Coldham
Member
Hi all,
Instead of taking my car to a vw approved service centre this am I took it to a nice local garage, the cars at 85k, the service was quoted at circa £280 from vw approved dealers and the local garage £195 + £20 extra for the long life oil, so £215 all in. The car runs so much sweeter now! Looks like nobody ever changed the fuel filter at 40k like they should've! Feels so much more alive after the service, one issue tho is the service indicator is saying 9300 miles till the next service, I went back and showed the dealer as it should be around 20000 and I've paid extra to have the right oil etc. So he tried setting the service interval with the diagnostic laptop to 20,000 but said the only option is 15,000 for diesel or 30,000 for petrol!? I know it's meant to be 20,000(well I think I do) so I went off feeling a bit miffed but he'd set it to 15,000 and I'll do that pretty soon anyway so not a huge issue, when I restarted the car tho it's back at 9300! I wish I'd taken it to someone who knows what they're doing now! I can't take the car back to the dealer I used previously, especially after getting a quote from them and going elsewhere! But surely I can sort this out myself? Or do I need the diagnostic equipment to set the car to long life servicing? Maybe I should take the car to another vw specialist and pay them to reset the service interval? I'd appreciate your thoughts on this,
Many thanks
John
Instead of taking my car to a vw approved service centre this am I took it to a nice local garage, the cars at 85k, the service was quoted at circa £280 from vw approved dealers and the local garage £195 + £20 extra for the long life oil, so £215 all in. The car runs so much sweeter now! Looks like nobody ever changed the fuel filter at 40k like they should've! Feels so much more alive after the service, one issue tho is the service indicator is saying 9300 miles till the next service, I went back and showed the dealer as it should be around 20000 and I've paid extra to have the right oil etc. So he tried setting the service interval with the diagnostic laptop to 20,000 but said the only option is 15,000 for diesel or 30,000 for petrol!? I know it's meant to be 20,000(well I think I do) so I went off feeling a bit miffed but he'd set it to 15,000 and I'll do that pretty soon anyway so not a huge issue, when I restarted the car tho it's back at 9300! I wish I'd taken it to someone who knows what they're doing now! I can't take the car back to the dealer I used previously, especially after getting a quote from them and going elsewhere! But surely I can sort this out myself? Or do I need the diagnostic equipment to set the car to long life servicing? Maybe I should take the car to another vw specialist and pay them to reset the service interval? I'd appreciate your thoughts on this,
Many thanks
John