Question about BMW service indicator

Hi,

I just bought a G30 2018 530e, according to the service log in the idrive system the car last had a full service at the end of last year with BMW in London and isn't due another one for 6 months going by the time schedule and says nothing about a milleage interval.

It's only done about 1k miles since that service but yet when I start the car it says next service due and gives a time date and then says in 28,000km. But I have driven the car and it never changes from saying in 28,000km.

Anyone have an idea as to why this isn't updating as I drive the car? What's the service intervals supposed to be on these cars for oil changes , it's out of warranty now and whether I go to BMW or an indy I certainly won't be servicing it based on dates.. would be done by how much I have driven

Thanks

Educate

Have two BMWs and they both flag when the next service is due when starting the car no matter how recently it was last done. I think one is currently showing 4,800km and other is 35,000km. Shows both a date and mileage - it's basically whichever one comes first.

You'll get plenty of posts agreeing with your last comment that the official BMW service interval is too long and should be done far more frequently.

BMW has an option to extend the warranty but not sure of your options if it's already run out.

How far have you driven the car since it first showed 28,000km? It could be condition-based in some way registering your driving style as soft enough that it's prolonging the interval.

bazz26

Countdown mileage/due date to next service appears briefly on the dashboard every time you start the car. This means at least one service item is due at that time or mileage.

To see in detail what is due at that mileage/time interval you need to go into the iDrive menu either via the touch screen or iDrive mouse wheel. From the main screen select the My Vehicle widget or icon, then in there Vehicle Settings, then Vehicle Status and then Service Requirements. This will list all service requirements, select each of them and it will tell you their time or mileage or due date interval. Whichever of these service items has the shortage time or mileage interval usually is the time/mileage interval that will show up on the dashboard when the car is started. You can also view the Service History in the same sub menu and press each service history entry to see what was done by the dealer at that time.

Just to add, the mileage interval for the next service will reduce, the car learns your driving pattern so the next service will be due whichever interval is reached first - mileage or due date.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120848213#Comment_120848213

Probably driven it 400km, but 95% of that has been on electric, not sure if that makes a difference. I have done some petrol driving though so I would have expected the service due date to move

Maybe I wasn't clear re service, what I meant is I would never follow the date service only the milleage, i.e if the car hasn't been serviced in 2 years but has only done 100 miles since it's last service I won't be servicing it. I don't follow dates at all, purely the KM the car has actually been driven.

Whereas BMW tell you to service every 12 months or whatever regardless of miles driven which is ridiculous

Educate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120852677#Comment_120852677

Mine has at times not reduced in the way I thought it would. It's stayed at say 8,000km even after doing 1,000km - so I think, as bazz26 mentioned, it's probably learning your driving style and noticing your style means less wear on engine and not reducing it as expected. That said, mine are only diesels, so as you said, maybe electric is different.

If memory serves, I also think until it gets below 5,000km it doesn't drop by less than 1,000km intervals. As in, mine never showed 5,800km left, only when it got below 5,000km did it start reducing in 200km intervals. Since you've only done 400km, this might be why it hasn't dropped yet.

With the servicing intervals, just be aware that the car will register a required service based on date, and if you don't do it at that date because of lack of mileage, it will flag initially as 'amber' in the car's own internal service record and then go to red if you go too far beyond the date (essentially viewed as a missed service). One of the cars I bought got an amber because it went (I think) only 9km over the service interval - Ill see if I can find the print off again to double check this. Leaving off the date-based service could impact on the car's value if you decide to sell in the future.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120852885#Comment_120852885

Thanks, that makes sense re milleage going down.

Yeah this car has an amber already in I drive because it missed a check by a month but the oil changes etc were all done on time so wasn't really concerned but get your point