I am the original owner of my 2007 Fit Sport 5MT at around 135k. Runs great and still love driving it. I don't drive it much anymore since I'm not usually commuting but it's been about a year since the last service. Does the Maintenance Minder take time into account or only mileage? I'm nowhere near the mileage for an oil change but I think I will change the oil and filter anyway because it's been a year. Is there a way to check what else would be due with the next service? I don't want to reset and miss info about what would otherwise be coming up next.

 

Go visit your local Honda dealership. They are the ones to talk to about that. Not the internet.

 

Your oil (and other fluids) degrade with both mileage and time, and your manual has a maintenance schedule with both types of checkpoints. That's how everyone planned maintenance (e.g., oil change every 3 months or 3000 miles) before cars got fancy, but it seems like most folks these days can't even keep air in their tires without a dummy light to remind them.

I change my synthetic oil and filter once per year, which for me is only 4000-5000 miles, almost exclusively from drives >50 miles because we have a Nissan Leaf EV that we use for short trips. I plan my other maintenance (coolant, brake fluid, A/T fluid, air filters, etc) based on time as well. I don't pay any attention to my maintenance minder or the oil life percentage.

Think of it this way: Doing maintenance early shouldn't hurt your car in any way, but putting it off could hurt your car. Check out the maintenance schedule, do what you need to do to match up with your mileage, and then plan ahead based on time intervals if you don't drive very much.

 

According to Honda's website:"The system counts down oil life based on engine operating conditions (both normal and severe). The on-board computer continuously monitors engine operating conditions such as speed, engine temperature, ambient temperature, time, and vehicle use to determine when an oil change and regular maintenance is necessary."

No problem doing maintenance early. I would reset the maintenance minder when I did so just so it can continue to keep track.

 

Let me ask slightly differently: If I change the oil early and reset the minder, will it keep tracking properly toward the more major maintenance things (like spark plugs, etc.)? I don't want to inadvertently reset anything other than the oil change that I'm actually doing.

 

Pretty sure it won't mess up the other reminders. I believe the reminder for plugs, etc. pops up at a predetermined mileage, regardless of how often the oil is changed.

Now, if you reset it when it is calling for something else (the tires to be rotated for example), it would assume that you rotated them and it would reset that as well.

You might want to check with a dealer to be sure, though.