I know the car would need to be serviced at 9K, 18K, 27K intervals but yesterday, I saw miles due for service flashed up briefty when I started my car, it was over 1,100 miles to due for servicing. However, my car is now just over 17,500 miles on the clock and its due for service at 18K but should I stick to 18K or just wait and follow the service indicator?

It's not just about mileage, it's also about age. So, if my memory serves, it will appear at either 9k miles, or 12 months, whichever happens first.

My TA had service indicator reset at service 2. Not been touched for most recent one. It read around 14k to go. A previous 1.2 with 9k interval was still set for 18k from new. Assume something may come on when car counts down from 18k to 0. Maybe Babba Umbro could confirm this either way as his TA done around 40k. They're a simple car so the odds of dashboard lighting up like a Christmas tree unlikely. As long as my cars get annual service and oil just started to turn brown, I'm happy enough

The service interval on early cars translated from km as 18750 miles hence message other poster has got at 17.5k. On a previous model (100hp) Panda message came up at 12,500 miles. 100 miles later went off by itself. Dealer quoted me £30 to turn it off, wasn't going to pay that thankfully. :yuck:

Al D said:

The service interval on early cars translated from km as 18750 miles hence message other poster has got at 17.5k. On a previous model (100hp) Panda message came up at 12,500 miles. 100 miles later went off by itself. Dealer quoted me £30 to turn it off, wasn't going to pay that thankfully. :yuck:

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Don't try not resetting the oil change indicator on a diesel variant, or you could do some serious damage.

To protect the engine against excessive oil dilution, the ECU may not properly regenerate the DPF if the oil change indicator is not reset after servicing. This could lead to premature DPF failure and a £1000+ bill.

The paid version of multiecuscan is able to reset the service indicators on both petrol and diesel engined variants.

jrkitching said:

To protect the engine against excessive oil dilution, the ECU may not properly regenerate the DPF if the oil change indicator is not reset after servicing. This could lead to premature DPF failure and a £1000+ bill.

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Seriously? Why do we put up with this kind of nonsense?

gar074 said:

Seriously? Why do we put up with this kind of nonsense?

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It's a consequence of the way Fiat have chosen to produce a small diesel engine that can (at least on paper) meet current emissions requirements. Regenerating a DPF by injecting neat fuel into the exhaust manifold carries a serious risk of oil contamination and if the core engine were not protected against this happening there would be many more failures. Better to risk a £1k DPF failure than a £6k engine blowup.

Until someone comes up with a different emissions technology for small diesels, there's no way I'd entertain even the thought of buying one. In addition to the longevity and maintenance headaches, they aren't even particularly clean (if you'll pardon the pun).