Service intervals and spanner display

[Donny Boy]

I have a 1.9 TDi Stylance Leon first registered in November 2005.
I have done about 8,900 miles and now when I start the car a spanner indicator appears with 500 below it. I assumed this meant I needed a sevice in 500 miles.
I spoke to my dealer and he did not know what the 500 meant but booked me in for a service and assumed same as me re 500 miles.
BUT I thought service intervals were 10,000 miles

Any ideas why my spanner indicator has come up?

If I wanted until 10k miles reached before having a service and ignored the spanner would it affect my warranty?

Thanks.

 

[Johnsey]

I have a 1.9 TDi Stylance Leon first registered in November 2005.
I have done about 8,900 miles and now when I start the car a spanner indicator appears with 500 below it. I assumed this meant I needed a sevice in 500 miles.
I spoke to my dealer and he did not know what the 500 meant but booked me in for a service and assumed same as me re 500 miles.
BUT I thought service intervals were 10,000 miles

Any ideas why my spanner indicator has come up?

If I wanted until 10k miles reached before having a service and ignored the spanner would it affect my warranty?

Thanks.

The dealer just forgot the reset it at the PDI. As long as you stick to the 10k service schedule you'll be fine with your warranty

 

[Donny Boy]

The dealer just forgot the reset it at the PDI. As long as you stick to the 10k service schedule you'll be fine with your warranty

Thanks.

I will cancel my service then. My dealer is 45 minutes away and I would have to be there at 8.30am, too early for a Saturday wasted journey!!!

 

[Tam]

The dealer just forgot the reset it at the PDI. As long as you stick to the 10k service schedule you'll be fine with your warranty

Well .. if you look at it like that then, 8,900 + 500 = 9,400 miles, yet the car by then thinks that it would be at 10K .... so wheres the 600 miles gone then?


Can you really reset a speedo with 600 miles on it?

 

[Johnsey]

Can you really reset a speedo with 600 miles on it?

Technically, yes. I think the service alerts run on KMs not Ms

 

[Tam]

Technically, yes. I think the service alerts run on KMs not Ms

Ahhh ... gotcha ....

Although that opens up a whole new kettle of fish, surely if its sold as service intervals every 10,000 miles, when really its every 10,000Km's .. thats actually some sort of trade descriptions issue ..

 

[Johnsey]

Ahhh ... gotcha ....

Although that opens up a whole new kettle of fish, surely if its sold as service intervals every 10,000 miles, when really its every 10,000Km's .. thats actually some sort of trade descriptions issue ..

The service intervals are 10k miles but the odometers primarily work on km so there's a conversion factor involved which should be close enough - besides, people will generally call the dealer just before the car needs servicing anyway as they know it'll take 2 weeks before they can get a courtesy car

 

[Tam]

people will generally call the dealer just before the car needs servicing anyway as they know it'll take 2 weeks before they can get a courtesy car

LOL - Yeah the infamous poor dealer network,

Think thats the only thing that would worry be by going into a Seat. Still .... It'll be a new experiance...

 

[Johnsey]

You get your good ones and bad one, same as any other manufacturer. Costs will vary between Stealers too. Shop around and remember you dont have to use a dealer, use a specialist if you want - as long as they're VAT registered and use SEAT approved parts your warranty is intact thanks to the EU Block Exemption rules. (do a search for more info)

 

[Tam]

You get your good ones and bad one, same as any other manufacturer. Costs will vary between Stealers too. Shop around and remember you dont have to use a dealer, use a specialist if you want - as long as they're VAT registered and use SEAT approved parts your warranty is intact thanks to the EU Block Exemption rules. (do a search for more info)

Will be a lease car anyway (company car) - so not that worried

Think i will use Listers at Coventry .. they seem to do ok on the 2 cupra's we have in the car park at the moment.... (so far - touch wood).

 

[Johnsey]

Will be a lease car anyway (company car) - so not that worried

Think i will use Listers at Coventry .. they seem to do ok on the 2 cupra's we have in the car park at the moment.... (so far - touch wood).

I'd use Francis in Leicester

Come to the next Brum meet seeing as you appear to be local

 

[Tam]

I'd use Francis in Leicester

Come to the next Brum meet seeing as you appear to be local

Nah not local to north of that area ..


Put it this way - i can throw a stone and hit the front of Reevo's offices

 

[Donny Boy]

I asked Seat customer services and they said
"Thank you for your e-mail regarding the service light on your SEAT Leon.

It would appear that the service reminder light has come on early however,
it will not invalidate your warranty if want to wait until the 10 000 miles
to have the vehicle serviced. I hope this information is of help to you"

So I'm leaving it. Not that I care much as it's a company car

The service book is all in km's, but I understood the service light is set to miles so should come on nearer 10k. The place I'm going is 3/4 to an hour away from me so instead of a courtsey car they would drive me into the city nearby to kill time (great..... ), not worth going home and back.

 

[spyke85]

The wonderful job of being a courtesy driver for a garage...its what I do when I am not at uni and I love it. Get to meet some really interesting people. I'm at Audi though.

 

[AR-CoolC]

Well .. if you look at it like that then, 8,900 + 500 = 9,400 miles, yet the car by then thinks that it would be at 10K .... so wheres the 600 miles gone then?


Can you really reset a speedo with 600 miles on it?

The service interval is every 15000km, that equates to 9315miles so your interval warning is spot on.

 

[Donny Boy]

The service interval is every 15000km, that equates to 9315miles so your interval warning is spot on.

yes but 9315 is silly. so seat say 10k in uk.

My car must still be set in km's. It's a sneaky plan to get UK to convert to km!

 

[Fl@pper]

yes but 9315 is silly. so seat say 10k in uk.

gives you a chance to book it in and time to get through on the phone

 

[AR-CoolC]

yes but 9315 is silly. so seat say 10k in uk.

My car must still be set in km's. It's a sneaky plan to get UK to convert to km!

Yes they say it's every 10000 because that's what they recomend and use as a guide, but the computer just converts fron km to miles. That's why your service indicator has come on "early".

 

[LooTed]

Service Intervals

This applies to all models.

Two points here - First, why doesn't SEAT simply use 16000km as the service interval in the UK since this value is much nearer to 10k miles (9942 near enough)? Second, in an environment where many measurements are defined in ISO and KWP protocols to be within certain limits, how is it acceptable to mix apples and pears and allow approx 6.8% discrepancy and claim that it is normal?

Also, is it not correct that within the 'Service Reset' area of the Instrument Cluster that one may reset to change to fixed intervals in miles? Should this not be set at the factory for UK bound vehicles?

 

[leonfr170]

hmmm, my car's mileage is around 27k at the moment and the car is telling me its 300 miles form a service. should i wait or just get it booked in then?
also, should i be getting my brake fluid changed as well, i'm sure there is something weird going on as i have no confidence in braking from speed - the abs will always kick in???
whats a decent price as well for a 30k service?