My 2006 Saab 9-5 has a no charge scheduled maintenance program. GM will pay for oil changes every 10,000 miles or one year, whichever comes first. The dealer is required to use Mobil 1 synthetic oil, which means $60 for an oil change. Most of my driving is short trip in stop and go traffic. …

The answer depends on how long you’ll have the car. If you plan on keeping it for a while (90,000+ miles) and you drive in lots of urban traffic, change the oil every 5,000 miles. Turbo engines are very hard on oil and need more frequent oil changes in general. If your car lived on the highway and d…

I would never, ever, allow a vehicle to go 10,000 miles between oil changes, especially when short hop, stop and go driving is involved. IMHO, 5k miles is the upper limit for your type of driving. Never put much faith into anything a service manager/service advisor/service advisor tells you. Abou…

Why don’t I see any reference to the maintenance schedule listed by Saab in their owner’s manual. That is the first place to go for the answer to this question. Always remember it is the based on time or miles whichever comes first! Never do less. If it were mine, I would take a look at the cos…

Oil Change for Saab 9-3

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andrew_j May 19, 2008, 10:58am 4

Pay to change it once (after 5k) between the 10k free change interval and problem solved.

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Oil Change for Saab 9-3

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