Hi everyone, I've just put a deposit down on 2015 Scout, 2.0 148 diesel. 

In the glove box was a printout of the electronic service history, which lists things but doesn't really explain what has actually been done. 

 

For example in Nov 2017 there's an entry for "Manufacturer Variable Service Based". Any idea what this means? 

 

August 2020 there's a " Automatic Gearbox Oil - Remove and Refit - Auto transmission oil". Which sounds pretty obvious, except its a manual. 

 

September 2019 " Flywheel - dual mass (with clutch) Investigate and report". Any way of finding out what that report might be? History doesn't say replace. Car drives right with no indication of a DMF fault. 

 

Also got an "Air conditioning system - Remove and Refit" and a "Final Drive System - Remove and Refit haldex clutch". I'm guessing I should read these as 'remove and replace'? 

 

Car is on 84k and all the other entries are oils, filters and tyres. 

Residual oil ash in the DPF sits at 35 grams / 44% which I guess is OK for the age/mileage. 

 

Anyone here work at a dealers who can interpret this for me? 

 

Cheers, 

Cieran

 

 

9 hours ago, DuncanDisorderly said:

For example in Nov 2017 there's an entry for "Manufacturer Variable Service Based". Any idea what this means? 

 

August 2020 there's a " Automatic Gearbox Oil - Remove and Refit - Auto transmission oil". Which sounds pretty obvious, except its a manual. 

 

September 2019 " Flywheel - dual mass (with clutch) Investigate and report". Any way of finding out what that report might be? History doesn't say replace. Car drives right with no indication of a DMF fault. 

 

Also got an "Air conditioning system - Remove and Refit" and a "Final Drive System - Remove and Refit haldex clutch". I'm guessing I should read these as 'remove and replace'? 

 

Car is on 84k and all the other entries are oils, filters and tyres. 

Residual oil ash in the DPF sits at 35 grams / 44% which I guess is OK for the age/mileage. 

Okay. Taking these one by one.

 

1) Manufacturers Variable Based Servicing - means the car is serviced based on condition based servicing instead of fixed mileage servicing. The car monitors the oil and tells the customer when it needs changing and when a service is due.

 

2) gearbox oil - somebody has had the gearbox oil changed. Pricing wise, as most manual cars have 'oil for life' there is no cost associated with changing the oil, hence it was put down as a auto box gearbox oil change.

 

3) The Dual Mass Flywheel might have started to make noises. It was investigated.... obviously no fault found.

 

4) HVAC system regassed. Needs to be done every 3 years.

 

5) Haldex oil change done - they might have taken out the pump too to inspect....by the book this is a 40k miles job, but recommend to get it done every 20k miles.

One more thing. Put the car into off-road mode when you get a chance and make sure the hill-discend system is working correctly....no noises from gearbox.

PM me your chassis number and I'll have a look.

Perfect, thanks guys, I pick it up in a fortnight when I'm back from work 👍