Believe Maintenance Minder on When to Change Oil on Honda Fit?
I bought a new 2013 Honda Fit in Jan 2013. It has 2 years has 5.5K miles on it. According to the manual and the Honda customer service via Twitter I should wait till the maintenance minder says to change the oil. This makes me nervous since it's been so long. My maintenance minder hasn't even come on (for 15% time on oil remaining). Anyone have experience working on cars with maintenance minders? Do they work or should I have my oil changed sooner? I plan to drive this car till it dies so I want to keep it in good shape.
Added (1). Replies are all over the map. I'm really looking for advice on someone who has hands on experience. I've seen answers that say 5K miles is ok with modern oil, and others that say do first oil change at 1.5k. Please add your level of experience with the system and/or cars in general to your reply.
These "minders" are not just counting miles. They are monitoring the clarity of the oil too with a sensor. Trust it. You still have 15% to go. Even if you went down to zero percent, don't panic, its not the end of the world.
What is the harm in popping in to the garage and asking? Go on the better safe than sorry rule.
Change the oil now! 5.5k and 2 years is way overdue for your 1st change.
That car requires synthetic oil that must be changed at least once per year. Your manual should say that. Read this post to understand how oil life monitoring systems work.
http://ricksfreeautorepairadvice.com/when-to-change-oil/
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