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Started the annual service today on my cabriolet. I posted the four page service tasks in the sticky's above. There are four pages and I did about half of the stuff in an hour. So much is "check this, inspect that, etc." I love the ease of DIY service on these cars. As little as I drive my car, I am going to go on a two year service interval unless something pops up. I'll probably do the battery test every six months or so, since that's free and so easy and important to be aware of.
Changed the desiccant cartridge - that's about a ten minute job including finding the 14 mm allen. I did use a factory part, because I still have two years left on the four year factory warranty and I don't want there to be any wiggle room if I have issues down the road. Might consider the replacement beads next time.
Checked the cabin air filter - it was really clean yet, so I didn't change that. I rarely turn on the climate control. Did the battery test last month. Checked the 12v battery today and it read 12.69v and the compartment was nice and dry.
Hardest thing I have left to do might be resetting the maintenance indicator.
I will still pull all the wheels to check brakes and do the brake fluid, but nothing else that an average DIY'er can't do.
Len
2014 EV Coupe 18,000 miles
2014 EV Cabriolet 12,000 miles
Changed the desiccant cartridge - that's about a ten minute job including finding the 14 mm allen. I did use a factory part, because I still have two years left on the four year factory warranty and I don't want there to be any wiggle room if I have issues down the road. Might consider the replacement beads next time.
Checked the cabin air filter - it was really clean yet, so I didn't change that. I rarely turn on the climate control. Did the battery test last month. Checked the 12v battery today and it read 12.69v and the compartment was nice and dry.
Hardest thing I have left to do might be resetting the maintenance indicator.
I will still pull all the wheels to check brakes and do the brake fluid, but nothing else that an average DIY'er can't do.
Len
2014 EV Coupe 18,000 miles
2014 EV Cabriolet 12,000 miles