>> It won't be demanding a service in a year, all BMW servicing is mileage/condition based.
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Unfortunately for the OP, this is not the case as there's a 2 year 'hard stop' on the servicing, regardless of mileage covered, condition monitoring or anything else.
We got caught out like this on a MINI and it wound me up because we'd opted not to take the service plan based on the fact the car would only need one minor service in the 3 years we planned on keeping it. What we ended up with was the car asking for a minor service on time grounds when the car was just coming up to a year from registration (actually 2 years old), then two years later we got stiffed for the major service, a brake fluid change, and the 3 year 'Vehicle Inspection'. The dealer paid for the minor service at the time, but we were hundreds of pounds out of pocket by the end of the period. The big service, 'inspection' and fluid change came to about £600.
The car was on a PCP, so they had us by the short and curlies, as you have to have main dealer servicing, or else it impacts the resale value (and therefore the GFV) of the car.
We were told it was not possible to simply reset the indicator and carry on by two separate MINI Dealers.
Of course if we'd planned to keep the car indefinitely, it would have been much less of a big deal
Last edited by: DP on Mon 28 Jun 21 at 09:44
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