This might seem an odd one but bear with me. I have my car on a company lease. The lease ends on 30.06 and it is likely I will buy it.

 

The lease includes maintenance, the car is on variable servicing. Up to this point it has been triggered pretty much dead on 18k miles each time. I am currently on 54,500 but it is showing another 1,700 to go still. This is largely down, I think, to the fact my mileage has reduced due to lockdown and in fact I will not come near those extra 1,700 miles before the end of June at this rate.

 

I want the car to have its next service before I buy it as I don't want that cost and also my firm have effectively paid for it.

 

My local dealer is currently closed in full but I know from past experience that they are not keen to carry out a service if the service required notice does not come up. They may be more flexible in the current circumstances but they are not there to ask. My question is, is there a driving style that will bring the notice up sooner or am I stuck with it being simply about miles right now? I am not going to go driving around the country to build up miles so the only thing in my control is style of driving.

 

Thoughts appreciated, I hope you can work out what it is I mean.

How many days are shown to the next service?

 

 

I have maintenance interval 15 000 km or 1 year, whatever comes first.

27 minutes ago, edbostan said:

How many days are shown to the next service?

 

 

It is something daft like 300 days. I'm assuming it is because my weekly mileage has dropped from around 450 miles a week to 150 miles a week. My journeys are now an easy 14 miles each way to work, 5 days a week, nothing more. It has messed with the head of the computer 😄

Lots of really short runs would trigger it I'd have thought, but who wants a car that has been used for short journeys...

@Roottootemblowinootsoot My reply was to mention that there's also a time factor for maintenance not only mileage what maybe was forgot.

 

If short runs would trigger maintenance time then I guess they wouldn't write next MNT time to service book.

Pretty sure you can change the miles remaining to next service with VCDS or similar.  It's just an adaption channel in the instrument cluster

1 hour ago, NJRJ said:

Lots of really short runs would trigger it I'd have thought, but who wants a car that has been used for short journeys...

Seeing as how I am buying it, not me 😄

@Vahur

There is fixed service 9,400 miles / 372 days or as the OP's Flexible / Variable.  24 months / 18,000-20,000 miles.

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

 

Really if having to miss the Service Plan service before taking ownership & paying for one on a car that has managed to do lots less mileage before purchase is not  a great cost / expense.

*Service plan services not exactly being comprehensive.*

 

Pity the lower mileage will let VW Finance or whoever ask more for the car.

Edited 14 May, 20206 yr by Roottootemblowinootsoot

Just to tidy this one up. My dealer has been closed since lockdown and they rang me today advising that they will re open for servicing on June 1st. 'We noticed your car is about due for a service, would you like to book it in first week back?' I explained that the service indicator wasn't showing yet, they didn't care. I think with 2 months without servicing money coming in they are just happy to get things turning over again. Problem solved 👍

I got a text message in March informing me of the impending service. When I checked under settings section, then service due it was still 8 months and 7,000 miles away. Text message ignored. Car counts down in days or miles and will clearly be displayed to you every time you start the car.