Skoda Fabia Service Interval Reset
Tommie
Fabia Greenline 11 Diesel on a 61 plate. Car has been serviced [by me] and can't now reset the service message which pops up for about 20 seconds when the car starts. Handbook says visit a specialist garage for them to reset it but knowing the Skoda dealers they'll want an arm and a leg for doing it and probably can't fit you in till 'next month'. Is there a way it can be reset without visiting a dealer? Sequence of buttons to press perhaps?
By doing a service yourself you have invalidated any warranty you had remaining, since to maintain warranty the service is required to be carried out by a VAT registered garage using OEM parts. You are also missing any workshop service campaigns or software fixes that are carried out free of charge at the time of a main dealer service.
What you say about dealers and servicing and invalidating warranties is incorrect. Some years ago I took legal advice for another marque and won my case. The manufacturers merely 'recommend' that you have your car serviced at a V.A.T. registered garage and CANNOT require you to have it serviced there. Only last week my local dealer tried to wiggle out of replacing an EGR valve under warranty because the service light was still on from its first 10K service. Skoda/Vag Germany 'ordered' them to do it in the end, though the dealer did bugga me about for days!
Its worth noting i never saw the text 'service' when i turned the key (possibly because the fuel light came on and obscured it) and it took a few attempts but in the end it got rid of the 'service now' symbol indicator. I too serviced my car as its out of warrenty and i use a lot better oil and parts than the dealers do. In your circumstances though i would have probably taken it to a garage seeing as your still in warrenty to avoid the legal wranglings you mention above. If you shop around you can get some surprisingly good deals and you can specify the oil you want putting in it. Bare in mind that if your on longlife service intervals then resetting it in this manner wipes this function and will go back to the standard on year / 10k millage etc.
have a few goes its a bit tricky it doesn't apear to have done anything even when succesfull on mine i never heard a beep or an onscreen notification it just stopped saying service now on about the 8th go. Think your probably not holding it to the right long enough and i think you need to un-depress it before turning to the right.
Hold down the oddometer (clock adjust button) turn ignition on (dont start car) keep held in for 10 secs. let button pop back out and then turn to the right and hold for 10 secs. turn of the ignition and then hey presto it worked for me.
This is taken from the manual of my pre-facelift fabia, without maxidot or even a trip computer. Manual does not state different methods for cars with different displays however, so should be the same for all models.
It has to do with the reset button 0.0 (right one) at the dash as irfant wrote above. I think you can reset it by pressing the reset button by pressing it for more that one seconds while the message is flashing.
Remember that by pressing the folder button (left one) at your dash you can move from clock setting to remaining time / days / miles / kilometres (in my car) then you can try to press the reset button in order to reset service interval, if I am not wrong this is able when the indicator shows
Page 17 of my manual recommends going to the dealer to have it done then goes on to say ***Reset the service interval displays by using the reset button 6> page 15 on the trip counter*** which is of course the oo button on the diagram on page 15. It all sounds so very simple but nothing is happening. Am I missing a sequence or what?
Please try this as an alternative. When service is flashing on your dash try to push the reset button underneath the wipers stalk. It is not described anywhere but that button is used to set and reset the speed warning and mileage in counter indicated by number 2.
Tried both your methods and still doesn't work. Do you think my oo button is simply faulty when it tries to reset the service . It resets the trip mileage ok but doesn't want to reset the service flag.
I really cannot understand why method one (as you called it) is not working since it's what is described in owner's manual. My question - wonder is why your dash only shows you only clock settings and total mileage by pressing the left button (with folder sign). Mine brings up a spanner sign and the remaining kilometres to service and to answer your question, no I don't think that your reset button is faulty since it resets current mileage.
Hi everyone reading this article with interest, I need to reset service interval on my 59 plate Fabia estate 3 1.9tdi. Not having much success was able to reset my two previous estates easily, so watching this forum with interest . Mine as the multidot display.
I think you make a good point Tech but surely Skoda don't really believe some of us haven't the wit to change oil and filter on a basic service and then put a barrier in the way so we can't then 'qualify' we really have carried out the service. I feel it would be entirely wise to have a specific sequence to follow to reset the service flag to avoid accidental resetting. A sequence to follow would of course mean one has to make a conscious effort to reset. A lot of dealers try to wriggle out of their obligations to carry out remedial work under the guise the car hasn't been serviced properly when they see the flag still up, it's happened with me more than once! Do they think I am happy to pay them 14K in my hard earned cash to then watch my car get mashed because I won't spend forty quid on a gallon of synthetic and a filter a couple of times a year? I don't think so! Many of us like to service our own cars because that way we know it has been done! And on top of that, the usual three hundred pounds a dealer charges for that very same gallon of oil and the filter is just a rip off!
Personally I have serviced ALL my cars for several decades and have NEVER had come back or damage caused through my misuse of servicing. It will be very interesting this week because I intend approaching my dealer with an inoperable service reset button and I want it fixed under warranty. In my enquiries on this post and and the kind answers I've received it seems page 17 of my handbook explicitly says I can reset with the oo button while the service flag is flashing. It doesn't so let's now see what the dealer makes of it.
by using the manual. You do it using the buttons on the wipers stalk getting the menu up on the dash with the button on the end where it has MFD at the top of the menu, scrolling down to service and choosing the option in there. You select options with the button on the lower side of the stalk.
Not sure if you got this sorted but I had the same problem. You just need to hold down the button at the end of the wiper stalk for more than 1 sec. That brings you in to a menu where you can go to Settings and press OK on with button at bottom of wiper stalk. Then the service reset option is in there.
hi guys i am trying to reset the inspection light on my fabia vrs se and have tried the usual way by pressing the button on the speedo with ignition off, then pressing again with ignition on, in the display i get -1100 then -34, i used to have a 2004 vrs and had no problems resetting that, am i doing somthing wrong? any hepl would be greatful thanks
mines a 56 blt engine..i held the trip reset button in...turned ignition on and held for 10 secs then whilst the button was still depressed turned it to the right and the spanner goes away...
IIRC there are 2 methods stated in the manual. Dependant on whether or not the vehicle has variable service times. I'll take a look when I get home (if I remember). But the method where by you turn the reset knob worked on my SE.
I have not had my pre-loved Citigo too long. It was serviced prior to purchase and examined immediately after purchase by a competent mechanic. Overkill, but worth it to have the sloshing noise fixed and peace of mind.
Then it starts with this pinging when I turn on the ignition, getting louder and more irritating each time I switch on. It took me a while to spot the insp service reminder and link that to the pinging.
My point is that Skoda need to make this procedure clearer and include it in the user manual. I am used to getting an annual service check and MOT regardless of mileage.The mechanic would not be able to reset the alarm as it had yet to happen. Then when it did, I would have to revisit them to have it reset.
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