Service interval

Got a 2003 406 2L petrol estate with 45k on it. Would you recommend servicing 20,000 miles after the previous one (as the book says) or when the computer says? (It'll have done about 18,000 at that point)

Thanks

Reply to
PH13
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We always service before the computer says. then its all done. as long it has had done what it should have done it should be all ok.

Reply to
Chrs

I don't see a lot of point in having your service done before it's due, it just means that the serving interval gets shorter and shorter, I normally start arranging mine when the computer tells me I have a 100 miles to go. I have a 406 diesel estate on a 02 plate. I also use a private garage owned by an ex Peugeot mechanic, my last service a month ago cost me £98.00. a bit different to a Peugeot dealer.

Bryan ( Winchester )

Reply to
Zoab

I'm not suggesting getting it done before it's due, but asking whether you go by the service interval or by the compter? 20.000 after the last service is 49,500. It has currently done 47,600 and the computer is saying service due in 600 miles. Not having had a car with a computer before, it hasn't been a problem in the past.

I can see the logic in having a computer suggest that a service is due depending on how the car has been used, but how reliable is its decision making considering that the external temperature gauge constantly reads 6 degrees low?

Reply to
PH13

The outside sensor is in the wing mirror on my 406 and has been inaccurate due, I think, to having the mirrors folded in and out in our narrow parking spaces at work. Probably a broken wire. Anyway perhaps the computer has detected a condition which will need rectifying at a service, like water in the fuel filter (ok a diesel issue I know).

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malc

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