Free oil change interval-30K?

[asawadude]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

Technically that's correct but those light are tied to driving habits so that's why the maintaince manual says once a year and my dealer honored that time duration as a valid period without the lights and did the free oil service.

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

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.

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

Therefore, YMMV from dealership to dealership.

Jonk - print out the TSB mandating the annual oil change and take it Jason Giambi. Then tell him his cousin sucks too...

http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/g...hange-tsb.html

What we should do is send your 25.5K old motor oil to the test lab to see how well the oil and your engine stood up through such a long interval.

[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.