagnosed the fault myself and he agreed on the phone that my problem was the resistor.
I asked him if he'd bring the part but he avoided committing - saying he wanted to have a look himself - fair enough. Thing is it took minutes to assess I was correct. Then he tried to tell me the £20 part was £80!
Also he 'reccomended' I replace the heater parts (another £200+) of parts which were functioning properly - just in case!

3.5 hour job - I can replace the part in 2mins flat. Only problem is wiring. If I spliced the new resistor into the wiring I could do it myself in 15mins - but I'd rather not do that.

I have no problem paying to get a job done - the car has cost me close to £2k recently with various garages - just don't like getting my shirt lifted and wondered if I could find somone on here I could trust to help

Mark - let me know who the 'us' is and then I know which company to avoid if I take the car to a garage.
My local renault dealer only charge £70 to diagnose a fault - and that is waivered if you have the work done.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by andys

Yep - I was a bit miffed as I'd already diagnosed the fault myself and he agreed on the phone that my problem was the resistor.
I asked him if he'd bring the part but he avoided committing - saying he wanted to have a look himself - fair enough. Thing is it took minutes to assess I was correct. Then he tried to tell me the £20 part was £80!
Also he 'reccomended' I replace the heater parts (another £200+) of parts which were functioning properly - just in case!

3.5 hour job - I can replace the part in 2mins flat. Only problem is wiring. If I spliced the new resistor into the wiring I could do it myself in 15mins - but I'd rather not do that.

I have no problem paying to get a job done - the car has cost me close to £2k recently with various garages - just don't like getting my shirt lifted and wondered if I could find somone on here I could trust to helc

Mark - let me know who the 'us' is and then I know which company to avoid if I take the car to a garage.
My local renault dealer only charge £70 to diagnose a fault - and that is waivered if you have the work done.

They carnt be making money then, 70 to diag, or waive that for the diag and charge 20 part plus 5 mins labour....only going on labour times from autodata,personally we dont touch french efforts