Page 552 of the owner's manual. My Mom has a '19 CR-V with the same engine and I remember reading it. Her dealer has no issues changing the oil/filter once a year because she barely puts any miles on it herself. They joke with her that she needs to drive it more.My wife has the same car,the same year,there is nothing in the owners manual as to time limit for an oil change.
I'll presume your co-worker lives in the Dallas area like you apparently do, yeah ? How many Honda or Acura dealers are there ? I'm in a much smaller city and have at least (5) to pick from. She can go to any Honda dealer in the US, any repair shop, or oil change place to have this done.took her car to the dealer
Twelve months after purchasing it new, a co worker of mine took her car to the dealer for her first oil change with 4,000 miles. It is a 2019 Civic with 1.5 turbo engine. They advised against it on the grounds that the maintenance minder showed 60% oil life left.
She then took it to Kwik Kar and they also advised against it for the same reason.
She now plans to drive it another year (4,000 more miles) then have it changed at two years and 8,000 miles.
Does this seem like a good idea?
From a purely self defense perspective should there ever be damage or a warranty issue- I would document the attempt to get the vehicle serviced and their refusal. It may be needed later.
How would that exactly get documented?
Ok, thanks everyone for the great responses. Good idea to have her check the owners manual for a time limit.
I'll pass this information on to her.
Get them to write it on the intake request for service/work order/whatever paperwork they use
Then keep it- make sure it has the vehicle, date requested and mileage and them stating "whatever they state"
I am with you and thought this also. The issue I see is if they even would write the ticket in the first place ? Dealership service departments tend to shy away from putting such things to paper and like an out if needed.
They won't. I suspect this scenario went like this: Owner calls the dealership, asks to schedule an oil change, service writer asks the mileage, gets the value, tells them it's too early and to call back when the car says it's time to change it. In their defense, I believe Honda of America is fairly strict about dealer service departments following the MM (I had the same experience personally). You know, "cost of ownership" and all.... They didn't ask how long it's been because in most cases, I'd think mileage is reached before time.The issue I see is if they even would write the ticket in the first place ? Dealership service departments tend to shy away from putting such things to paper and like an out if needed.
You're all still ignoring the fact that this is the first Oil Change...
Honda's first oil change recommendation
It's not news around here that Honda is perhaps the only carmaker that advises against an early change of the factory oil fill. This recommendation seems to have become a bit dormant recently, but as the owner of a new Honda product I'm again wondering why this is important to them. Honda's...www.bobistheoilguy.com
Honda OM doesn't say anything about break-in, or anything special about the first oil change that I can find.