Long life servicing
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Hello All
I was hoping that somebody understands Audi long life servicing and could help me save a bit of money please?
I lease a September 2019 A4 TFSI through VWFS which is set to variable servicing and has approx 14.5k miles on it and never needed any servicing so far.
The MMI service internal screen currently reports 33 days/1600 miles to the next oil change and 115 days/4100 miles to the next inspection. I’m currently doing approx 700 miles per month.
Do people get both of these services done separately or is it acceptable to press the “Reset oil change interval” and get it done when the car goes in for inspection? I read that there is 30 days grace on servicing so would it be better to go 3 weeks over the oil change and then get them both done at the same visit? I’m looking for the best strategy to save money as it seems daft to pay for an oil change and less than 3 months later pay for an inspection.
The car will be returned in 10 months & maximum 10k extra miles from now so I imagine that I won’t need to worry about a second oil change/inspection during that time.
I was hoping that somebody understands Audi long life servicing and could help me save a bit of money please?
I lease a September 2019 A4 TFSI through VWFS which is set to variable servicing and has approx 14.5k miles on it and never needed any servicing so far.
The MMI service internal screen currently reports 33 days/1600 miles to the next oil change and 115 days/4100 miles to the next inspection. I’m currently doing approx 700 miles per month.
Do people get both of these services done separately or is it acceptable to press the “Reset oil change interval” and get it done when the car goes in for inspection? I read that there is 30 days grace on servicing so would it be better to go 3 weeks over the oil change and then get them both done at the same visit? I’m looking for the best strategy to save money as it seems daft to pay for an oil change and less than 3 months later pay for an inspection.
The car will be returned in 10 months & maximum 10k extra miles from now so I imagine that I won’t need to worry about a second oil change/inspection during that time.
When you do a oil service, they perform an inspection as part of the process so they'll reset the service interval then. The inspection needs to happen at least every 2 years but the oil change on a variable interval is dictated by the condition of the oil in the engine. That's why you end up with two separate dates but both get done at the same time anyway.
The engine can measure the quality of the oil somehow but I don't know the details.
The engine can measure the quality of the oil somehow but I don't know the details.
Aunty Pasty said:
When you do a oil service, they perform an inspection as part of the process so they'll reset the service interval then. The inspection needs to happen at least every 2 years but the oil change on a variable interval is dictated by the condition of the oil in the engine. That's why you end up with two separate dates but both get done at the same time anyway.
The engine can measure the quality of the oil somehow but I don't know the details.
This is incorrect I'm afraid.The engine can measure the quality of the oil somehow but I don't know the details.
An Oil service is an oil/filter change and basic check over of safety components.
An Inspection service is a more thorough vehicle inspection and road test.
An Oil and inspection service is both.
Looking at your timings it would be easier to get an "Oil and Inspection" service done in one hit rather than faff about with repeat visits.
Many thanks and I called three localish dealer groups today with the lowest combined oil & inspection service quote being £377.
They also wanted to sell a pollen filter change and a brake fluid change which together came to over £200 as these were “recommended” at two years.
Does anyone know if these are necessary to comply with VWFS servicing requirements because if they’re optional I’ll save my cash? Cheers
They also wanted to sell a pollen filter change and a brake fluid change which together came to over £200 as these were “recommended” at two years.
Does anyone know if these are necessary to comply with VWFS servicing requirements because if they’re optional I’ll save my cash? Cheers
On the subject of servicing does anyone know where I can find an Audi A5 service schedule that I can read for myself?
Customer Services couldn't help and the dealership could only read it out to me from their system. Seems nobody has it in print anymore, ie. like what used to be in a service book.
Thought I'd found one on www but was for the USA.
Customer Services couldn't help and the dealership could only read it out to me from their system. Seems nobody has it in print anymore, ie. like what used to be in a service book.
Thought I'd found one on www but was for the USA.
Disappointingly my PCH contract says that the car must be serviced in the franchise network so has anyone had success getting an Audi dealer to price match an independent and how is it done? As I understand it they want a written quote including all the Audi part numbers for the replacement parts. Has anyone managed to get one of these and how do you find somewhere authorised to do the work or is there anyway around it? Thanks
Franco5 said:
Disappointingly my PCH contract says that the car must be serviced in the franchise network so has anyone had success getting an Audi dealer to price match an independent and how is it done? As I understand it they want a written quote including all the Audi part numbers for the replacement parts. Has anyone managed to get one of these and how do you find somewhere authorised to do the work or is there anyway around it? Thanks
Hi, did you manage to get Audi to price match anywhere?Do you think servicing other brands is cheaper? Abarth £200 first service, £379 second service. Annual servicing. Mercedes couple of years ago: £200 + £400, annual servicing. Volvo and Jag also have annual servicing.
I think, my friend paid £380 for Octavia 1.0 long life service, because they convinced her to do cabin filter.
I think, my friend paid £380 for Octavia 1.0 long life service, because they convinced her to do cabin filter.
PenelopaPitstop said:
Do you think servicing other brands is cheaper? Abarth £200 first service, £379 second service. Annual servicing. Mercedes couple of years ago: £200 + £400, annual servicing. Volvo and Jag also have annual servicing.
I think, my friend paid £380 for Octavia 1.0 long life service, because they convinced her to do cabin filter.
I suspect there’s an ‘Abarth tax’ in their prices. Same happens with AMG Mercs.I think, my friend paid £380 for Octavia 1.0 long life service, because they convinced her to do cabin filter.
I’ve had a Merc for years and those servicing prices are very low unless the dealer did them cheap for some reason. First service alone should be nudging £300. Second service needs brake fluid and that would add £100.. Common to see people being ask to pay ~£600.
The VAG £380 long life service is the one where they do ‘everything’ - should only be needed every 4yrs or around 40K. I thought it included pollen filter (due every 2 yrs) but it gets messy with VAG if mileage and time based stuff doesn’t sync up nicely. If the car is approaching, or over, 3yrs old they should have changed the brake fluid too.
This applies to VW / SEAT / Skoda - again there’s probably an Audi uplift on that price.
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