When I turn it on it now bongs and the above advisory shows on the mulyi function display.

 

I've had the car from new for the past 11 years - mileage 38,000 -  and it's not done this before. It gets an annual service.

 

I can't be the first person this has happened to?   ........

A Service Indicator is good. 

 Maybe it never ever worked & now has decided it is time that it did. 

 

At the last Service the person must have reset the service indicator or maybe not reset it.

?

When was the last service done? 

 

If set / reset and on Fixed Servicing last time the interval might be 372 days / 9,400 miles.  

Edited 7 June, 20224 yr by roottoot

It was last serviced in April just gone. It's done now by a local, trusted, independent who I've used for years. He did it last year and the year before that too.  Prior to that it was done at the nearest VW/Skoda main dealer.

 

I'll pop up to the local fella and ask him to prevent it from doing it (assuming it's something he CAN do.

Looks like they never reset in in April then.

Someone here should be able to tell you how to just reset it yourself if your Yeti's Service Indicator is set at Fixed Service intervals. 

No plugging in required to set it. 

 

http://mr-fix.info/reset-skoda-yeti-oil-service-reminder

 

 

Edited 8 June, 20224 yr by roottoot

That service reminder also monitors the quality of the oil by several means.

If the Service Interval was on Variable / Flexible so 24 months / 18,000-20,000 miles it might if it really was that smart with a Euro 5 1.2 TSI be able to let the owner know the oil needs changed sooner than 18,000 miles and reduce that interval.

?

Has anyone with a 1.2 TSI with Long Life oil used ever had that happen? 

 

The engine is that well designed & manufactured & the sensors so sophisticated that by 2011/12 Skoda eventually came up with upgraded timing chain

tensioners.

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/87995-oil-quality-sensor

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/486386-location-sensor-oil

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/441935-oil-sensor-workshop

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/191291-does-octavia-ii-tsi-engine-have-a-oil-quality-sensor-interpreting-message-in-vcds-log

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/276407-oil-quality-sensor-in-superb-ii

 

Edited 8 June, 20224 yr by roottoot

Just been up to the independant garage where it's been serviced for the past couple of years and he asked me to pop back when he's quiet and has space in the garage and he'll plug the laptop in and sort it.

 

Ta.

 

 

 

 Ooopps. Posted in error

 

 

 

Edited 9 June, 20223 yr by oldstan

Took it to the fella up the road. He got a gadget out of a drawer and plugged it in and 30 seconds later I was on my way.

 

Sorted.

4 hours ago, oldstan said:

Took it to the fella up the road. He got a gadget out of a drawer and plugged it in and 30 seconds later I was on my way.

 

Sorted.

You could have done it even quicker following the instructions Roottoot posted abopve
"""Reset Skoda Yeti oil change reminder – procedure

1. Turn the ignition OFF.
2. Press and hold trip reset button on the right side of instrument cluster.
3. Turn the ignition ON. You should see service message on the display.
4. Release the trip reset button.
5. Confirm oil change service reset with OK button on the steering wheel or with button on the left of the instrument cluster. You should see confirmation message on the display.
6. Turn the ignition OFF.
7. Turn the ignition back on and check"""

Took it to the fella up the road. He got a gadget out of a drawer and plugged it in and 30 seconds later I was on my way.

 

Sorted.

Having quickly  looked throught the conversations above I didn't see the instructions using the trip reset button and knowing my luck I'd have got it wrong and finished up having to get it sorted anyway.

 

The joy of my bloke up the road is you can pop in and bend his ear and know you won't get taken for a metaphorical ride. He did that little bit of wizardry for nothing and I collected my fish and chip supper at the same time so it was no hardship. 😀

There's a lot to be said for having a reliable "bloke up the road". Years ago I had one and conveniently he was about a mile from my house and next door to a railway station.I'd drop the car in, catch the train to work and pick it up all sorted out on the way home. Unfortunately he then decided to up sticks and go to New Zealand to farm sheep. Well at least that's what he told me - he may just have been trying to get rid of me as a customer. (I had a series of Renault 16s at the time - kept him gainfully employed and me permanently broke).