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Cupra 300 service interval
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Servicing is condition based. Either your car is set to 12 months/10,000 miles intervals and you're driving like my gran does, or it's set to 2 years/18,000 miles and you're driving like I do.
Unless you asked for the indicator to be set to long life when the PDI was carried out it will most likely be set to 12 months/10,000 miles and your mostly motorway driving has just meant it has gone longer than normal without needing a service.
Unless you asked for the indicator to be set to long life when the PDI was carried out it will most likely be set to 12 months/10,000 miles and your mostly motorway driving has just meant it has gone longer than normal without needing a service.
If Seat’s default service regime is like VW’s, then new cars from the factory are all set for long life (flexible) servicing, which is up to a maximum of 18,000 miles or two years between services before the service indicator in the car prompts for the car to be serviced. The product code on the vehicle data sticker for long life servicing is Q16 (I think this is the same for Seat and VW).
As Scroggs has said, long life servicing is condition based. The long life (flexible) service regime doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be able to go 18,000 or two years before the car needs an oil change service; 18k miles or two years is the maximum. I believe the car monitors the engine oil quality / condition and if the type of motoring you’ve done results in the oil quality deteriorating to the point that it an oil change service is required before 18k miles / two years, then it will trigger a ‘service due’ warning. Sounds as if this is what has happened in your situation OP.
As Scroggs has said, long life servicing is condition based. The long life (flexible) service regime doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be able to go 18,000 or two years before the car needs an oil change service; 18k miles or two years is the maximum. I believe the car monitors the engine oil quality / condition and if the type of motoring you’ve done results in the oil quality deteriorating to the point that it an oil change service is required before 18k miles / two years, then it will trigger a ‘service due’ warning. Sounds as if this is what has happened in your situation OP.
It's usually the other way around. The default is 12 months/10,000 miles unless the customer asks for long life or it is a Motability or Contract Hire car with servicing included as fleet companies won't usually pay for the car to be serviced every year.
It almost certainly will be.
VW default is long life / flexible from the factory. Surprising it’s not the same for both VW and Seat, as they use the same engines.
I had my VW changed to the time and distance service regime as I have a VW service plan where the car is serviced every 10,000 or 12 months, whichever is the soonest. I also don’t like to leave the same oil in the engine for up to 18k miles or two years, even if it is long life oil.
Perhaps your "average" VW driver does more than 10k a year?
Also worth bearing in mind that SEAT servicing is cheaper than VW, so getting customers back in more often generates more income for the dealer network.
It's never as simple as 'they have the same engines' and servicing is not just about maintaining the car...
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