first service

[briggie]

im hoping the fountain of knowledge on here will stop my confusion :thumb2

I was told when I got my little French car that the first service was due at 12,500 miles ......... but ..... a little spanner light has come on the dashboard at 10,200 miles :nenau ...... citroen service dept are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard ....... spanner light indices service due ..... HELP

 

[stevo]

c1 are due at 10 000 / 1 year

c zero I think is 12 500 / 1 year (we don't see many of those) - I'll check when at work.

If you have a C1, expect to pay about £175 max, or take it to a toyota garage and pay £99 ( same price as the Aygo - same car)

Let me know if you need more info - I work at a garage that does both Citroen and Toyota

Hang on - C1 doesnt have a spanner.......

 

[jims-terrano]

Pete, just book it in for them to look at. Then phone other dealers or motability for advice so that you are armed with correct information. You could phone or email Citroen uk.

 

[AlexD333]

From my experience at Honda and Jaguar, we find that when a car is "born" in the factory and "activated" as such, it can start the trip rolling. so although it may only be 8 or 10 months and possibly under the mileage the car still thinks it has been "alive" for a year. I imagine this is what has happened. So long as you remember you can get them to put the light out with a click of a button :thumb2

 

[Sweety]

As Alex has said service lights can come on early that's if the spanner light is a service light. My Astra used to flag the info up on the trip meter every 9 months but it was easy to reset ie press & hold the trip reset button then turn on the ignition wait a few seconds then let go of the button works on most vauxhalls:thumb2

 

[briggie]

cheers chaps :thumb2 , booked it in for a service , I finally got hold of someone who seems to know what they are doing at citroen . first service is due at 12,500 miles like I was told , the spanner light comes on at 10,000 ..... but when it starts to flash it is overdue for a service .... hope that makes sense ....... its not flashing ( yet ) , but its booked in for a service on the 1st of may ........ they collect it and deliver it too :bow

 

[briggie]

c1 are due at 10 000 / 1 year

c zero I think is 12 500 / 1 year (we don't see many of those) - I'll check when at work.

If you have a C1, expect to pay about £175 max, or take it to a toyota garage and pay £99 ( same price as the Aygo - same car)

Let me know if you need more info - I work at a garage that does both Citroen and Toyota

Hang on - C1 doesnt have a spanner.......

its a citroen berlingo multispace hdi aero 90 auto diesel

 

[stevo]

cheers chaps :thumb2 , booked it in for a service , I finally got hold of someone who seems to know what they are doing at citroen . first service is due at 12,500 miles like I was told ,

yup - correct. sorry you got muppets to speak to first - its not rocket science - we type in the vehicle details and the system tells us the service interval. :nenau

 

[AlexD333]

its a citroen berlingo multispace hdi aero 90 auto diesel

Fcku trying to say that every time. Hey look on the bright side the forum would be ace

Www.cbmhdia9a.co.uk :naughty

 

[briggie]

yup - correct. sorry you got muppets to speak to first - its not rocket science - we type in the vehicle details and the system tells us the service interval. :nenau

so now its gonna have its first service about 2000 miles early

 

[Blocky10]

As Alex has said service lights can come on early that's if the spanner light is a service light. My Astra used to flag the info up on the trip meter every 9 months but it was easy to reset ie press & hold the trip reset button then turn on the ignition wait a few seconds then let go of the button works on most vauxhalls:thumb2

Also the same on my wife's shitren Picasso. There's a10sec count down before resetting the service spanner/mile counter.

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[stevo]

so now its gonna have its first service about 2000 miles early

12,500 miles or a year, whatevers sooner.

Is your motor from Motab? If so, they'll allow the service regardless as long as one of the criteria is met.

 

[briggie]

12,500 miles or a year, whatevers sooner.

Is your motor from Motab? If so, they'll allow the service regardless as long as one of the criteria is met.

motability yes .......ive only had it since sept 9th last year ...... so it hasn't done a year yet ........ and hasn't done 12,500 yet either

 

[briggie]

so .... motability have refused to sanction the service until the car reaches its recommended service mileage ( 12,500 ) ........ so the kind people at citroen are going to take it in today and adjust its brain so that the spanner thingy wotsit doesn't come on early again .......then of course im gonna have to book a service when it reaches 12,500

 

[rustic]

so .... motability have refused to sanction the service until the car reaches its recommended service mileage ( 12,500 ) ........ so the kind people at citroen are going to take it in today and adjust its brain so that the spanner thingy wotsit doesn't come on early again .......then of course im gonna have to book a service when it reaches 12,500

It is quite easy to reset the service interval light, back to zero, to get rid of it, I did the service on our Picasso last week.
Google "reset service light on...."

You basically hold one button down on the dash and use the ignition switch, there is then a countdown timer 10....5.....0 then ignition off, then on sorted.

 

[briggie]

It is quite easy to reset the service interval light, back to zero, to get rid of it, I did the service on our Picasso last week.
Google "reset service light on...."

You basically hold one button down on the dash and use the ignition switch, there is then a countdown timer 10....5.....0 then ignition off, then on sorted.

its not so much setting it back to zero they are doing ...... they are adjusting the service intervals from 10,000 to 12,500 ...... oh and running a diagnostic check too

 

[rustic]

its not so much setting it back to zero they are doing ...... they are adjusting the service intervals from 10,000 to 12,500 ...... oh and running a diagnostic check too

Ahh right, I think if you drive it normally, it is 12500 miles, but short journeys, cold starts, then maybe 10,000 is right. I think they call this "severe" driving in the Citroen service book.

I didn't know the value could be changed, but I guess it is all in the control unit.
I know if you have a car without cruise control, you only need the control knob to use it, BUT you have to toggle a setting in the ECU to activate it:doh

Wow you are clocking up the Miles.

 

[briggie]

Ahh right, I think if you drive it normally, it is 12500 miles, but short journeys, cold starts, then maybe 10,000 is right. I think they call this "severe" driving in the Citroen service book.

I didn't know the value could be changed, but I guess it is all in the control unit.
I know if you have a car without cruise control, you only need the control knob to use it, BUT you have to toggle a setting in the ECU to activate it:doh

Wow you are clocking up the Miles.

yup , all I have to do is put diesel in it .......it costs me £227 per month all in and it is very very good on mpg ...... so I just go everywhere lol........ yes it does have cruise control , and a speed limiter setting too

 

[briggie]

we go down to Norfolk quite regularly ...... a round trip of about 550 miles ..... averaging over 60 to the gallon