# 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe synthetic oil change interval

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-synthetic-oil-change-interval/118275>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, santafe\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-synthetic-oil-change-interval/118275 "2018-05-29T13:56:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jeff32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jeff32](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeff32)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-synthetic-oil-change-interval/118275/1 "2018-05-29T13:56:34Z")

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My wife drives less than 5,000 per year. I use only 100 % full synthetic oil in her car. How often should I change the oil in her car?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-synthetic-oil-change-interval/118275/2 "2018-05-29T14:06:55Z")

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Once a year should be fine with synthetic.

I’ve been doing this with my wife’s car and it is now 17 years old with 108K miles - 6300 miles a year average with one oil change a year. I did this with her 2 previous cars as well.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-hyundai-santa-fe-synthetic-oil-change-interval/118275/3 "2018-05-30T15:08:16Z")

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Agree with Mustangman. Once a year for oil and filter is OK.