Observation on Dealer “Service Packages”
The wife has a 2 year old Chevy Traverse that she really likes and we always have the oil changed at the purchasing dealer, who we really like too. I’ve always changed my own oil but at $38.95 for 5...
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owenssailor wrote:
I was at our dealer today. They immediatly said I needed an oil change since the monitor was down to 15% I asked why. The service writer said since I was there I might as well get it changed.
Later the service manager informed me that I should get it changed at 20% left. When I pointed out that the manual says to change within 1000km (600 miles) after oil change warning comes up his reply was -"well I can show you lots of engines that got wrecked"
He didn't like the suggestion that they were simply ripping of consumers to pad their profits.
They are right! change the oil sooner! if you wait till 0% you are just waiting for the motor to destroy itself! The Oil Life Monitor is a marketing gimmick that is used to make it seem as if the car will run forever with nothing more than an oil change every 12k miles!!! the manuf. has nothing in the car beyond the warranty, so if it needs a new motor they are not paying. I can guarantee you if they had a lifetime warranty or some kind of stake in the car, that Oil Life Monitor would either go away or be reprogrammed for shorter oil change intervals!
Change your oil at most every 5k miles!
