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Anyone know for sure what the rules are for oil changes. My dealer is telling me only 20%. Thought I read on here it doesn't matter.

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nards444 Senior Enthusiast

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I beleive the rule is 20% from GM. My dealer goes by 20%, but said in a pinch or something they would bend. I went on a trip and was like at 32% and they did it. I wouldnt expect that much leeway and to be honest if your changing oil before 5k miles anyways unless its a break in or you have been heavy hauling your wasting your money and time. 3k mile oil changes are so antquated its funny.

Luster Senior Enthusiast

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Some dealerships will do this in order to cheap out on the oil changes. My service tech told me that I could get them any time with any oil life percentage.

 

Call a few dealer service departments until you find one where percentage doesn't matter.

Silverado-Hareek Senior Enthusiast

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It used to be percentage based but they changed it to 4 free oil changes/tire rotations to be used whenever you like. You could do all 4 in one week if you wanted to. I do mine every 5,000 miles regardless of percentage on the oil life monitor.

newdude Senior Enthusiast

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Dealers are supposed to suggest that you follow the OLM (oil is syn blend, OLM is good, etc) but for customer satisfaction, they are not supposed to turn you away whether its at 3000 or 6000 miles. The 20% criteria was removed from the dealer instructional sheet. Its still just the 4 free services no matter the mileage, that are good for 2 years/24,000 miles.

high country Enthusiast

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It used to be percentage based but they changed it to 4 free oil changes/tire rotations to be used whenever you like. You could do all 4 in one week if you wanted to. I do mine every 5,000 miles regardless of percentage on the oil life monitor.

This is what my dealer told me also.

WWFDCorrie Enthusiast

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we usually tell people to make an appointment at 25%


we usually tell people to make an appointment at 25%


we usually tell people to make an appointment at 25%

chuckl1218 Senior Enthusiast

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Dealers are supposed to suggest that you follow the OLM (oil is syn blend, OLM is good, etc) but for customer satisfaction, they are not supposed to turn you away whether its at 3000 or 6000 miles. The 20% criteria was removed from the dealer instructional sheet. Its still just the 4 free services no matter the mileage, that are good for 2 years/24,000 miles.

My dealer suggested I get mine done every 6 months regardless of mile so that I get all of my 4 free services in 2 years since my mileage per year is low.

POS VETT Enthusiast

POS VETT

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we usually tell people to make an appointment at 25%

 

we usually tell people to make an appointment at 25%

 

we usually tell people to make an appointment at 25%

Three times is the charm?

Silverado-Hareek Senior Enthusiast

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Three times is the charm?

 

It's an issue with this forum. Sometimes you click "post" and it doesn't do anything but it actually does post. So you keep clicking it trying to make it do something and end up posting the same thing multiple times.

POS VETT Enthusiast

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My first oil change was done at 2.1-2.2k miles; I believe about 70% oil life left.

galliher_nc Senior Enthusiast

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It's an issue with this forum. Sometimes you click "post" and it doesn't do anything but it actually does post. So you keep clicking it trying to make it do something and end up posting the same thing multiple times.

I hate when that happens.

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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My dealer also said 20% or less. My percentage was off anyways because when it was around 84% I accidentally reset it when I was playing around with the dash display lol. I did a lot of driving that first 6 months so I was able to bring it in just before the 6 month mark with 5 1/2 months on the oil change and was down to about 3% (when taking in account of the accidental reset).

 

As for the multiple post thing, if it doesn't post right away I just hit refresh and there the post is. I usually use my computer to be on here and if I use my phone it's with the desktop version instead of the mobile version.

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