Free oil change interval-30K?

[motordavid]

We've seen this 'rassling match before.

BMW and their Maintenance deal is ok to good
depending upon one's stlr experience, relationship,
and whether your ride is a lease or getting tossed at
50k or...

The "Maintenance" is not free: it's in the price of the
car that you bought; thus, while it is an inducement
and whipped cream on top of a fine dessert, and is
very convenient to fix those niggling lil' chores that
Biff N' Buffy don't care to know about or do, it will be
the minimum that the Teuton geniuses, marketeers and
cost counters will tolerate, for decent life of internals
while the car is under warr. And, that poss. CPO warr.,
or third party warr., is guessing, hoping, betting that
it will go another couple years and another 25-50k miles
without a major meltdown.

No one keeps any car forever, nor expects a car to be
absolfookinlutely prob. free, 150K miles later, realistically.
These cars aren't your sister's Toyota beater that goes and goes...

Change the oil weekly if one wants, change it when the green
lights are gone. Do some variation, "in the middle".

It's your ride and your situ and they are all different, imo.
BR,mD

[Quicksilver]

Correct. However this is speaking about the maximum time all driving conditions considered. The manual is not the service warranty book where your service history is recorded and therefore would not be what the dealership would use as a guideline.

Originally Posted by asawadude

Problem #1: The Owner's Manual says two years, not one (see page from 2005 X5 manual below).

Perhaps. But since mine says one year then that's what we go by. Other folks service warranty books may read the same if it does then they can use the information to encourage the dealer to perform the work in accordance with what the Mfg ask.

Originally Posted by asawadude

Problem #2: Some, but not all Service and Warranty Information book state the mandatory oil change interval is 1 year. Some don't state anything.

Sometime we the people just got to edge-u-ma-cate these less seasoned advisors. We train they perform. We are all happy happy BMW drivers.

Originally Posted by asawadude

Problem #3: The less seasoned service advisors only understand the interval lights as the basis of an oil change.