MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: edd666999 on December 25, 2009, 09:08:48 pm

Title: Service interval?
Post by: edd666999 on December 25, 2009, 09:08:48 pm: 1st off, merry Christmas! :xmassmiley:

How does the gti decide its time for a service? does it literally count down the miles from the last reset of the service counter or does it go off the oil condition? or something else?

thanks all!
Title: Re: Service interval?
Post by: stealthwolf on December 25, 2009, 09:32:32 pm: Depends on what it is set at. If time and distance, then usually that. If longlife, then I think it analyses how you are using the car eg short journeys, long journeys etc.
Title: Re: Service interval?
Post by: xxx_mojo_xxx on December 26, 2009, 07:28:01 pm: If I am informed correctly it's literally the volume of fuel that the engine has used. This covers all situations, cold starts, motorway journeys, short stop-start trips, etc.
Title: Re: Service interval?
Post by: edd666999 on December 26, 2009, 09:39:57 pm: my car was serviced (apparently) when i bought it (1200 miles ago/3months) now its telling me i need a service??? my fuel consumption maybe bad but im beginning to think it wasn't serviced.
Title: Re: Service interval?
Post by: Golfgirl on December 29, 2009, 01:30:18 pm: Quote from: edd666999 on December 26, 2009, 09:39:57 pm
my car was serviced (apparently) when i bought it (1200 miles ago/3months) now its telling me i need a service??? my fuel consumption maybe bad but im beginning to think it wasn't serviced.

Perhaps they didn't reset the service light?
Title: Re: Service interval?
Post by: gaz b on December 29, 2009, 01:40:19 pm: Quote from: Golfgirl on December 29, 2009, 01:30:18 pm
Quote from: edd666999 on December 26, 2009, 09:39:57 pm
my car was serviced (apparently) when i bought it (1200 miles ago/3months) now its telling me i need a service??? my fuel consumption maybe bad but im beginning to think it wasn't serviced.

Perhaps they didn't reset the service light?

That has happened to me before. Also had to take a car back once because they hadn't stamped the book! :surprised:
Title: Re: Service interval?
Post by: edd666999 on December 29, 2009, 02:48:43 pm: they must have a tick list tho....once you do it tick it.....whats the world comming to if they cant tick a list correctly???

thing is...if they never serviced it, my car will be doing double the time its suppost to without a service...