oil sludge recall for 1.8t's

[Dan DiBiase]

I don't know, there must be some sort of calculation going on in my car's brain, as the 'Service' indicator started flashing at around 10,250 miles, kind of an odd-ball number, so I assumed it was related to the fact that I don't drive this car particularly hard.... As an aside, I find it irritating that Audi did not adjust this 'reminder' to match the 5k/10k/20k/30k etc service intervals..... I did just have the 10k service performed (oil change, tire rotation) but had it done at a local shop since it's not one of my 'free' services with Audi. But now I have to see that reminder every time I start up until my next 'free' service at 15k..... 
 
Dan D
'04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
Central NJ USA

Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> wrote:
At 9:44 PM -0700 9/6/04, Ti Kan wrote:

>I wonder why did AOA not want us to use this feature? Wouldn't the
>dynamic service interval reminder prevent a lot of these problems?

AoA might have decided fallout from customers might be too great. 
Sadly, they might be right.

People might be very suspicious of an oil-change reminder system 
that's dynamic, and more importantly, designed by the manufacturer.