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Can non-VW Dealers reset service indicators?

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:08 pm
by edwheels
Hi all,

Thinking about having my, now 6.5 year old Scirocco 1.4 serviced locally rather than at the VW dealer who are many miles away - very inconvenient location and too far for them to collect car from me.

Have a trusted local garage - Basic question: can independents reset the service indicators?

Cheers

Re: Can non-VW Dealers reset service indicators?

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:28 pm
by Cuprabob
Yes, in fact you can do it yourself.

Re: Can non-VW Dealers reset service indicators?

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:40 pm
by edwheels
Thanks! Good to know.

Guessing you need a special device to reset it yourself?

Cheers :-)

Re: Can non-VW Dealers reset service indicators?

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:58 pm
by Cuprabob
Depends on the spec, if you have highline MFD display and the vehicle status display you can reset it within the associated menu. The only issue is if the car is on longlife service regime it will default to time and distance service regime if manually reset.

Re: Can non-VW Dealers reset service indicators?

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:52 pm
by edwheels
Great - thanks both.

I always thought this was something only the main dealer could do ... it's good to know that this isn't the case as it means the options for having my car serviced has now been increased.