Confused with servicing car - Skoda Fabia

ian16527

I would use the main dealer for the initial warranty services, and there's not a lot to do, just oil change and sometimes software updates usually, plus a quick check. Even if the local dealer is pants, they shouldn't fail this task ( and Lookers are everywhere). Sometimes the VW dealers do Skoda services as well.

Did you not get offered the cheap service plan option at the time?

ian16527

Ebe_Scrooge said:

There's an argument for using a main dealer with newer cars - if something fails that's not covered by warranty, there's a chance you'll get a good-will contribution to the cost of fixing it.  But for an older car it's probably not worth it.

This is a valid point and certainly came true when I needed out of warranty EGR valve replacement on my last car (Volvo)

george4064

So I’ve just registered my car to the mySKODA app, and it says;

Oil change.
Range left: 20,116km
Time left: 304 days

Service inspection
Range left: 22,048km
Time left: 304 days

304 days is exactly 2 years after I got the car brand new. Do I even need to bother with a service/oil change before then?

elsien

Skoda don’t seem offer service log books any more. I asked when I bought my car, and they were working on the basis that when you go to them for servicing, it’s all on the electronic system and they do a full print out so it’s not necessary. 

I disagree, but that’s what skoda customer services told me when I doubled checked. 

Username03725

george4064 said:

304 days is exactly 2 years after I got the car brand new. Do I even need to bother with a service/oil change before then?

No, if that's the manufacturers' recommended interval you can stick to what they state.

jimjames

george4064 said:

304 days is exactly 2 years after I got the car brand new. Do I even need to bother with a service/oil change before then?

If you're only doing low miles in town then yes I would get an oil change done. If it's low miles because you only do long journeys in the car then maybe not so important. Previous owner of my car used it very little but the trips they did were several hundred miles at a time so despite being low mileage didn't need extra servicing.

giraffe69

My car(not a Skoda) does not have a service book. It does have an app and all services done by any main dealer are logged on this app including any detail that would previously have been in a service book. I think there is an equivalent called MySkoda.

Goudy

Skoda appear to be one of the better ones when it comes to good will, though it's almost certainly on a dealer service basis.
There are reports on Skoda forums of owners getting some generous "help" on cars 6 and 7 years old that have been serviced in the dealer network.

The MySkoda app counts down both time and range, but if you can't reset the app yourself and service outside of the network, the apps useless and you will need the indicator reset and keep hold of the invoices to prove the history.

JJ_Egan

Change oil and filter if its black and gritty ,

sheramber

My Skoda is serviced annually and is logged  online with Skoda.

I do get a print out of what was done. I bought it second hand and the previous  service printouts are included in the bumf I got with it.