"Service Now" keeps coming back

[uksubs]

Hi, 

 

Recently bought a 2012 2lt diesel Superb that had a service done at the point of purchase. (FSH and under 50k miles) A few days later "Service Now" message came on. Reset it and then a few hundred miles later it came back on.

 

Any suggestions on why this might be and what might be done about it? (Do not really trust garage to give me a helpful response so would rather see what advice there might be out there in the hope that I can find another way forward)

 

Thanks in advance for any helpful replies that might come back.

 

C

 

[Tech1e]

How did you reset it?

[uksubs]

HI

 

I used the buttons on the steering wheel. I went into the service option and clicked on the reset option.

[chimaera]

Any additional information other than that message? There are two separate service counters: one is mileage based and the other is time based. They could both be hitting within a short time of each other.

 

Another possibility is that the oil sensor is acting up and making the car think it needs a service when it's actually fine. I'd suggest finding someone with VCDS or similar and seeing if there are any error codes?

[Wile7]

I have that popping up on my 3.6 petrol - but it also says the next service is not due for another 10,000kms or so??

 

I'm ignoring it although I might change the oil as its done a fair few in the past year.

 

Dave

[Danny 57]

Hi, 

 

Recently bought a 2012 2lt diesel Superb that had a service done at the point of purchase. (FSH and under 50k miles) A few days later "Service Now" message came on. Reset it and then a few hundred miles later it came back on.

 

Any suggestions on why this might be and what might be done about it? (Do not really trust garage to give me a helpful response so would rather see what advice there might be out there in the hope that I can find another way forward)

 

Thanks in advance for any helpful replies that might come back.

 

C

Was the car bought from a garage. If so then give them the problem. If not then I see your predicament.

[JohnMurphy]

Hi, I've my superb almost a year and that same "service now" message comes up every 120 miles. It's extremely annoying, but i've learned to go and reset the MFD about once a month. Take it to a garage or someone with a VCDS to reset the service interval.

[g_tee]

Is the car set to variable servicing? They probably didn't reset the counter properly, and doing it via the steering wheel, IIRC, is only good for resetting fixed services. I think.

 

I know I've had this problem on my 06 Octavia once - and it was the main dealer no less who completely forgot to reset it.

 

You can reset variable servicing cars with VAGCOM - that's precisely what I did and it stopped nagging.

[uksubs]

HI all

 

Thanks for the replies. I am not hearing any horror stories and the theme seems to be to get VAGCOM/VCDS or garage check/reset. Will do so and post on here the outcome, might not be for a few weeks though.