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Service a new car?

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  • 25-07-2007 12:15pm
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    lafors
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    My wife bought a brand new seat ibiza a year ago.
    She has only put about 4k miles on the clock.
    Does it need a service now that its a year old?
    If not, then when?


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    prospect
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    It would be best to get it serviced annually, even if you do not cover the service interval mileage.

    Has it had its first 'free' service yet (not really a service, but a quick once over)?

    Either way, with that mileage, it should be very cheap.


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    crosstownk
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    IF it has long life service intervals it won't need a service until 2 years are up. But do check the oil regularly and only top up with oil suitable for long life intervals.

    If it doesn't have longlife intervals, then you will need to have it serviced now.
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    lafors
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    crosstownk wrote:
    IF it has long life service intervals it won't need a service until 2 years are up. But do check the oil regularly and only top up with oil suitable for long life intervals.

    If it doesn't have longlife intervals, then you will need to have it serviced now.


    What do you mean by longlife intervals?
    I always check the oil for her.


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    I'm not 100% sure with Seats - but I'll give the VW version - which is probably the same. Basically, long life servicing uses oil which is specifically designed to last longer.

    Your car should have a service reminder indicator which lights up on the dash to tell you that a service will soon be due. If the car has standard service intervals then that light should be on now, and if not it will appear soon enough. If you have long life intervals set then it will come on sometime in the next year. Check the manual to see where this indicator should appear.

    Now the dealer may have put a service reminder sticker on the car somewhere, but you can't take this as gospel, as quite a lot of dealers will fill the sticker out using standard intervals in order to get you into the workshop more often.

    The best way is find out is to read the section of the manual that relates to servicing and it should explain how to determin if the car has long life servicing or not. It will explain how you can interpret the options codes (PR Numbers) on the sticker that is on the inside cover of the service schedule.
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