300mph

I was washing my car the other day and noticed that the dealer had placed a little sticker in the upper corner of my windshield. The sticker says next scheduled maintenance is 3000 miles. My car is new and I picked it up at this dealer a few weeks ago.

I don’t recall anything in the manual about a 3000 mile service. What does the dealer want to do with my car at 3000 miles? Is this a courtesy inspection or is it just a way for them to make some more money off of me. If my car is running well is there really any reason to take it in?

JLMounce

Oil change.

Buffy

Its a way to make more money off of you; no need to take it in unless you have a problem. But ask them if they offer a special on tire rotations.

Scruff Vette

Follow your owners manual for recommended service intervals.

Lebowski

Peel the sticker off and throw it out. Follow the DIC for oil changes and the manual for all other scheduled maintenance.

Dave@Ciocca

Maybesomeday312

Why would they need to change the oil after 3,000 miles? This might sound stupid but can't you go six months/6000 miles on synthetic?

Lebowski

You can go up to 1yr and potentially more than 6k miles. I have a short commute in traffic (not a lot of highway driving; stop and go; car is barely even warmed up by the time I get to work) and I did my first change at 6,000 miles and as I recall there was about 15% oil life left on the DIC. People who do more highway driving should get well in excess of 6,000 miles between changes.

In short you don't need an oil change at 3k miles - that was simply a case of the dealer trying to milk a few extra dollars out of him.

Duck916

Longer, really. Much longer. The car will tell you when it's time.

Lightning Coyote

I did my first one at axp 1500 miles. If anthing got onto the oil during breakin.

djfullshred

Just about all car dealer service centers will do this - so they can make money with their service centers. My Toyota guys also put the same 3,000 mile sticker (which contradicts the manufacturer reccomended interval of 7,500 miles). I promptly peel off & throw those away when I get the car back.

6spdC6

The dealer makes more profit that way.

Yes you can go much longer on the oil. A lot of folks use 80% of the DIC oil monotor as a guide.

300mph

Yep, peel off the sticker and throw it away. That's what I figured.
I just wanted to hear everyone say it in chorus.

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