Hi All

i seem to be getting conflicting information from different Skoda dealerships ref air con servicing 

my questions are: 

 

How often does a air con service need to be carried out ? 
 

How often does a regas need to be be completed ? 

what is the main difference ? 

any advice would be greatly appreciated 

You are getting conflicting information because the Service Desk staff are just Upsellers.

 

A Service Plan, or a 3 or 4 year old Skoda Approved Used car with FMDSH might not have had a AC Service.

It is about Recommendations.

 

So have the Pollen Filter changed, or you change it, 2 years or sooner, clean it, clean the area, etc.

Use your AC as long as the weather is not that cold that the car disables the AC. 

 

Supposedly the EXTENDED SCOPE part of the Oil & Inspection SErvice now checks the AC.     Take all Skoda stuff with a pinch of salt.

 

 

Edited 24 July, 20223 yr by roottoot

10 hours ago, DR79 said:

How often does a air con service need to be carried out ? 
 

How often does a regas need to be be completed ? 

First you need to know what is the actual technical difference, as opposed to what a Skoda main stealer's "service receptionist" (aka upseller) will tell you. From here on, I will presume that you leave the A/C on at all times so that the shaft seals are in good order. Ignore the male bovine feces merchants who say "the a/c uses 10% to 15% more fuel"; it doesn't. 1% more is more likely when it's actually chilling the air for a modernish, say under 25 years old, system.

The technical difference is that an AC service consists effectively of replacing the car's pollen filter every 2 or 3 years, and sometimes carrying out a regas. From this, we can see that the pollen filter probably needs replacing more often than you need a regas. On this basis, you need a regas, which a mobile regas service will do at your home or work, for ~£100 once every 6 to 10 years.

Thank you both for those informative responses to my question. Your help is greatly appreciated 

 

 

If your air conditioning is working OK, just leave it alone.  Skoda will try and sell you things you don't really need and usually at a hugely inflated price.