Hi, girlfriend has a 2019 Octavia 1.5 TSi Estate. Bought from Marshalls as an ex-Skoda UK fleet car with about 12000 miles. Had it 18 months and now at 30700 miles the car has asked for a service. It had extended warranty which I'm not sure whether or not has run out now but as she plans to keep it a while we're not so bothered about dealer servicing and I have always serviced our own vehicles as I have more confidence in my ability than most dealers. I keep all receipts and sign and date them with the milage when the parts were fitted (since they don't bother to give you a service book now). So, I have just serviced the car with the same Castol Edge Long Lifer 5W-30 VW 504 00/507 00 we've used for top-up, Mahle Oil Filter, Air Filter and Pollen Filter (the air filter was fairly clean, pollen filter which came out was pretty filthy and probably never been changed - so much for main dealer service). I'll probably wait till next service to change the spark plugs.

My question though is this: It went 18700 miles without asking for a service, but now that I have serviced it, it tells me oil change due in 9400 miles. So has it now changed itself to fixed rather than variable servicing and does it have to be plugged in (via OBD) to maintain it as variable?

If you manually reset the service reminder it resets to 9,400 mile intervals. 
Personally I think 12 months/10k miles oil and filter is right for these engines. Depending on your point of view, you could leave it 18,000 miles and reset the reminder next time it comes up or stick with fixed. 
You do need to plug it in to set as variable.

Thanks for that.

Yeah, I will probably service it annually anyway as I always have with previous cars. I agree anything over 12k miles seems too much to me regardless what oil you're using but took the view the VW/Skoda engineers must know best. More frequesnt changes can't hurt though.

Skoda's guidance refers to Fixed / Annual Serving.

DQ200 DSG's have no service intervals / recommended oil changes.  

Hi, trying to find out if my 2019 Octavia needs a DSG oil change. Dealer said it did after 45,000 miles (which it has just reached), but there seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there. I have a 2019 Octavia SE L TDI estate. Which DSG would this have? All I know is that it is a 7 speed one.

Ask whoever at the Dealership, Dealer, Sales, Service Desk staff  to ask the Master Tech if they do not know anything about the cars or servicing requirements.

 

If it is a 7 speed wet Clutch DQ381 the Guideline / Recommendation / Schedule / Spec from VW / Skoda is @ 80,000 miles. 

Edited 28 December, 20223 yr by toot

1 hour ago, Danbuoy said:

 I have a 2019 Octavia SE L TDI estate. Which DSG would this have? All I know is that it is a 7 speed one.

That depends on the engine size, it could be a DQ200, DQ380 or DQ381.

To the left @Danbuoyshows a 2019 2.0 TDI,  so it can not be a DQ200.     (If a 1.6 TDI it could be.)

Edited 28 December, 20223 yr by toot

23 hours ago, PetrolDave said:

That depends on the engine size, it could be a DQ200, DQ380 or DQ381.

Engine size is 2.0 litre, 1968cc

 

On 21/11/2022 at 13:44, Hoodlum said:

Hi, girlfriend has a 2019 Octavia 1.5 TSi Estate. Bought from Marshalls as an ex-Skoda UK fleet car with about 12000 miles. Had it 18 months and now at 30700 miles the car has asked for a service. It had extended warranty which I'm not sure whether or not has run out now but as she plans to keep it a while we're not so bothered about dealer servicing and I have always serviced our own vehicles as I have more confidence in my ability than most dealers. I keep all receipts and sign and date them with the milage when the parts were fitted (since they don't bother to give you a service book now). So, I have just serviced the car with the same Castol Edge Long Lifer 5W-30 VW 504 00/507 00 we've used for top-up, Mahle Oil Filter, Air Filter and Pollen Filter (the air filter was fairly clean, pollen filter which came out was pretty filthy and probably never been changed - so much for main dealer service). I'll probably wait till next service to change the spark plugs.

My question though is this: It went 18700 miles without asking for a service, but now that I have serviced it, it tells me oil change due in 9400 miles. So has it now changed itself to fixed rather than variable servicing and does it have to be plugged in (via OBD) to maintain it as variable?

My car is a 19 plate with the same engine as yours fitted (now covered 24k), it was initially on extended oil servicing with Skoda, up to two yearly intervals. I've now dropped it to yearly, for what oil costs, it was well worth it. Skoda also recommend that the timing belt should be replaced at 5 yearly intervals, not a cheap job if you use Skoda, I'll be using an trusted independent. 

Hey everyone, I have a octavia mk 3 ariant , 1.8 Petrol DSG 7 speed gearbox. Could you point out which DSG variant it is from the list above? Thanks

Welcome.

If it is Front Wheel Drive only it is a DQ200.

If it is from 2014 it should maybe have had the Service Campaign '34H5' carried out sometime from 2017 which was on some from 2013-2015. A software update.

No oil services are required with the DQ200's. 

It is indeed a front wheel drive, Although I would not think its dry since i just had a gear oil change a few months ago. 

The clutches are dry.  There are 2 oils, in the box and in the MCU.   The world wide recall in 2012 was to change the oil from synthetic to mineral in ones from 2009 to 2012.  This did not include Europe as VW somehow have Europe separate from the world.  So in 2014 it was a service campaign started.  34F7 to change the oil and do a software update    ? Did you have the oil changed because you were wrongly told it was required or because of an issue like the one from 2013 which required 34H5 to be introduced.  Heat / pressure and leaks. Broken DQ200,s ?

Nothing was broken the gear change from secondto third had a slight jerk which is gone since the change. 

Good. ? How many km has your car done, and was that both oils changed, and a reset done at the same time, and how much did that cost you?    Ps. Had 34h5 ever been done on your DSG since 2017 when VW/ Skoda introduced that service campaign ?  Sticker in the spare tyre well maybe if it was done. 

Edited 10 March, 20233 yr by toot

The oil change it self cost about 200€ and I have no idea if 34h5 has ever been done on it. Ill check the tyre well.