Oil Change warning

DaFoot said:
So the 184 has just started showing a warning that an oil change is due shortly.

Is this a service or literally just the oil?
Would getting a 3rd party garage to do the work invalidate the warranty?
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The "Block exemption" rules that were introduced decided that you can take your car to any VAT registered garage to have the work done as long as the materials used were VAG approved.

BUT

Should you have something that is borderline warranty or needs a VAG contribution just out of warranty - it always goes better with dealer stamps
 
Mine recently displayed it required an oil change. Car is a year old and covered 17400miles . It's on fixed servicing and had an oil change last September at 7900 miles when I bought it. When I booked it in to be serviced the dealer was adamant that it also required an inspection service as it was a year old even though the car was saying it was not required for some considerable time/mileage (can't remember the exact figure). Not sure if it was just a way of getting more money but I took great delight highlighting that it had a service plan (which I got free when I bought the car).
 
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DEAN0 said:
The "Block exemption" rules that were introduced decided that you can take your car to any VAT registered garage to have the work done as long as the materials used were VAG approved.

BUT

Should you have something that is borderline warranty or needs a VAG contribution just out of warranty - it always goes better with dealer stamps
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Spot on this is what the service manager told me.

Seat service possible contribution, non Seat service no chance
 
Just looked at my in car info on this - it's set to a 30k km interval. So then I went to the dealers, who said I must get it done at 15k km, or the warranty will be void. My question then was why isn't the car set to 15k km? No answer.
 
now am worried, my Car is a yr old tomorrow !! but ive only had it 2months or so & it had 4500miles on then, just over 6300 now.
Now iam buggered if it needs any oil changing so surely it shouldn't need anything else doing atm?
Was gonna just get it all done @ 10,000miles anyways & change variable servicing back to every 10,000 surely the 2yrs of warranty that's left should be all fine with that?

Just to add, Car was all checked over by supplying dealer which is still 47m away from me as they sell nearly new SEATs & got the car Direct from SEATs HQ for me.
 
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Havnt said all of that in the Cars Computer its telling me it doesn't need Oil Change until around 18,000 miles I forgot about that or 280 odd days or sumfink...
 
LeonFRTDi said:
Havnt said all of that in the Cars Computer its telling me it doesn't need Oil Change until around 18,000 miles I forgot about that or 280 odd days or sumfink...
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Your car came setup on "long life". Seat gives you two options, what they call time distance (10K or 1 year) or long life (which is 18000 miles or less, or two years).

Both service styles are valid and will uphold your warranty.

Good thing about dealer service is they'll stamp your book, so there can be goodwill if something goes broken after the warranty is over.

If you do the time distance with Seat it turns out much more expensive than doing the long life. In my humble opinion, long life is too long for oil. What I'll be doing (My car is also 1 year next week) is doing an oil change with an independent garage, tell them not to reset the oil change thingy, and then take it to Seat when the infotainment tells me to for the longlife.
 
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pvm1234567890 said:
Just looked at my in car info on this - it's set to a 30k km interval. So then I went to the dealers, who said I must get it done at 15k km, or the warranty will be void. My question then was why isn't the car set to 15k km? No answer.
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You should contact Seat Ireland and seek official clarification, preferably with an email as proof. Small dealerships love to make their own rules and if no one is there to enforce them, then they can get their way. Seems strange that Ireland would not be doing longlife servicing.
 
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guari said:
Your car came setup on "long life". Seat gives you two options, what they call time distance (10K or 1 year) or long life (which is 18000 miles or less, or two years).

Both service styles are valid and will uphold your warranty.

Good thing about dealer service is they'll stamp your book, so there can be goodwill if something goes broken after the warranty is over.

If you do the time distance with Seat it turns out much more expensive than doing the long life. In my humble opinion, long life is too long for oil. What I'll be doing (My car is also 1 year next week) is doing an oil change with an independent garage, tell them not to reset the oil change thingy, and then take it to Seat when the infotainment tells me to for the longlife.
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That's fine then iam dam sure I aint taking it back 2months or 2000miles since I got it. Unless there paying for my time & diesel etc etc. bugger that.
i'll see where things are once its around 10,000miles and deceide then.
Yeah agree with others this longlife Oil might be a great but on the scale of things what huge expence is changing the oil every 10,000 miles gonna cost us, piece of mind that's for sure.
Id still use the longlife Oil mind... its only £30 for 5litres anyways
 
guari said:
Your car came setup on "long life". Seat gives you two options, what they call time distance (10K or 1 year) or long life (which is 18000 miles or less, or two years).

Both service styles are valid and will uphold your warranty.

Good thing about dealer service is they'll stamp your book, so there can be goodwill if something goes broken after the warranty is over.

If you do the time distance with Seat it turns out much more expensive than doing the long life. In my humble opinion, long life is too long for oil. What I'll be doing (My car is also 1 year next week) is doing an oil change with an independent garage, tell them not to reset the oil change thingy, and then take it to Seat when the infotainment tells me to for the longlife.
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Daft Q once u change that Oil with the clever electric sensor which iam presuming is on the bottom of the sump like Audi/VW cars with this Variable servicing gizmo on them, not know that the Oil has all of a sudden been replaced & then extend the interval even longer? IE 35,000 miles !! might look abit sus that...
 
guari said:
You should contact Seat Ireland and seek official clarification, preferably with an email as proof. Small dealerships love to make their own rules and if no one is there to enforce them, then they can get their way. Seems strange that Ireland would not be doing longlife servicing.
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That's an excellent idea, why didn't I think of that!!!!! Will ring them tomorrow morning, and get them to email me confirmation either way.
 
LeonFRTDi said:
Daft Q once u change that Oil with the clever electric sensor which iam presuming is on the bottom of the sump like Audi/VW cars with this Variable servicing gizmo on them, not know that the Oil has all of a sudden been replaced & then extend the interval even longer? IE 35,000 miles !! might look abit sus that...
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Do mind though, that once the 10/1 year passes and if you don't take it to the dealer, then you are only left with longlife if you want to have the dealer stamp. UK rules allow you to do it with an independent, but then you loose the chance of goodwill once the warranty expires.

I went to my Seat dealership last week to ask all these things in person. They told me that there is nothing that actually monitors the oil (no funky sensor, nothing) but rather, that the car ECU monitors how you drive (if you give it the beans, if it's long motorways etc) and that's how it decides when the longlife should be. It can be 18 thousand or less. In my car, it's down to 14,000 from 18,0000 because I do a lot of start stop city driving
 
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/regimes

straight off VW site

This Flexible regime has been made possible due to the development of new Volkswagen engines with the latest technically advanced longlife oil. These engines use built-in sensors that continually monitor the oil quality, making it possible to enjoy reliable and confident motoring for up to a maximum of 18,000* miles or 24 months (whichever occurs first).
 
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