Servicing due on Car at 15,000 km

faolteam

My car is due its first service at 15,000km, which is nearly up it is only 5 months old renault meange

Doe it matter if i leave it till a few more km?

blindside88

Is it a brand new car? If so why not treat it right from day one? It's only yourself you are cheating. Personally I always get my car serviced on time. It does seem to be a very Irish thing to do though, spent €25k on a car and scrimp on a €120 - €200 service

Atlantic Dawn

For 2 year plus warranty yes it matters, it's a get out of jail free card for the dealer.

faolteam

i didnt think it had to be bang on

Boskowski

What if something happens at 18km? Will you take it on thee chin or up in arms outside the Renault dealer?

faolteam

just as a matter what is normally done on a first service ?

Atlantic Dawn

faolteam wrote: »

just as a matter what is normally done on a first service ?

Likely just oil ad oil filter and a visual check on the rest.

faolteam

thanks Guys i probably be able to hang around while its been done

CiniO

faolteam wrote: »

My car is due its first service at 15,000km, which is nearly up it is only 5 months old renault meange

Doe it matter if i leave it till a few more km?

No, it doesn't.

Service mileage is approximate, so if you bring your car for service at 15,017km will be the same good as if you brought it 14,987km.

dodderangler

faolteam wrote: »

just as a matter what is normally done on a first service ?

Oil and filter, lights and levels check and tyre pressure/condition etc

Mycroft H

For the sake of your warranty, I'd make sure it's done round the 15k mark. Only cheating yourself...

ianobrien

OP, if it was OK to leave it a few more km, to 17k or 18k for example, wouldn't you think that's where Renault would have put the service interval? The fleet market is a big thing the manufacturers look at and that extra km could make a big difference to a high mileage large fleet operator.

Typical "yerra its grand" attitude and this is why I am very slow to buy second hand cars in Ireland.

Carson10

Top up window washer fluid, hoover car. check tyre pressure, check colour of car. €150

Henry Ford III

Cabin filter.

aujopimur

Personally I would change oil long before these makers stretched out service intervals.

R.O.R

Is the 15k coming from a sticker on the windscreen?

I've just checked the history of a few of the Megane's (1.5DCi) we have on fleet and they seem to be a bit random. Small mileage ones around 18k but the ones doing big annual mileage are around every 30k.

Info coming in to my system is that they have a service interval indicator, so the car is due a service when the car says it's due a service, and you don't need to get it done before then. At 15k in 5 months, you'd be high enough mileage and I'd say it would run closer to 30k than 15, unless it's constant town driving? Decent long runs and you'll be fine on 30k intervals, or a bit less if the car says so.

The Sidewards Man

Did your garage where you bought the car not inform you of first service interval?

faolteam

i bought it in july brand new i do a lot of driving im a sales rep

delly

I have a Kia Ceed 141. The service interval is 30k, yet the service indicator was not upgraded, so pings at the 15k mark. What's worse is the garage also put a 15k sticker on the car. One of the other guys in the job had booked his in for 15k service, only for I pointed it out to him, he rang and they said, 'oh, our mistake with the sticker'. Cowboys Ted!

Casati

I have a Skoda that is set to variable servicing, yet the dealer also stuck on the 15km sticker in the window. The car decides when a service is needed

The 1.5 dci Megane used to be 20km but if its set to variable and your doing big miles you'd probably see close to 30km

faolteam

yes i do a lot of miles so obviously i hit the target quicker , thought would been more ,

faolteam

oil filter they changed tyres front to back etc, is the normally done?

they were trying to get me to sign up for a service plan

Skylinehead

faolteam wrote: »

oil filter they changed tyres front to back etc, is the normally done?

they were trying ti get me to sign uo fir a service plan

Oil filter, yes. Tyres, depends on the wear really. Some can last more, some last less.