Hello all

when I recently bought my used superb the service paperwork showed an oil change, upon service, whilst in the possession of the dealer, 4 months prior to my buying it. A week after ownership the change oil now warning came up upon starting the car. I had an oil and filter change done as I felt happier knowing for sure it had been done. 600 miles later and the warning is back again. 

 

The garage did reset the oil service counter but I noticed that although the days to oil change was reset, the mileage to oil change was on 0. This was the same when I bought the car, mileage on 0 but days still high. 

 

Is the garage missing something when they reset the warning?  I have a friend with the Skoda software, can that be used to reset it myself?  It is set to variable service which I’d rather keep. 

 

Thanks all all for your help. 

What did the dip stick show before the oil was changed, settings reset again and now.

Before it was changed it had the correct oil level but I would say the oil was darker than I would have expected being as it had been changed allegedly. I didn’t check it immediately after I got it changed but looking today again the level is right and the oil is very clean. I should also have mentioned that when I collected the car from the dealer the time to oil change was 0 on miles but high on days. 

On 11/04/2018 at 19:20, Jamsco said:

Hello all

when I recently bought my used superb the service paperwork showed an oil change, upon service, whilst in the possession of the dealer, 4 months prior to my buying it. A week after ownership the change oil now warning came up upon starting the car. I had an oil and filter change done as I felt happier knowing for sure it had been done. 600 miles later and the warning is back again. 

 

The garage did reset the oil service counter but I noticed that although the days to oil change was reset, the mileage to oil change was on 0. This was the same when I bought the car, mileage on 0 but days still high. 

 

Is the garage missing something when they reset the warning?  I have a friend with the Skoda software, can that be used to reset it myself?  It is set to variable service which I’d rather keep. 

 

Thanks all all for your help. 

Hello,

 

I have exactly same problem and exactly same situation. Used car from the dealer, In February full service done. Change oil message come up. After reset, mileage on zero days on high. I have changed oil with filter but still problem occur. 

How did you fixed the problem?

Kind Regards

Leszek

Hi

I never have fixed it unfortunately. I have the oil changed every 6 months and always within 2 weeks, the change oil warning comes on. I now just put up with it. 

Sounds like someone has messed up the service settings. Should be fixable with VCDS or similar in the right hands 🙂

Hi, where are you in the country? Someone should be able to set it correctly for you with VCDS or ODIS. Mind you, take it back to the dealer and get them to sort it for free. Not difficult to do.