robert.saunders
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Kinda depends how you drive it, I certainly didn't get 17k between mine (more like 8/9k) and they were about every 6-8 months. And I never had an A service anyway; always B for me!
robert.saunders
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What's your current drived mileage showing
robert.saunders
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I think it's just telling you it needs a hook up with a friendly cash pit (dealer) as it's been too long since it was last plugged in; could be normal for first service. Exceptionally clever members will post here I'm sure to clarify
There is no way I would go 17K without an engine oil change. I will be well contaminated with Derv by that time.
I agree, it does seem alot, 17000 miles.However, does the service indicator work like this:If you reach the mileage before the 12 months, it says 'Service due XXX miles', and if you reach 12 months before the mileage, it says 'Service due in XX days' ?It's just weird how yesterday I had 4500 miles to the service, now it's 30 days, which would be 2 months short - unless it's 10 months ?Guess i'll ask the dealer.Cheers Adam.
wongl
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Sounds like it is counting down 2 days every day. I raised this with Mercedes-Benz and after 3 months of discussions, including a review of my service history with the local area rep and the chief technician from my local Dealership, they admitted that some clusters do this when it should count down in steps of 1-day every day. This means that for low mileage users, they could be putting their cars in for a service every year, when in fact they only need to do this every other year (assuming their mileage did not warrant a serivce earlier).
MB rejected my claim for the cluster to be replaced as my car was out of warranty, even though this sympton of counting in steps of 2 was evident and reported to the dealership at every service since the very frist service at the first anniversary when the new car was new.
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I thought the more recent cars were on fixed interval of 15,500 miles or 12 months (whichever comes first)?
I can only guess that the OP's car is on fixed interval of 12mths and the car thinks it's 12mths old, because the service indicator wasn't reset on PDI.
On my 2004 C270CDi, which I mainly use for long motorway runs, that would have gone to 19000 miles before its first service. I chickened out and booked it in when it done 17000. However just before it went in it changed from wanted an A service to a B. The dealer happily still did an A service. It came out firmly showing B as next service and the mileage to service was 13,000 which is the "base" mileage between services.
It would have stretched out to total 35000 for the next service but I've not used the car much and at exactly 1yr 11mths the indicator changed to days as the maximum time it can go between services is 2yrs. It will have done about 33000 miles when it goes in.
My dealer did write to me and asked if I would like to move to fixed interval servicing (so they would need to service every year) but I'm on ServicePlus and they will only service according to ASSYST.
I can only guess that the OP's car is on fixed interval of 12mths and the car thinks it's 12mths old, because the service indicator wasn't reset on PDI.
On my 2004 C270CDi, which I mainly use for long motorway runs, that would have gone to 19000 miles before its first service. I chickened out and booked it in when it done 17000. However just before it went in it changed from wanted an A service to a B. The dealer happily still did an A service. It came out firmly showing B as next service and the mileage to service was 13,000 which is the "base" mileage between services.
It would have stretched out to total 35000 for the next service but I've not used the car much and at exactly 1yr 11mths the indicator changed to days as the maximum time it can go between services is 2yrs. It will have done about 33000 miles when it goes in.
My dealer did write to me and asked if I would like to move to fixed interval servicing (so they would need to service every year) but I'm on ServicePlus and they will only service according to ASSYST.
Thanks for the replys...I spoke to 2 different dealerships today who gave me 2 different answers. One said it's normal and just requires a service, the other said as I originally thought and Rory mentioned that they didn't reset it on the PDI. - this was the dealer that did the PDI.
They said sorry, don't worry, just run it till April, then get it serviced.
Won't it then think I was 2 months late for a service, or doesn't that matter ? - only just thought of that.
Also got 2 quotes from them for the A service, £170 inclusive of parts, labour, vat and £245 from the other - quite a difference - both main dealers.
Cheers
Adam
They said sorry, don't worry, just run it till April, then get it serviced.
Won't it then think I was 2 months late for a service, or doesn't that matter ? - only just thought of that.
Also got 2 quotes from them for the A service, £170 inclusive of parts, labour, vat and £245 from the other - quite a difference - both main dealers.
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Maybe it's over cautious, but I would ask them to write something down to confirm that, just to save any confusion later. If the car were to breakdown, the Mobilo guy might not be very happy if the car appears to have missed a service. I'm pretty sure the system is just reset when serviced so being "late" won't mess things up in the future.
£245 is normal, £170 is very cheap. Make sure it includes 229.5 oil fully synth, although I'm not sure if that's so important if the car is on fixed intervals (it's necessary on the variable interval to get the maximum mileage between services).
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Some cars go upto 22k, and Audis can go 30k.
No evidence of contamination.
I would take the car into the dealer to have the cluster sorted under warranty, then sort the service out later.
That's impossible. Diesel and petrol engines will always allow fuel vapour to escape past the piston rings into the block. Even on new low milage engines.
You can smell it in the oil when you drain it. That's enough evidence.
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There was a post from someone either here or the other forum who had the oil from Sprinter analysed at 20 odd K miles and the report said it was fine and would have been OK for longer.
And where did he serve his apprenticeship. Was he a Welder ?
Maybe I should throw my qualifications in the bin and resign from my current position.
I will still be changing my engine oil every 5K miles. No hesitation.:bannana:
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