5 year service

[tiger862]

Does anyone do 5 year services anymore? I will be changing coolant, plugs, transmission, and power steering fluid in the next year. Vehicle will be at 5 years since build date so checked manual with most of these are to done at 10 year mark except short trips , police, taxi etc at 6 years. My lifetime speed at less than 25mph so it's considered severe.

 

[supton]

I live on the highway so mine are done by miles. But a low milage driver does need to pay attention to aging out.

 

[doitmyself]

I adjust my maintenance schedules at home and work between time/miles/hours at some self defined compromise. Not a rigid schedule - I adjust as I go, shortening some and lengthening others as I gain experience with the vehicles and equipment. Belts and hoses last a LONG time. My workplace tractors are relatively low use - I change the hytran fluid at six years (about 700 hours, vs. 1200 book OCI) because moisture starts accumulating.

Yes, your attention to preventive maintenance will play out well.

 

[BISCUT]

Mileage not time for me. I put about 24k on the DD Subaru and 8-10k on the F150.

 

[JMJNet]

Do whatever you think is necessary without overdoing it?
Of course, it depends on what kind of car we are talking about.

For example for a lot of american cars, the transmission fluid is a yearly maintenance or 30K miles.
So that means, you need to do it the 5th year also.
etc.

 

[PandaBear]

Miles only, other than oil which I do annual or 7500 miles.