4 year service for FR TFSI

[Noel<>leoN]

Anyone had a recent 4 year/40,000 mile service on an FR TFSI? How much was it?

I've only done 32k miles, but as I understand it that doesn't really matter, it is a year since it was last done at 23k/3 years

Any idea what the difference in price would be between a Seat garage and a local garage?

Is it worth taking it to a dealer now it is out of warranty?

Thanks!

 

[DanGB]

I paid around £150-175 for that service. Ive never taken mine to Seat for a service, too dear really, always been a specialist VAG tuner.

 

[RickyD1975]

Will your cambelt and water pump need changing also? This is apparently recomended at 4yrs or 60,000miles.

My Cupra will be 4yrs old March next year and mine will probably also be around the 30,000miles mark by then. I have 1 free service left from the service package when I bought the car.

 

[rllmuk]

I need the 40k service for mileage rather than age reasons, but I've had wildly different quotes from dealers. One quote £328. The next £265. I need a DSG service as well which adds an extra £150-£200 on as well.

In the end I booked it in at awsome for a combined 40k service and DSG service for less than my first quote from a dealer - mostly because every Seat dealer I spoke to said my car didn't have a DSG gearbox and didn't need a service on it

 

[Paulki]

As stated above, the 4 year or 60k service is supposed to include the cambelt change, so you are probably looking at £500-700 depending on where you take it.

I've got mine booked in next week for it's 4th annual service at a local independent garage and it's going to cost about £550.

 

[Noel<>leoN]

As stated above, the 4 year or 60k service is supposed to include the cambelt change, so you are probably looking at £500-700 depending on where you take it.

I've got mine booked in next week for it's 4th annual service at a local independent garage and it's going to cost about £550.

My "maintenance programme" booklet says the 4 year/40k mile (i.e. ~@60k km) service doesn't include the camshaft timing belt change- that is at 6 years/60k miles/90k km. The dealer didn't mention doing the cambelt.

Also, the dealer says that I need to change my spark plugs (for £95) in this 4 year/40k mile service, but my service booklet says that is only for the "normal" petrol, and the tfsi is at 60k. Which is likely to be correct- the dealer with the seat computer checklist or the service booklet that came with my car?

How often do you guys think I need to change spark plugs? I have done 32k miles in 4 years so far.

 

[rllmuk]

Service book is correct, spark plugs are at 60k on the 2ltr TFSI as I was reading up on this the other night. My experience is that dealer service departments don't have a clue - I was informed the other day I didn't have a DSG gearbox on mine so it didn't need an oil change...

Also, £95 for the plugs!

 

[cheungy]

right so you done about "32K" so that would be 30s...which is normally the minor service such as oil change and oil filter plus the inspections however as your car is 4 years old I would do the cam-belt as its (4 years or 60k WHATEVER comes FIRST!).

note I said this before when you get the cam-belt done get the water pump done at the same time then you don't have to worry about it later on.

oh yea the plugs I would get them done at 40k (thats the bigger service oil/fuel/air/sparks even brake fluid).

 

[Paulki]

My service book doesn't mention the cambelt either, but my local Seat dealer said that is was required and that Seat changed it on the TFSI to 4yrs/60k - presumably because of some issues on the earlier production engines?

 

[Noel<>leoN]

The maintenance book seems to make it quite complicated, but (deep breath) this is a summary of what it says:

It has sections on "every x km or every y years" (whichever comes first) which DOESNT mention the spark plugs or cambelt at all. It then has an additional section on "every x km" (i.e. doesn't matter about years) and that is where the spark plugs and cambelt are referred to- both at 90,000 km for my fr tfsi. It doesn't mention anything about the water pump, but I'll bear it in mind to do with the cambelt.

Therefore I'm going to leave the spark plugs and cambelt- either I've got 2 years or about 30,000 miles/45,000 km to go. I can decide which later on

Cheers for all the input on this.

 

[Noel<>leoN]

Cross posted with PaulKi...

My dealer hasn't mentioned the cambelt, just the spark plugs.

There seems to be no consistency between different dealers and still none between them and the maintenance book. I'm not feeling hugely confident they know what they're doing.

 

[Noel<>leoN]

In case anyone's interested, I rang up Seat customer service yesterday, who spoke to their technical department and confirmed I don't have to change my spark plugs yet.

 

[Paulki]

Noel

I've done some checking and the cambelt is definately supposed to be replaced at 4yrs/60k.

If it helps with your decision, I had my 4yr service today and had the cambelt done, I wasn't going to do the water pump as I've only done 18k, but it turned out it was starting to leak so that was replaced as well.

Came to £626, which is for the service, MoT and cambelt and water pump.

 

[Noel<>leoN]

Well I'll bring it up when I take it in then. Where did you do your checking? Maybe the tfsi sport is slightly different for servicing from the tfsi fr?

 

[Paulki]

I Googled "tfsi cambelt", this issue comes up on other forums for Audi and VW which use the same engine, and the consensus is 4yrs/60k, as I was advised by my local Seat franchise service dept.

Your FR has the same TFSI engine as my Sport, the BWA, so the servicing is the same. You could chance it, and it is probably unlikely to go bang, but, you could be unlucky.

Also, the fact that my waterpump was leaking after only 18k means that your one might also be on its way out. I understand the earlier production engines had a plastic pump, which has now been upgraded to metal, presumably because of them failing prematurely?

 

[rudgey]

So does the tensioner need changing too?

 

[slim20vt]

Mine needs changing I have done 47k and my sport tfsi is due this Xmas I was told 5 years or 60k miles by main dealer

 

[delboyuk2005uk]

I have a Seat Leon TDI FR 56 plate. Registered Decemeber 06

What service am I looking for is it the 4th one?

What does this service consist of?

How much roughly am I looking at?

Currently done 34k miles.

My car is 4 years old in December so if funds are tight being off work due to illness I can get cambelt changed later in the year?

Any help please guys.

 

[23230694]

Hi.

The dealer in denmark was told that the intervals of changing the cambelt has been changed by seat.

The old an new cupra is now 180.000km and no age!! The cambelt only has to be checked at service.

 

[Noel<>leoN]

Hi delboy, if you are low mileage like me then your will now be up to your fourth service- "4 years or 40,000 miles". If yours is a diesel then what they have to do for the service will probably be quite different. Ring up, get a quote and ask them what jobs they are basing that on. Compare that list to your service handbook in the car and make sure they match up. You'll have to read the few pages of the service section properly though- some sections are by mileage, some by time, some by "mileage or years, whichever is sooner". You'll need to build up a list of those things needing doing. It sounds like different cars have different service requirements, I chose to believe my service book over the dealer, though I did ring seat customer service and got them to confirm as well.

My service and MOT came to £320 all in, which I think is pretty good as there were a lot of checks to do. They quoted me £392 for the service alone initially, but that included £95 worth of spark plugs I don't need to change for a couple of years.