Anyone heard of a "Long Life Service Schedule" ?? Just been told by a dealer that a Sport 2012 is on this.
I questioned the fact that it missed 18 months until now without a service

i did note, when selling mine recently, that the service book says that it (also a 2012) should be serviced every 16500 miles or 1 year without saying "whichever comes first". So it could easily do 16500 miles between services regardless of time. Merc C220 estate Sport AMG
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Thanks Bill, thats interesting maybe its true then, seems a bit mad to me .
So maybe ok then ??

Should still be done at 12 months irrespective of mileage. Mine service book defiantly says or 12 months after previous service.

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Yeah thats what I thought, how bad is it to miss a service for 18 months 15k?? ( it had Brake pads and tyres on the year )???

Well you don't seem to have hit a problem yet. But if you sell in the future a big gap between services might impact on value. Besides, these are complex beasts and expensive to fix. I wouldn't skimp on servicing, religiously 12 months. Some do interim oil changes for variants with oil dilution issues.

Thanks Father I being told " they only need servicing every 2 years or 20,000 miles, so if anything its been over serviced" They just make it up to sell , bad really.....

That goes against everything L/R service schedule for the RRS1 says. If it's a main dealer I think I would look elsewhere because their talking s**t.

Cheers
Col

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Agree with Col. Who the actual told you that bull ?

Unusual for a dealer to say needs less servicing, usually more so they can more frequently dip your pocket. Unless he thought you were worried about running costs...

Golden rule for me is read the owner book. Done it with every motor I've had. Useful info esp re servicing etc. Maybe I'm just a cynic but the garage trade does have the odd dodgy geezer who will tell you any old to get your cash.

I think it depends what country you are in.

That is what my old service book states anyway

Absolutely no mention of 2 years or 20,000 miles in my service book in any market, in fact a big percentage actualy say 8,000 miles or six months.

Cheers
Col

Is this a potential purchase?

The only time I envisage a dealer saying this is they are trying to sell a vehicle that is missing some service history and they are trying to convince a customer it is correct.

Ask them to provide the literature they quote and if they also offer a warranty, ask that company how they would View this. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
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Yeah it's a dealer trying to sell, well not to me

Brit Plumber wrote:

Is this a potential purchase?

The only time I envisage a dealer saying this is they are trying to sell a vehicle that is missing some service history and they are trying to convince a customer it is correct.

Ask them to provide the literature they quote and if they also offer a warranty, ask that company how they would View this.

I have never gone to 15k, I always get it serviced at 12k ish. Not a huge difference I know, but I have always believed in oil as being the most important service component there is.