The Tesla phone is almost out.3000 mile oil changes are a bit overkill in 2025...but I know it's hard to step outside that box for you geezers. OK...I'm going to ask my kid something about my Iphone.......
100% agree! Change your oil when you want. I do every 5000 miles, and I order in bulk on RockAuto for both my cars so oil changes are like $35 in supplies each time. Pretty good deal if you ask me.I would never tell someone their oil change schedule is wrong. None of my business in the way they run their business. Not my money. Not my worry. I have enough trouble taking care of myself at 76 years of age.
To reset the light, press the "hamburger" three line button on the right side of the steering wheel. Then follow this path: Settings >> Vehicle >> Oil >> Hold "OK" button to reset. This will reset the oil life monitor, also shutting off the light. Make sure to reset the monitor after each oil change.
You should one time get your oil tested. See if one year actually breaks down the oil or not. That’s the only true way to know. I agree changing oil early isn’t a bad thing but if he’s changing it every 3 k he is more than likely not saving any money long term.I drive about 3500 miles a year. The Oil Life Monitor will go to zero at around the 1 year anniversary of my oil change. Obviously my oil change schedule is calendar driven not miles driven.
Those that say 3000 miles is too soon always fail to mention that it is too soon for them, not necessarily too soon for some of us. Some of us old timers still believe that even at today's inflated costs, oil changes are the cheapest preventative maintenance one can do to their vehicle. We tend to be funny like that.
I would never tell someone their oil change schedule is wrong. None of my business in the way they run their business. Not my money. Not my worry. I have enough trouble taking care of myself at 76 years of age.
At 74 years of age long term means alot less than it used to
Not a thing wrong with that. It's your vehicle and your right to service it as you please, whether is too early or too late in other peoples opinions. I have mine done every 5K regardless, don't care what others opinions are. As others have stated, the oil monitor just needs to be reset each time the oil is changed, a simple process once you locate it in the menu with the steering wheel controlsOk,so every 3000 miles to some people is way to soon.one problem thoughive been servicing my cars since early 60,s and oil gets changed every 3000 miles and thats not changing
just want to know how to keep the light from coming back on!
There's a lot of nope from me throughout all of that. New high score levels of nope, tbh. Well done.
Not really, when you change oil that few miles, it's more like a time counter. Even though it monitors the kind of use that oil had, in those few miles, it's really just a time interval. Even then, it may only actually be needed because those miles were usually short trips.
I concluded this several years ago, but some persist in arguing that there is really some kind of consideration for load, idling, or possibly even a sensor of some sort directly measuring some metric(s) of the oil to determine quality.
No, it is not new to me, but some think it is more complicated than a trip/cycle counter.
Psst I did ran mine down to 9 miles and put 13.6 gallons in it, I just wanted to know... LOLSorry I missed the sarcasm in your original post. I had someone tell me they couldn't possibly have ran out of gas because the miles to empty still showed 10. I guess looking at the gauge is to hard for them.
I owned a Subaru that had a funky-shaped gas tank because it had a hump in the center for driveshaft clearance. It definitely could have fuel starvation before zero miles indicated on the computer if you made a hard turn or parked on unlevel ground.
EXACTLY !!!! But many have it in their heads there's "science", "advanced capabilities" BS to it.
