# Oil change every 6 months or between 7,500 to 10,000 miles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, versa\ **Created:** [June 15, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143 "2023-06-15T15:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Keith-Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Keith-Al](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Keith-Al)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/1 "2023-06-15T15:27:12Z")
It’s been 6 months since I last changed my oil but I’ve only driven 3000 miles during that time span. Should I wait 'til I hit the 7500 mark? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/2 "2023-06-15T15:35:07Z")
What does Nissan’s maintenance schedule state regarding oil change intervals, taking note of the fact that there are both mileage values and elapsed time values, with the provision of “whichever comes first”? How is the car driven? Have most of those miles been driven at highway speeds, or has most of your driving been “local”, and consisting of just short drives? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/3 "2023-06-15T15:45:18Z")
Some manufacturers say change every six months, and some say every 12 months, if very little mileage is put on the vehicle. See what the manual says. Tester ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/4 "2023-06-15T16:11:15Z")
If you have a new vehicle you need to follow manufactures schedule maintenance or you could void the warranty. on my car it is 6000k miles or 6 months. next month I will need to change mine for the first time and probably will only have 1500 miles on it. but I will still change it. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/5 "2023-06-15T20:47:52Z")
I’d do whatever the Nissan maintenance schedule says to do. Note that if your car sees severe service, there could be an alternate schedule. Severe service is a lot of stop and go or in extreme conditions like high heat. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/6 "2023-06-15T21:36:29Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Severe service is a lot of stop and go or in extreme conditions like high heat. +1 Severe service also includes mostly short-trip local driving, which means that a whole lot of people are subjecting their engine to adverse conditions, but they might not be aware of that reality. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/7 "2023-06-16T00:41:32Z")
It won’t hurt your car to change the oil and filter too soon, so doing it now works. Were I in that same situation w/my older vehicles, I’d change the oil & filter at the one year mark, or when it was near the “low” mark on the dipstick or started looking too dark, whichever came sooner. That would usually be around 5,000 miles. This is sort of like on Everybody Loves Raymond, Debra asks the mother how much wine to add to the recipe? Marie: “It depends on how much you have” … lol ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/8 "2023-06-16T05:41:38Z")
From the 2013 Nissan Service and Maintenance guide ![versa](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/0/1005737e1ed421d23b30e7894c87aa850ef57e19.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![queenscheaptowing\_185099](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ec8ea/32.png) [@queenscheaptowing\_185099](https://community.cartalk.com/u/queenscheaptowing_185099)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/9 "2023-06-16T08:30:25Z")
manufacturers recommend that you change the oil for a gasoline engine every 10,000 to 15,000 km, or about once a year for regular usage ---
**Author:** ![queenscheaptowing\_185099](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ec8ea/32.png) [@queenscheaptowing\_185099](https://community.cartalk.com/u/queenscheaptowing_185099)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/10 "2023-06-16T08:34:17Z")
most automakers recommend an oil change every 12 month ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/11 "2023-06-16T14:33:48Z")
> [@queenscheaptowing\_185099](#): > > most automakers recommend an oil change every 12 month Like I said, check the owners manual. Tester ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/12 "2023-06-16T14:41:33Z")
> [@queenscheaptowing\_185099](#): > > or about once a year for regular usage Your manufacturer says differently (see @wolyrobb 's post) and your usage is not “regular”, it is severe. You only average 16 miles a day, so each trip is 8 miles out and 8 miles back. Even if you think your use is “regular” 6 months is the recommended interval. Oil is far cheaper than a new engine. And change your automatic transmission oil every 30K miles. It will still fail early, just not AS early as if you follow Nissan’s schedule or your own invented change interval. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/13 "2023-06-16T22:19:58Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > And change your automatic transmission oil every 30K miles. It will still fail early, just not AS early as if you follow Nissan’s schedule or your own invented change interval. Optimistic view, OP’s Versa may have Nissan’s manual transmission. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/14 "2023-06-16T22:46:04Z")
George, I am a realist, 90+ percent of even these cheap cars are sold with automatics. The odds are strongly in favor of an automatic. The odds are equally strong that trans will fail far earlier than other makes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/15 "2023-06-16T23:34:02Z")
Saw a recent video from retired Toyota chief design engineer and he said do 3k oil changes and change filter every 6k miles. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/16 "2023-06-16T23:47:03Z")
That’s like taking a shower and putting your dirty underwear back on. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/17 "2023-06-17T00:12:53Z")
Ah, what does chief engineer at Toyota know? ---
**Author:** ![Hugemoth\_144444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@Hugemoth\_144444](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hugemoth_144444)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/18 "2023-06-17T11:31:43Z")
I agree with following the owners manual. The manual for my 2018 Versa says to change the oil every 5000 miles so that’s what I do. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/19 "2023-06-17T12:47:56Z")
Before Covid, few people drove \<5k/yr. So, the 1 yr oil change method was not done so much. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143/20 "2023-06-17T13:17:18Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > Saw a recent video from retired Toyota chief design engineer and he said do 3k oil changes and change filter every 6k miles. That was the recommended oil change in cars from the 70’s. My Vega had that recommendation. Oil every 3k miles, and filter every other oil change. No thank you. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-change-every-6-months-or-between-7-500-to-10-000-miles/191143.md?page=2)