Servicing Question

[PomcaT]

Hi!

I bought my B8 A4 on 27th February this year with 19947 miles on the clock.

I have checked the service record, it has 2 services since it was registered in September 2010.

The first service was at 15014 miles after 2 years, the Audi Longlife Service is ticked.

The second service was a year later at 19530 miles.... all they did on that was the brake fluid.

So from the second service until I bought it, the car had done another 400 miles.

The car is at 24700 miles at the moment, It has done nearly 10K miles since the first service where they did anything, but I do not know much about service intervals etc.....

My question is should I get it serviced in September? I have no problem getting it serviced but has it really done the mileage to warrant doing it?

Also this is best car I have ever owned!

[Guest 2]

Get it on yearly (fixed) intervals ie 1yr/10k whichever comes first, longlife is crap and does the opposite of it's name!

[Camerashy]

Chris could I ask you about your reply please.
I have a new Audi March 2014 not a daily driver still only just done 1700 miles so possibly say 6000 per year.
my next service is due in 2 years time based on the cars service information.
are you suggesting that for example my car should be serviced every 12 months or at least the longlife oil changed.
thanks for your help and appreciate the clarification
dave

[PomcaT]

Thanks for the reply Chris. I will give Audi a call this week.

[rafletcher]

Chris could I ask you about your reply please.
I have a new Audi March 2014 not a daily driver still only just done 1700 miles so possibly say 6000 per year.
my next service is due in 2 years time based on the cars service information.
are you suggesting that for example my car should be serviced every 12 months or at least the longlife oil changed.
thanks for your help and appreciate the clarification
dave

If you check with Audi (website or presumably handbook) it says for <10,000 miles pa you should be on fixed service intervals or 9500 miles or 365 days, whichever is the sooner. And even if you're a higher mileage driver if you "use the performance" then again they recommend fixed intervals. IMO the variable "long life" is a service schedule for company cars - mainly motorway mileage driving at fixed speed.

[Guest 2]

I do nearly 40k a year in my A3 and still have it on fixed intervals!

[Camerashy]

Thanks for your help,will get further clarification from Audi

[Herbie1213]

My previous allroad was on long life. 160000 miles over 7 years so from my opinion it is not a problem. Mixture of motorway and local. My current A7 is also on long life.


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[Guest 2]

In my opinion LL is for people who want to spend as little as possible servicing the car and generally don't care.

[theskyfox]

Just my two cents...when I got my A4, the dealer put the car on long life servicing. The first thing I did was ensure that the oil + oil filter is changed every year regardless of mileage (with everything else done at the recommendation in the handbook). I've also been advised by other audi specialists that the 3.0TDi can suffer timing chain issues if the oil isn't changed reguarly enough...but as an engineer, I'd change the oil in all cars I own annually.

-Andrew