First year service

[NGD]

My Octavia SEL 1.5 Etec is coming up to a year old and the dealer I bought it from keep contacting me about a service. There is a good local garage up the road where we have always taken our cars to and I'm inclined to go there as all it probably needs is an oil and filter change - it's just turned 6,000 miles. The main dealer is probably going to charge more than double the local garage and it's much further away. Has anyone on here used their local garage for servicing whilst the car is still under warranty?

[Ootohere]

Was the car get changed to a Fixed Service regime at the PDI, pre delivery and did you want it done at 9,400 mile. 1 year intervals.

The car has Long Life oil from the factory and was set on Variable / Flexible servicing.

 

Best probably with your low mileage, rather than 18,000 / 20,000 miles / 24 months.

 

The dealership can update the service record, knows if there are any Software or Hardware updates required and can do them.

 

Unless your local garage has licenced equipment they can not.

The need to be VAT registered and use the correct parts and fluids and you have a record of that,

 

Does your Mild Hybrid Octavia required a Qualified electrified vehicle Technician to work on it?

 

Fixed Service on fixed servicing is very little done. 

 

 

[SurreyJohn]

Go onto the Infotainment, select car, then settings, should get a menu list, scroll down until you find service, click on it and see what the car says.

 

It will have 2 entries an inspection or oil change and full service.   Both will have how many miles until due (rounded to nearest 100) and number of days until due.

 

Just because a dealer has set a diary reminder in a colander doesn't mean you have done the mileage you expect (although if it was a PCP and they sold you one based on correct mileage, should be similar to their calc)

[Ootohere]

& there is no 'Inspection'  Service,  There is the Servicing / Oil & Filters etc.

 

Try asking a Dealership how much an 'Inspection' is with no work done.    The setting should be set at the PDI in the UK as the same Days / Miles.  Not one annual and one bi-annual.

 

Make sure that Main Dealers 'Inspect the Paint And Body. And make a record of the cxondition.

For the 3 year paint warranty, and the 12 year Corrosion Warranty.

 

Then Skoda / VW UK can say there is no record of it having been done.

Not that the Warranty T&C,s say it does requires doing.

Skoda bumff says part of the Oil& Inspection Services. 

 

The old regime, pre 2020, fixed price cars 3-10 years old. At pi55 taking dealerships. (participating.)

Edited 4 April by Rooted

[NGD]

Thanks guys for your advice. Following Surry John's suggestion I checked the infotainment system and the car says that a service isn't due for another year or 13,000 miles. On that basis I think I'll just get the oil and filters changed at a good local garage and think about Skoda's two year service next year.