FR TDi Servicing

[wattsuk]

Has anyone else seen this?
I'd covered 8700 miles when my MFD showed a spanner and 700 miles when I turned the key in the ignition. My hand book said it meant needed my 1st service at 9400 miles. Hello? I thought it was supposed to be service every 10K miles?

Rang my dealer who said it should be every 10k and I sholud ignore it and bring it in at 10K. He would then reset the counter. Although he said I will get irritating warning once I've covered another 700 miles until service is due.

Could the Spanner warning be due to Spainish car needing servicing every 15K KM (9000 miles) - as suggest in Service manual?

 

[Tam]

Has anyone else seen this?
I'd covered 8700 miles when my MFD showed a spanner and 700 miles when I turned the key in the ignition. My hand book said it meant needed my 1st service at 9400 miles. Hello? I thought it was supposed to be service every 10K miles?

Rang my dealer who said it should be every 10k and I sholud ignore it and bring it in at 10K. He would then reset the counter. Although he said I will get irritating warning once I've covered another 700 miles until service is due.

Could the Spanner warning be due to Spainish car needing servicing every 15K KM (9000 miles) - as suggest in Service manual?

Correct, its spanish so 15,000 KM is 9320 Miles.

Not the 10,000 miles you would have expected / advertised

 

[k4ith]

IMO, Vag cars as proven to me also work in how they have been driven
i.e. drive it hard the ecu acknowledges this and says bring me in early for a service as i have been driven hard, had it on my prev GTI , service dept confirmed this poss same across the VAG group?

 

[Tam]

IMO, Vag cars as proven to me also work in how they have been driven
i.e. drive it hard the ecu acknowledges this and says bring me in early for a service as i have been driven hard, had it on my prev GTI , service dept confirmed this poss same across the VAG group?

Only on variable service intervals - the seats are all fixed service gaps - so will come on at exactly the same mileage no matter if you have abused it or nanny'd it.