Audi "miles until next service" button...

[walm]

I did search so apologies if this is a re-post.
I just had my A4 serviced (by Audi, I know, waste of money but if anything wrong it was still under warranty).
Pressing the nice spanner button on the dash now shows "--- miles remaining until next service".
Rather than "20,000 miles remaining until next service".

Is that right? Do the miles not show up until you are closer to needing a service? Why not just show the number?

[dr matt uk]

I think it takes a couple of days to assess and then comes up with a reading. Also, in my experience the initial reading will be quite low (say 9,000 miles) and then start to climb depending on driving style. It will reach a peak, say 17,000 miles and then start to deline again as it works put when the next inspection is due.

If it stays as dashes, call the garage and double check they reset it properly

HTH

[cptsideways]

Maybe there's no oil in it

Edited by cptsideways on Thursday 5th June 11:32

[walm]

Thanks - garage claims it's normal but frankly I don't trust them as far as I can drop-kick them. PH: far more reliable.

[Dr G]

The garage are telling the truth.

[Dilligaf10]

Don't worry about it. Apparently the sensors have to monitor the state of the oil etc before it will give a reading.

[Fort Jefferson]

It takes about 300 miles to start reading.

[sleep envy]

walm said:

I just had my A4 serviced (by Audi, I know, waste of money but if anything wrong it was still under warranty).

are you aware that you don't have to take a car to a main dealer to maintain the warranty?

as long as the car is serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, using OEM parts your warranty is still valid

[walm]

sleep envy said:

walm said:

I just had my A4 serviced (by Audi, I know, waste of money but if anything wrong it was still under warranty).

are you aware that you don't have to take a car to a main dealer to maintain the warranty?

as long as the car is serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, using OEM parts your warranty is still valid

Thanks everyone.
Sleep envy - I wasn't worried about maintaining the warranty, I am just exceptionally lazy. If anything was wrong then it would most likely have been covered by the warranty which IIRC has to be then rectified by the main dealer.
So for the c.£40 difference in servicing costs I just wanted to take the car to one place (the main dealer) who could then sort everything in one go.

I have never had a car with a warranty before so perhaps anyone can fix it and then bill Audi, in which case I am both lazy and a muppet who should have just taken it to the local indi.

[walm]

sleep envy said:

walm said:

I just had my A4 serviced (by Audi, I know, waste of money but if anything wrong it was still under warranty).

are you aware that you don't have to take a car to a main dealer to maintain the warranty?

as long as the car is serviced in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, using OEM parts your warranty is still valid

Thanks everyone.
Sleep envy - I wasn't worried about maintaining the warranty, I am just exceptionally lazy. If anything was wrong then it would most likely have been covered by the warranty which IIRC has to be then rectified by the main dealer.
So for the c.£40 difference in servicing costs I just wanted to take the car to one place (the main dealer) who could then sort everything in one go.

I have never had a car with a warranty before so perhaps anyone can fix it and then bill Audi, in which case I am both lazy and a muppet who should have just taken it to the local indi.