I would be perfectly ok with an oil level sensor/gauge. I don’t keep up with my fuel level by dropping a sounding stick in tank either. 
no engine oil dipstick by design
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My Mazda has both a dipstick and an electronic reading on the Infotainment center. The lazy me occasionally uses the electronic method, but the aggressive me still checks it the “old fashioned” way……..it hurts to say that, lol!
Trust, but verify.
Recently, I saw someone checking their transmission fluid with a dipstick.I hate dipsticks. So hard to get an accurate reading unless you are perfectly level and many show different results on either side of the stick
It had to of been four feet long.
Your average driver today would be sooo confused.
That's how I check the air in my tires.
I use a 'manual' digital gage and occasionally use the TPMS.
Yet another solution in search of a problem.
I'd rather have it on the dash than my BMW F750 GS where you have to start it up, pat your head 10 times, ride for 20 mins in the mountains of the alps at exactly 20 degrees, brake 4 times and then wait 10 mins and check it
For the life of me I never know the level...
For the life of me I never know the level...
Sorry, Being that the price of an engine is so astronomically high,,,, ( I mean we're not talking about a Dodge Slant 6 with a 1 barrel carb from the 70's here, sitting on a shelf in a junkyard for $100 bucks),,,,,, I would not trust a computer to send me the oil level of an engine. True, we don't use a stick to measure fuel in a gas tank, but a stuck sending switch in a gas tank won't destroy an engine. You just run out of gasoline . The engine will be fine. It's bad enough they're doing away with transmission sticks. Personally, I use that transmission stick to check on the quality of the ATF, especially after a long hot summer of stop and go driving, or sitting in extended periods of bumper to bumper traffic. Those fans can only do so much,,,a lot of heat builds up inside that engine bay. Then add the A/C as the icing on the cake. I'll keep my cars. They all have 2 sticks each. Vehicles are getting too complicated anyway. The owner's manual's are about as thick as a Webster's Dictionary now.
Oh please.
Do you complain about having a fuel level gauge on your dashboard?
No, you don't, do you?
It's the same level of complexity, honestly.
You need a fluid level sensor, wiring, and a visual readout on the dash, or in the infotainment screen, plus the programming that makes the fluid level in the oil pan read out on the readout on the dash.
Big whoop.
It doesn't get used by the ECM to alter the way the vehicle runs, unless they use low oil level to turn off the remote start functionality.