Mercedes-Benz retailers offer two regular levels of servicing to their customers – A service and B service – depending on your car’s age and the miles it has covered.
In simple terms, an A service is what you might hear referred to as an ‘interim’ service and sets out a package of basic checks and fluid changes to make sure your vehicle is in perfect working order. The B service is a more extensive and costly set of procedures that may include additional checks or replacement parts. The exact requirements vary from car to car and will be laid out in the service schedule in the owner’s manual, though typically it will alternate, meaning if your last service was an A the next one will be a B service and vice versa. The timings between the services will vary from car to car and also on how many miles you cover and the type of driving you do – in most modern Mercedes you’ll get a reminder on the dash to tell you when you are due a service and whether it is due to be an A or B procedure.