Hi, My Karoq is now one year old on 8,291 miles.

 

I'm uncertain if it is now due for a service as I'm not sure if it is on fixed or variable servicing.

 

Skoda Connect currently shows OIL SERVICE 8100 mi/293 day(s) and NEXT SERVICE 11600 mi/385 day(s). Does this indicate it is on variable servicing and that an oil change isn't due for another 9 months?

 

Thanks.

Almost the same as mine Richard. My car is coming up to 1 yr old 03/01/18, now 8761 miles. I've got it booked in for an oil service 20 December, and according to Connect it is showing 600miles/10 days. If I was you I would have an oil change service regardless, then decide what type of service schedule suits you - obviously letting the garage know if you want LL oil put in or not. To my mind, it better to have fresh oil in a new engine after its first year, rather than having all the metal particulates swilling about for months on end. 

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With a TDI you are getting long life oil even for fixed services. 

Long Life Oil in from the factory and the car on Variable Servicing unless that was changed at the PDI to fixed.

TDI oil is VW 507 so 5w 30 FS LL.

(unless now VW509  so 0w 20 FS LL)

 

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

 

Ah, that would explain why when I checked on the Castrol Oils website it came up with Edge 5W030 LL regardless.

It does say Service Intervals -

Normal: Change 15,000km/ 12 months, 

Extended drain (max): Change 30,000km/ 24 months

 

Thanks Offski.

3 hours ago, RichardPB said:

Hi, My Karoq is now one year old on 8,291 miles.

 

I'm uncertain if it is now due for a service as I'm not sure if it is on fixed or variable servicing.

 

Skoda Connect currently shows OIL SERVICE 8100 mi/293 day(s) and NEXT SERVICE 11600 mi/385 day(s). Does this indicate it is on variable servicing and that an oil change isn't due for another 9 months?

 

Thanks.

 

There are two service intervals.

 

1) Fixed Interval - 10,000 miles / 12 months, whichever is reached first.

2) Variable Interval - up to 20,000 miles / 24 months, the car decides for itself when it requires a service based on operating conditions.

 

As you're 12 months in, and have covered over 8,000 miles, with the car telling you you've another 8,000 miles until a service is due, then your Karoq is set to variable, or long life servicing.

 

This means there is a good chance your car will go two years / winters on the same oil, not ideal.

 

With an average annual mileage of 8,000 miles you'd be better off on the fixed interval. This way the car gets serviced  at least once a year.

 

Oil is the lifeblood of the engine and turbo. Whilst engine technology and oils are improving all the time, if the car is a keeper then for sake of a few hundred quid I'd be servicing it annually.

 

Edited 9 December, 20187 yr by silver1011

As above. 

 

My current Octavia is a lease and I was persuaded to go variable. Never again. Even though the car isn’t and never will be mine, I just don’t like it. 

I'll contact my local service centre this week and get it booked in for an oil service.

 

I know technology moves on and oils have progressed in recent years but for piece of mind I'd rather it was changed every year.

Your dealer will remind you that this applies to cars three years old and older, but a lot of dealers will honour these prices on newer cars, mine does.

 

Even if they don't then you can still use this fixed pricing as a leverage to negotiate a decent discount...

 

 

http://www.skoda.co.uk/finance-and-offers/service-and-maintenance/simply-fixed