I lease a 2013Honda Fit. I went to my local Honda dealership this past Saturday for an oil change because my car’s mileage was very close to 6,000 but the computer indicator for the fuel check in the car said my oil check was at 40%. Anyway, the customer service rep in the Service Department at Ho…

If Honda is recommending an oil change at 8,000 miles then they have lost all respect from me. That plan is asinine even if they are using synthetic oil. It’s not good for the engine of the car and it’s value at the end of the lease will be lower. I recommend buying a vehicle and forget about leasin…

“He said my warranty would not cover it” Ummm…the OP REALLY needs to learn about what a warranty entails. A warranty does not cover maintenance costs–regardless of what the odometer mileage factor might be. A warranty does cover the cost of repairs, however. The object of good maintenance is to …

Your fit knows exactly how you drive and temp outside based on computer readings and adjust oil change interval accordingly. I’d follow it. I find if I drive my 07 MDX with similar oil life thing in winter with many short trips/long warm ups in driveway it seems to last only 5500 miles between oil …

It’s a lease. So unless you plan to buy it when it’s done, just follow Honda’s recommendation. If that oil change interval is actually a problem (opinions will vary) the problems won’t show up until after you’re done with it. And if it shows up before AND you have followed Honda’s recommendations…

I agree with @cig. It’s a lease and if you don’t plan buying the car, just have the less frequent changes and don’t worry about it. If instead you want to buy it and change it more often, just do up it at your expense.

Chances are the car’s various computers don’t know that the car has only 6000 miles, but 14 months have elapsed, for example

The oil life monitor (OLM) does take into consideration the type of driving you do (stop and go) as well as temperature, etc. So it can be reasonably trusted to know when a change is needed. What it cannot do is monitor the oil LEVEL. Just check the level periodically before starting out in the mo…

2013 Honda Fit - Oil Change

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Cavell January 21, 2014, 7:22am 6

I have seen some new cars advertised with 2yr free maintnace and so on. So, if your free oil changes are only when computer sez so, than change it when you want too. If 3k miles makes you happy, do it. Than the dealer can do your 1 per yr free change.

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