After the initial oil change I have been doing mine right at 5000. My oil indicator thingy reads right in the 30% remaining. I am using the Pennzoil Platinum PurePlus and a WIX filter.

 

Don't exceed 10,000 miles or one year on your oil. Change it before it gets to 0 on the indicator system. If you do it yourself keep receipts and note mileage. I change mine every 5000 miles and rotate tires at the same time. I will change it sooner if out out wheeling for an extended time. Let common sense and the owners manual guide you.

 

I agree with both of the above Posts and also change my engine oil at 5,000 miles, plus tire rotation and check my air filter!

 

10 - 15%, works out to about 6500 - 7000 miles or so usually.

 

I never heard of playing "chicken" with the oil change/% life indicator. Only how much fuel is left in the tank. As long as you don't exceed 1yr. or 10K, whichever come first, you're ok as far as warranty purposes. I wouldn't wait for 0.

 

I usually change my oil within a few hundred miles of hitting 0% usually around 8-9k I think I have change it myself on all my vehicles and have never kept any receipts and have never had a need to use the receipt for a warranty claim maybe I'm just lucky but I've owned more than 10 new cars and never had an issue without receipts.

 

5,000 miles on synthetic oil for me.

 

We just have ours changed every 3 months, regardless of the indicator or the miles driven during that time. Sometimes that comes out to 1,200 miles between oil changes. I don't even know if the 2013 models have an oil indicator.

I don't think I'll ever have to worry about exceeding the 10,000 mile limit.

 

We just have ours changed every 3 months, regardless of the indicator or the miles driven during that time. Sometimes that comes out to 1,200 miles between oil changes. I don't even know if the 2013 models have an oil indicator. I don't think I'll ever have to worry about exceeding the 10,000 mile limit.

Sounds like a waste

 

I know someone who changes oil like every 3000 miles. 1200 miles seems too early.

 

This topic of "I change at this", "don't change until the change light says", etc. eh.

Do what you want. I personally would never trust regular Dino oil for 10,000 miles. It breaks down by contact with air. So how can it last. But again my opinion.

I personally use full synthetic Mobil 1 and do 4000 mile oil changes.

Why you ask....

Because after my factory warranty expires and the damage done by not doing regular oil changes is already done but doesn't fubar the motor completely until 75,000 miles.... I'd rather do the oil changes than replace a motor. But I'm sure there's a lot of other opinions.

 

GM uses a similar system and I have not had any problems with my Chevys by going along with it. The wife's Traverse oil change light goes between 4 to 6000 miles depending in weather. Now on my 09 JK I usually had the oil changed between 5000 to 6000 miles and the light tended to come on a week after I changed it. I also did not like the way the oil looked after 5000 miles so I am changing it now between 3000 and 4000 miles.