Excuse me for being dumb, but exactly how does servicing work? I've had the car now for a year (2013 model) and the only thing that's come up on the display is the MOT and now, engine oil change. There is nothing on the menu that tells me when it needs a full service like most cars do, just dates and mileages when things like brake pads want replacing etc. My last car was a Jaguar, and I just had it serviced every year - is this not the case with BMWs?

With BMW it seems there are three services (unless things have changed over the years)
Oil Service - which is just that and a checkover
Service I - which is a minor service
Service II - which is a major service

I would double check all service history stamps to check nothing has been missed though and then go for the one you think it best for the car, and your wallet 🙂

 

Hi. Thanks for that. I have had the 'Oil service required' warning so have had prices to do the oil change from £192 at Sytners, £175 at an independent and £79 at In'N Out who say they are able to reset the CBS warning after they have changed the oil and filters so that's who I've gone with. From what I've seen on the web, it's not difficult to do that anyway. I will probably start to have it serviced in the old fashioned way based on mileage and time, what intervals would you suggest for this?

Many thanks, Martin

I would always ensure that the car is over-serviced to be on the safe side and always using quality parts and fluids

This "reset" worked for me, following all that was necessary from an independent:

Car can be either started or ignition pressed with no brake
hold the odometer reset, and keep holding until the ! goes away
cycle through the option you want to reset via scrolling the BC stalk
press the BC button
car will show RESET option, press and hold, then release