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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: ig741 on 04 April 2019, 21:58
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Hi all,
I'm a new/first time GTI owner. I've recently bought an 18 plate Mk 7.5. It had done about 5000 miles when I bought it, i've done a few hundred more over the last few months, nothing major, just city driving back and forward to work.
I've got a message on the the dash that it's due an oil service in a couple of weeks. What is that? An oil change? Is it important being that the car's pretty new and not done many miles? ...or should i just be having a look at that nothing menacing comes out on the dipstick? (assuming it has one)
Cheers
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If I had just bought a car at the money you did a couple of quid more then you know it has fresh oil is a no brainier to me :smiley:
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Is this a serious question? An 18 plate is likely a year old so yes, it probably does need a service, particularly as it is telling you. Golfs can be on annual/distance or long life servicing, with low mileage and short journeys I'd stick with annual as in fact I do.
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My 1st service light came on a few weeks ago. The car was registered on 1st June 2018 and has done 7500 miles. Mainly town and lots of short runs and stuck in traffic which I think is the reason for the early light.
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My 1st service light came on a few weeks ago. The car was registered on 1st June 2018 and has done 7500 miles. Mainly town and lots of short runs and stuck in traffic which I think is the reason for the early light.
Yes, that’s likely to be the reason. Pretty certain the normal countdown to the service starts 30 days before the service is due. However, if the oil quality sensors identify a deterioration in oil quality before the service is normally due as a result of the specific use of the vehicle (e.g. short journeys), then I’d expect the ‘service due’ warning to be triggered early.
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My 1st service light came on a few weeks ago. The car was registered on 1st June 2018 and has done 7500 miles. Mainly town and lots of short runs and stuck in traffic which I think is the reason for the early light.
My oil service light came on my 68 reg GTI after 7 months/4000 miles. The supplying dealer didn't reset the count down timer when they registerd it and done the PDI. They said pop down anytime and they'll do it. But they are an hours drive away so they said ignore it, the cars not due it's service until 12 months are 10k miles.
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My 1st service light came on a few weeks ago. The car was registered on 1st June 2018 and has done 7500 miles. Mainly town and lots of short runs and stuck in traffic which I think is the reason for the early light.
My oil service light came on my 68 reg GTI after 7 months/4000 miles. The supplying dealer didn't reset the count down timer when they registerd it and done the PDI. They said pop down anytime and they'll do it. But they are an hours drive away so they said ignore it, the cars not due it's service until 12 months are 10k miles.
So technically you're car could be low on oil and the dealer says ignore the car and listen to them :grin: they couldn't even do the pdi right
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OP - Oil from a year old engine will have metal engine deposits in it as the engine has bedded/run in, and if the car hasn't that done many miles it will have started to degrade anyway.
For the sake of £179, why not just get it done?
:huh:
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The car isn't low on oil, I check it regularly. As for 'metal engine deposits in it as the engine has bedded/run in, and if the car hasn't that done many miles it will have started to degrade anyway'. The mileage to next service would be the one that was showing up. That still shows 3k miles. The car isn't mine, it's going back in 2 and half years, so I'm paying for a service that it doesn't need
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My 1st service light came on a few weeks ago. The car was registered on 1st June 2018 and has done 7500 miles. Mainly town and lots of short runs and stuck in traffic which I think is the reason for the early light.
My oil service light came on my 68 reg GTI after 7 months/4000 miles. The supplying dealer didn't reset the count down timer when they registerd it and done the PDI. They said pop down anytime and they'll do it. But they are an hours drive away so they said ignore it, the cars not due it's service until 12 months are 10k miles.
They did the exact same thing on my dads S3, it must of had its PDI prior to being a show room model so after 8 months or so and very little mileage it came up wanting a service. Audi were useless telling him at first it did need one, then no it doesn’t then changed there minds again, he took it down and they just reset it and did a software upgrade whilst it was in.
In IG741’s case though given it’s an 18 plate I’d say please don’t skip a service a £25k+ car warrants a sub £200 service.
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Thanks for the pointers everyone!
I'll get it booked in for a service.
Here's another question though. Is there a way for me to access the service history when it doesn't have a physical service book? (It's my first car that's not had a stack of paper documents!)
And the garage i'll be putting it into isn't an official VW one, should they still be able to update the digital service book?
CHeers
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Is it a VAG specialist or you just taking it to a local garage? You’re going to open a can of worms here but most will say take it to VW and I’d be inclined to agree (having previously asked the question myself) you don’t want to raise any issues should a warranty item pop up in the future. I think my first service was under £150 and my second was £219. If your going to be paying £99 for example at a local garage surely an extra £50 to have A definate VW digital service record and peace of mind is worth it?
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Yea, fair play that's a good point. It's the first car I've had that's a worth a dam, so I'm in I water here haha. Probably best I stick with the VW garage. Cheers
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My Gti PP came up with a oil service due at around 7k on the clock last year, I rang up my local dealer and they said nope it doesn't as the car is not on annual servicing. I said well I would rather have it done anyway and they said you don't need to....I had to insist as they were adamant it wasn't necessary.
After that discussion I booked it in online and dropped it off and later that day got a call to say the car was ready and "oh by the way it does appear to be on annual servicing after all" :whistle: The bonus was I got the oil service for £99 due to a glitch on their website which didn't specify the Gti PP was exempt from the £99 oil service offer :grin:
If it was an older car I would have done it myself or used a local vag specialist but for a year old car I decided less hassles if there is a warranty claim for example.
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Is it a VAG specialist or you just taking it to a local garage? You’re going to open a can of worms here but most will say take it to VW and I’d be inclined to agree (having previously asked the question myself) you don’t want to raise any issues should a warranty item pop up in the future. I think my first service was under £150 and my second was £219. If your going to be paying £99 for example at a local garage surely an extra £50 to have A definate VW digital service record and peace of mind is worth it?
I had to take mine to a local garage - it's a Leaseplan car with maintenance and apparently they now don't use main dealers for servicing... :shocked:
The car was in the actual garage part for just short of 30 mins (as per dashcam) and I had the joy of an absolute dog of a C3 for the day as a courtesy car :sad: