10-07-2011, 06:05 PM
Ammo,
Ditto on checking the manual. One thing I've learned about dealers is that they often follow their own guidelines as to how your car should be serviced. They might say change X after Y miles, while the manufacturer itself says change X after X miles. Personally, I stick with the manufacturers guidelines unless something out of the ordinary dictates otherwise.
For example... I use synthetic oil in my '09 Mazda CX-7. The manufacturer normally recommends changing the oil after X miles but for normal oil. Synthetic changes that interval. So, I follow my own interval instead. However, for something like the transmission fluid, I'd follow the manufacturers guidelines. I'd go otherwise only if something happened that required changing the transmission fluid sooner.
Robert
Ditto on checking the manual. One thing I've learned about dealers is that they often follow their own guidelines as to how your car should be serviced. They might say change X after Y miles, while the manufacturer itself says change X after X miles. Personally, I stick with the manufacturers guidelines unless something out of the ordinary dictates otherwise.
For example... I use synthetic oil in my '09 Mazda CX-7. The manufacturer normally recommends changing the oil after X miles but for normal oil. Synthetic changes that interval. So, I follow my own interval instead. However, for something like the transmission fluid, I'd follow the manufacturers guidelines. I'd go otherwise only if something happened that required changing the transmission fluid sooner.
Robert