I'm embarrassed to say I didn't read the section in the manual that instructed to have the oil changed when prompted by the maintenance minder. As a result, I had the oil changed at 4,062 miles. Could this be potentially harmful to the engine or any other part? Thank you in advance!

 

Forget the maintenance minder, its garbage. Your engine will be fine, but with these newer engines you can definately go alot longer without an oil change than older cars. I change every 7,500 with synthetic. Changing every 5000 is a pretty good rule of thumb if your not using synthetic. I did my first oil change at 5,000 and my engine is running perfectly so far at 30,000.

 

don't sweat it, you're ok

 

Why is the maintenance minder garbage? More importantly, why is your two bit "rule of thumb" better than the maintenance minder that Honda (you know, that ultra reliable car manufacturer that knows engines so well) trusts to keep the car's engine running and preserve Honda's good name.

Your static oil change internal is garbage.

To the OP: You'll be fine. Just follow the maintenance minder system in the future.

 

No, there is not potential damage. I first changed my oil at 1,000 mi. I'm at 38K now. No problems whatsoever.

 

I always use the maintenance minder. Way to lazy to count the miles.

 

(Forget the maintenance minder, its garbage.) This sentence is True and if I were you I would Forget the dealer and find a Local garage in your town. Your dealer doesn't make money from the selling of your car they make money from you going back every little time for Oil changes and this and that.

 

hahaha thats great.

 

If I were to follow the maintenance minder I would be changing my oil every 15,000 miles. Yeah not gonna happen, I don't care who tells me. Better safe than sorry, an oil change costs me $30.

 

^word

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my maintenance minder goes off at around 4,5oo im estimating. I guess something is wrong with yours.

 

Considering you have a GD, and this is a GE forum, your experience is not applicable. Do some research before you start spewing out what you think is fact. The average time the maintenance minder goes off is close to 10,000 miles. I drive like a granny so I would not get the maintenance minder until at least 12,000 miles. Trust me, I am NOT the only one. Why risk severe damage to the engine later on in its life when it costs the price of a tank of gas and half hour of your time to change the oil?

 

no fact here. i think i said estimating, guess and around. relax.

 

LoL your car will be fine. This is the longest I have EVER gone on an oil change. My Fit is sitting at 7600 miles and the oil life is still at 20%. I just follow the maintenance minder once it hits 15% then I make sure it gets changed out (that's what I have been doing with my TL).

 

Sounds like the old saying, "I'm going to take a bath once a week whether I need one or not!" How does <<going by the oil minder, but not going over 10K between changes (whatever comes first)>> sound? Hate to let it go too long simply because the indicator is on the blink

 

I know a lot of Euro cars have 10-15k services IMO pretty damn long for an oil change especially while the oil may still be "okay" the filters do not last that long. Is it Amsoil that states you can do 30k between oil changes and you just have to change the filter?

If you're not at 15% by 10k just change it out with a quality synthetic and oil filter and do the tire rotation. That's my advice...

 

Peoples1234...Lighten up. Honda is not perfect, as it's mpg indicator problems can verify.

 

i have to laugh at people who claim the oil life monitor is garbage.
you know absolutely nothing about the device... so how could you possibly know it's "garbage?"

my oil monitor drops 10% about every 700 miles driven in winter, and 1100 miles in summer. i have a auto trans.

 

legal disclaimer: i am not a ge8 owner so my opinions do not matter, and i do not want to spew false information. I do however want to state that i agree with the post above me. Cant we all just agree to disagree.

 

The maintenance minder is little more than a device to determine if you are driving normal duty or severe duty. Honda has 'static' intervals in place and yes, that static interval is every 12,500 miles, unless you drive in severe conditions, then the interval is every 6,250. That's a big spread! That is where the MM comes in. All it does is constantly examine your driving data to determine how 'severely' you are driving. In the end if you think 12,500 miles is too long to go without a change it is Honda, not the MM you disagree with.

I explained it better here:
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...y-drivers.html