Hello guys I've got a question in-regards to the servicing on the fabia, basically on my car it's saying I've got 500 miles due for a service, however I need to travel with work in my car and the round trip will be 540 miles, I was wondering if that will void my warranty on the car by not having it service straight away or have I got a little lean way in order to get it done? It's due for the second service which is around 18.5k miles for me.

 

Thanks, leprejohn

 

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How many miles covered since the last service or since the car was new?

 

Is your car on Fixed Servicing 9,400 miles (10,000) /372 days which ever comes first?

 

If it was new a year ago it could have been on variable servicing and maybe 18,500 miles / 2 years before a Oil / Filter/ Filters / Inspection Service.

 

If your car has Long Life Oil and you are going a few hundred miles over 9,400 miles you are not voiding your warranty 

because that refers to 'Service Schedule / Guidelines',  and your oil filter is good for a lot more than 10,000 miles.

http://volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/regimes 

 

Talk to the Dealership you are going to use for Servicing.

1 hour ago, Offski said:

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How many miles covered since the last service or since the car was new? - Its covered just over 18k miles since new

Is your car on Fixed Servicing 9,400 miles (10,000) /372 days which ever comes first? I believe its the fixed plan as I had it serviced around that sort of mileage last April 

 

If it was new a year ago it could have been on variable servicing and maybe 18,500 miles / 2 years before a Oil / Filter/ Filters / Inspection Service. Its on its second service now

 

If your car has Long Life Oil and you are going a few hundred miles over 9,400 miles you are not voiding your warranty 

because that refers to 'Service Schedule / Guidelines',  and your oil filter is good for a lot more than 10,000 miles. The car has covered more than the 9.4k miles its over 18k miles its due for the second service

http://volkswagen.co.uk/owners/servicing/regimes 

 

Talk to the Dealership you are going to use for Servicing. There isn't a local dealer to me so I'm taking it to a VAG specialist not too far from me

 

Your car will be serviced to Service Schedule Guidelines then if Long Life Oil is used and OEM parts.

(Because a Dealership puts a Fixed Service on the Service Indicator does not then reduce the life of the 5w 30 FS Long Life oil.)

1 hour ago, Offski said:

Your car will be serviced to Service Schedule Guidelines then if Long Life Oil is used and OEM parts.

(Because a Dealership puts a Fixed Service on the Service Indicator does not then reduce the life of the 5w 30 FS Long Life oil.)

 

 

What I'm trying to ask is if I was to get my car service after the 500 miles will it effect the warranty? 

Not by servicing it 500 miles over the 9,400 miles that the Service indicator was set at when at the last service Long Life Oil was used.

 

If in doubt ask at a Dealership Service desk, and if the employee says you 'Must go by the Fixed Service Indicator', ask them to put that in writing and go get the Workshop Manager or Master Tech to confirm that.

I've found that most VAG group dealers (and most other makes too) will allow a certain tolerance because sometimes workshops are busy etc... 500 miles over wouldn't be an issue more than a 1000 over probably would if the warranty claim was for an item that was impacted by the late service...

 

Best thing is ring up to book the service, tell them the current mileage, when they give you a date for the service, tell them what you think the mileage will be by then and verify that the warranty won't be affected.

I'm thinking that the OP knows he has not booked this car in on time - so why ask all these questions, just get that car in for its service in time instead of hoping that posters will give that "warm" feeling that all is okay, and if something nasty happens later it is not really your fault?