Seat Leon FR 184 - Inspection message - Servicing

[mcfetti]

Hello!

I have a 2016 Seat Leon Fr 184 (diesel) which is on Longlife servicing. It’s had its one and only service at 14872 miles in 17/10/2017. I bought the car in June 2018 with about 18k on the clock from a Seat dealership.
The car is almost exactly 12 months older from the original service, mileage now 23k and I have an alert for “Inspection in 12300 miles or 30 days” appear on my car seemingly on a timed alert. (in attachment)

I went to my local Seat garage who said I needed a £239 (2nd year service I believe) as soon as he heard the word “Inspection”.

Surely a service is not an “Inspection”?

I asked him why it would need a full service so soon in mileage terms after the last one and he advised that the length of time is based on the type of driving that’s occurred since the last one (which is roughly 1300 miles a month since I'v owned the car)

I get that the car has some kind of oil sensor to decide that but the “Inspection” seems to be on a time based alert ie its counting down the days until I need one also the separate oil service message is saying I don't need an oil service for another year (in attachment) so I’m confused what I’m been told.

Please can anyone clarify this as I’m unsure whether to take him at his word? Was thinking of getting a second opinion at another Seat dealer.
Cheers.

 

[Legojon]

If its anything like older cars, the service / oil interval counter just counts down. It has no idea what condition the oil is currently in. Generally an "inspection" service is shining the torch round checking condition of brakes, suspension, lights, etc.

 

[mcfetti]

If its anything like older cars, the service / oil interval counter just counts down. It has no idea what condition the oil is currently in. Generally an "inspection" service is shining the torch round checking condition of brakes, suspension, lights, etc.

Thanks for that, wonder if the dealer just wants to fleece me for a full service when its not required then!

 

[Legojon]

Well, a colleague took their car in for their first years service. Cost £240 and there was obviously nowt wrong with it and nothing was actually done on the service. Personally, the only thing I'd ever worry about on a car is the oil. And that's not due. So like I say, they'll take a quick look over it. I guess to an extent it's based on how you drive it because I wear through a set of front tyres yearly and do about 8000 miles a year.

 

[ben4012]

After service one its in at least every year or 20000 whichever comes first.

 

[R4CK5]

Long life servicing is every 2 years or 20000 miles whichever comes sooner. Standard servicing is yearly or 10000 miles from memory.

I have longlife service due to my mileage and it just so happens to work out yearly anyway. Bit of a shame considering I've just booked in for my second longlife service at £329!

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[ben4012]

That's what I thought until I read more carefully. You can go up to 20000 but not beyond a year.

In this doc. P13 I think https://www.seat.co.uk/datamanual-maintenance/my17_w22/Turismos/en-uk/PM_05_16_EN.pdf

 

[SteveGSXR600K1]

If its anything like older cars, the service / oil interval counter just counts down. It has no idea what condition the oil is currently in. Generally an "inspection" service is shining the torch round checking condition of brakes, suspension, lights, etc.

When I had my last service, the service manager said that the oil quality is monitored, and adjusts the days left to an oil change, depending on the oil efficiency/quality. My friends Vauxhall Corsa has an Oil Life display showing the oil quality as a % of its efficiency, that would be handy!

 

[Legojon]

When I had my last service, the service manager said that the oil quality is monitored, and adjusts the days left to an oil change, depending on the oil efficiency/quality. My friends Vauxhall Corsa has an Oil Life display showing the oil quality as a % of its efficiency, that would be handy!

Trouble is, from what I've read, the Corsa still doesn't monitor anything from the actual oil. It does something like rpm x miles as a rolling figure. Assumingly the oil can only be whipped so much before it needs changing LOL. Colleague with a Corsa had a service including oil change and 2 weeks later had the oil life indicator warning. Apparently they "forgot to reset it at the service". They did the service indicator but forgot there was a seperate oil one.

 

[mcfetti]

Thanks for your replies. I ended up contacting the guy who I bought the car from (Seat dealership in Portsmouth) who said that I just needed to get the "Inspection" message reset at my local dealership (free of charge).

Rather than do this I managed to find a way of resetting the message myself.
I found these posts on a Skoda forum for anyone wanting to do the same and it worked a treat on my 2016 Seat Leon.

"As wacky is it sounds - but it works! for inspection warning reset, do the following: activate the hazard warning lights, as it is on, press the 0.00 button, and turn the egnition on half turn. it will display the "are you sure message", and you should enter OK, and turn the egnition off and on again.
for oil warning, the same procedure without the hazard warning lights on."

"1. First of all, turn the ignition key to ON, then to OFF (this step is very important, even having the ignition off from the start).
2. Now turn the hazards ON and let them on until the end of the process.
(...)

It's also important to finish the procedure to keep the trip button pressed for 20 seconds. Otherwise, the message won't disappear from the screen."