When the service interval is due, when the ignition is switched on, as well as when the engine is started, for about one minute, instead of indicating the daily mileage, a message regarding the care and maintenance of the vehicle appears on the speedometer display. The message about the due date of the car service appears in advance, approximately 1000 kilometers before the maintenance or 10 days in advance, if the next service is determined by the time indicator. The corresponding message looks like this:
- service OIL (engine oil change);
- service INSP (technical inspection).
The scope of work in the declared technical inspection may be different. After the maintenance work has been completed, the old maintenance due message must be deleted and the new information entered. If maintenance was performed (service INSP), then the message about changing the oil when entering new maintenance dates also needs to be updated.
When determining the service intervals, the appropriate reporting system proceeds from the period or from the number of kilometers traveled since the previous message was deleted. Additional factors, such as, for example, the loads experienced by the car, are not taken into account in this case.
Attention! At each vehicle inspection, AUDI specialized workshops additionally interrogate the memory of the self-diagnosis system about the failures in the operation of the engine, ABS, airbag and anti-theft system using the VAG 1551 reader (tester). We recommend that you contact a specialist workshop for this purpose, even in cases where the service will be carried out by yourself. The self-diagnosis system is polled via the diagnostic connector. The car owner can also ask the workshop staff to enter new data on the due date of the next maintenance.
Vehicle Extended Service Interval System
Maintenance of Audi Allroad cars, starting from the model range of 2002, is carried out according to the so-called service system with an increased frequency «Longlife-Service-System» (designation QG1 on the rating plate with the engine identification number). In this case, a special slow-working fuel is filled into the engine at the factory (not aging) oil, which allows, depending on the load on the engine, to increase the intervals between car maintenance to almost 35,000 km.
To perform extended interval maintenance, the vehicle must be equipped with the following instruments:
- 1. a reporting and command device for reporting the timing of maintenance;
- 2. engine oil level sensor;
- 3. brake lining wear sensor;
- 4. the engine must be filled with engine oil with an extended service life that meets the standards of the VOLKSWAGEN / AUDI concern;
- 5. Maintenance-free lead-calcium battery.
The service interval has been extended for vehicles with a petrol engine to almost 30,000 kilometers or every 2 years, and with a 6-cylinder diesel engine - 35,000 kilometers or every 2 years.
The driver is reminded of the approaching service interval by a corresponding message on the instrument panel display. Approximately 2000 km or one month before the actual service interval, the display shows the message every time the ignition is switched on «service in 2000 km» (service after 2000 km of run). As the deadline approaches, the mileage remaining until service changes in increments of one hundred kilometers. The remaining mileage before the service is due can also be found by pressing the clock setting button once. As soon as the service interval is due, the display shows «service!» (service).
Attention! If, on vehicles with a system of extended service intervals, when performing repairs or servicing, engine oil of the usual VW / AUDI specification is filled in, and not for extended service intervals, then the indicating and command device should be reprogrammed by changing the record that the time intervals between service intervals services are flexible, on record «interval constant». Subsequent maintenance of the car is carried out in this case in the same way as for cars with a normal service interval, i.e. every 15,000 kilometers or every 12 months. The device is reprogrammed by resetting the data using the setting keys on the instrument panel.
Deleting previous service data
Attention! It is not allowed to change the data on the terms of service in the intervals between intervals. This will result in incorrect messages.
The old information is reset and new information is entered in the workshop using the VAG 1551 tester, which is connected to the diagnostic connector on the left under the steering wheel.
If it is not possible to use the specified tester, then new data can be entered using the daily mileage reset button and the clock setting button.
1. Make sure the ignition is off.
2. Press and hold the trip reset button.
3. Turn on the ignition without releasing the trip reset button. Do not start the engine.
4. Release the trip reset button. The daily mileage display will show «SERVICE OIL» (Change of oil).
5. Pull out the clock setting button and hold it in this position until the inscription «SERVICE OIL» (Change of oil) will not disappear, and three dashes will not appear instead (- - -).
6. Press the trip mileage reset button and release. The display will show «SERVICE INSP» (technical inspection).
7. Pull out the clock setting button and hold it in this position until the inscription «SERVICE OIL» (Change of oil) will not disappear, and three dashes will not appear instead (- - -).
8. Pull out the clock setting button and hold it in this position until the inscription «SERVICE INSP» (technical inspection) will not disappear, and three dashes will not appear instead (- - -).
9. Turn off the ignition.
Only vehicles with extended service intervals
Attention! For vehicles with extended service intervals, entering new data is only possible using the VAG 1551 or VAS 5051 tester. An attempt to delete the old data and enter new data using the buttons on the instrument panel will switch the extended service interval mode to the normal schedule reporting mode Maintenance.
Switching to the normal maintenance schedule reporting mode.
10. Press the daily mileage reset button and, holding it down, turn on the ignition. Do not start the engine.
11. Release the trip reset button.
The display will show «SERVICE in - - - Km» or «SERVICE!» («service through - - - kilometers» or «service!»).
12. Press the clock setting button and keep it pressed until the inscription «SERVICE in - - - Km» or «SERVICE!» («service through - - - kilometers» or «service!») will not disappear, and a message will not appear instead «SERVICE in 15000 Km» (service after 15,000 kilometers»).
13. Turn off the ignition.
Change of oil
Only vehicles without extended service intervals
The oil should be changed when (blinking) message on the information display «SERVICE OIL» (Change of oil) or after a run of 15,000 kilometers, if this run is 15,000.
Attention! Under difficult operating conditions, the oil should be changed more frequently. These conditions are: driving mainly for short distances or within the city, frequent driving on mountainous or dusty roads, operating a car with a trailer.
14. Change oil and change oil filter. At the same time, check the residual thickness of the front wheel brake pads.
15. Enter new data on the timing of the next engine oil change.
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