Two Geelys, two kinds of service
EX5. It's a battery electric SUV, so there's no engine oil, spark plugs or exhaust to deal with. Its service is mostly checks: brakes, tyres, suspension, cooling, cabin filter and the 12-volt battery.
Starray EM-i. CarsGuide described it as Geely's first plug-in hybrid in Australia, reviewed here in September 2025. It has the jobs of a petrol car plus a high-voltage system, which is why it comes round sooner. Short trips on battery power don't stop the engine oil ageing, so the 12-month limit still counts.
Neither car's high-voltage parts are a home job, and they're not every workshop's job either. Ask if the mechanic is trained and equipped for them.
What makes a Geely service bigger or smaller
We don't list prices on this site. Geely offers seven years of what it calls Assured Service pricing, plus pre-paid plans, and those are the place to look if the figure is your main question.
What sizes the job is simple enough: which service it is on the schedule, whether any fluids or filters have come due, and whether tyres, brake pads or anything else has turned up on inspection. Consumer Affairs Victoria's advice is to ask for a written estimate before any work starts, and it applies here too.
Warranty and roadside: what's tied to the dealer
Geely's launch terms were seven years with unlimited kilometres on the car and eight years with unlimited kilometres on the high-voltage battery.
A qualified independent mechanic following Geely's schedule and specifications doesn't by itself void that new car warranty. Roadside is different: GoAuto and The Driven both reported up to seven years of it when the car is serviced within the Geely dealer network. If you move away from the dealer, expect to lose that and plan for your own roadside cover.
Is a Geely the same as a Volvo or a Zeekr?
Not for this purpose. The Geely group's brands include Volvo Cars, Polestar, Zeekr and Lotus, and it's a half owner of Smart. Sharing an owner doesn't mean a mechanic who knows one knows the other, so ask about the actual car.
Older Geelys are their own story. CarsGuide reviewed an Emgrand in 2013 with a 10,000 km or 12-month interval and a three-year warranty, so go by that car's own book, not the figures above.
Tell us the job and which Geely it is. A local mechanic who specialises in your car.
What you can check on your Geely
You can
- Note the next service by date and kilometres, whichever you'll hit first.
- Check tyre pressures on a cold car. EVs tend to be hard on tyres, so look at the tread too.
- Top up the washer fluid.
Leave to the mechanic
- The scheduled service and its record.
- Anything on the orange high-voltage cables or battery.
- On a Starray EM-i, the engine oil and filter.
If it were our Geely
We'd check what roadside is worth to us first, because that's the part that hangs on dealer servicing. If we did go independent, we'd pick a mechanic who works on EVs and hybrids every week, and we'd ask for a written estimate and keep every invoice. For anything on the battery side, we'd go back to the dealer while the warranty's running.