I am a proud owner of a Civic hybrid. This is my first hybrid and I have been told that my oil doesn’t need changed every 5000 miles. There is an oil life indicator that displays the percent of oil life left (from 100% - 0%). The service department tells me I should change the oil when the display r…

I suspect the dealer is providing you with the straight story. Read your owner’s manual to confirm. Several cars today (none of mine) have oil life monitors which should be accurate enough to judge when the oil needs changed. If you don’t like the answer the OLM provides then, go back to your old…

The Owner’s Manual for a hybrid, just as with other cars, is the best source of accurate information on your car. If the dealer is not pushing oil changes sooner than the manual and/or the oil life indicator recommend, that is a good sign that the dealership is fairly honest. Go with the informati…

Changing the oil at or before what is recommended is NOT going to hurt the vehicle. Personally I don’t trust the oil indicators. If you change your oil ever 5k miles it’ll be fine.

Your wonderful new car has a fancy new feature that will save you money. Why get an oil change more often than it is necessary? Read your owner’s manual and follow its recommendations. If you happen to have money laying around and you are looking for a way to squander it, get you oil changed when…

Keep in mind that on your hybrid, your gas engine isn’t running all the time, so it’s hard to put a definite mileage number on when you need the change the oil since different types of driving use the gas engine more than others. The oil life monitor does a very good job of figuring out the variable…

ABSOLUTE STEP #1 - read the owner’s manual ! My hybrid Escape has variable oil change intervals; Highway driving with the engine running most of the time, 5,000 m., city driving with the engine asleep much of the time, 10,000 m. I chose 7,000m for my interval and it seems to fit my driving style w…

For most or all Hondas, the owners manual says not to change the oil early. If I remember correctly, the break-in oil is different because it has extra molybdenum.

The engineers who designed your car put an oil life monitor into it. Why do you think they are trying to trick you into ruining your car? Any company that deliberately shortened their engine life would lose face, big time, and in Japan that’s major no-no. As it happens, my Honda’s oil life monito…

Actually someone did some testing and found the changing oil too often can cause increase wear. However the difference was far too small to worry about.

Oil changes for hybrid cars

Maintenance/Repairs

Jeremy_R_Hoyt July 21, 2008, 4:18pm 10

You might be thinking about the Prius. The Civic Hybrid runs on the gasoline engine and only uses the electric motor for extra power. The Prius does it the other way around. With a Civic Hybrid, if the car is moving, the gas engine is running. Use of the electric motor will fluctuate.

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