20K maintenance due at lease turn-in?

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Might of just screwed myself on a lease turn-in.

I did a 2 year / 20K lease on a Stelvio and am ready to turn it in a bit early. Odomoter just crossed 20K miles and i was planning to do the oil change and a recall before turning in but sounds like there is actually an expensive 20K mile service that might be due

Am i on the hook for this before turning the car in since i’ve exceed 20K miles? Or am I ok with just getting the oil change and dropping it off? Any folks who have experience with Alfa lease turn ins?

I’ve also got lease protection…but i don’t think that will cover any required maintenance.

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Thought the plugs were done at 30k miles. Hence the reason for doing 2 year leases on these…

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I put 22k mile on my Giulia and I only did an oil change the larger service is 30k miles unless they changed it

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Source??? Pretty easy to find the maintenance schedule online or in your owners manual.

Only the Quad has expensive service at 30k IIRC

You have a normal Chrysler GME T4 engine with normal maintenance requirements unless it’s a quad.

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Thanks - yea. was a bit confusing. Dealer said one thing, my limited research online showed a few different recommended service schedules from other dealers and i wasn’t with my service manual.

i initially thought only the oil change would be required and seems like i should be fine. Just dropped the car for the oil change yesterday… hilarious, dealer said the “recommended” 20K maintenance was $1400

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The maintenance is recommended and not required during a lease. But you will be on the hook if the lack of maintenance creates otherwise avoidable damages.

I personally don’t really put more than 12-15k miles on a car over a 3 year lease and I’ve never done more than the first maintenance check, usually halfway through the lease.