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Service interval?
« on: December 25, 2009, 09:08:48 pm »
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How does the gti decide its time for a service? does it literally count down the miles from the last reset of the service counter or does it go off the oil condition? or something else?

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Re: Service interval?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2009, 09:32:32 pm »
Depends on what it is set at. If time and distance, then usually that. If longlife, then I think it analyses how you are using the car eg short journeys, long journeys etc. 

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Re: Service interval?
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2009, 07:28:01 pm »
If I am informed correctly it's literally the volume of fuel that the engine has used.  This covers all situations, cold starts, motorway journeys, short stop-start trips, etc.


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Re: Service interval?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2009, 09:39:57 pm »
my car was serviced (apparently) when i bought it (1200 miles ago/3months) now its telling me i need a service??? my fuel consumption maybe bad but im beginning to think it wasn't serviced.

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Re: Service interval?
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 01:30:18 pm »
my car was serviced (apparently) when i bought it (1200 miles ago/3months) now its telling me i need a service??? my fuel consumption maybe bad but im beginning to think it wasn't serviced.

Perhaps they didn't reset the service light?

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Re: Service interval?
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 01:40:19 pm »
my car was serviced (apparently) when i bought it (1200 miles ago/3months) now its telling me i need a service??? my fuel consumption maybe bad but im beginning to think it wasn't serviced.

Perhaps they didn't reset the service light?

That has happened to me before. Also had to take a car back once because they hadn't stamped the book! :surprised:

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Re: Service interval?
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2009, 02:48:43 pm »
they must have a tick list tho....once you do it tick it.....whats the world comming to if they cant tick a list correctly???



thing is...if they never serviced it, my car will be doing double the time its suppost to without a service...