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#1 ·
No paper work yet in the mail but read twice a year and tire rotation. Is it every 5000 miles. Does anyone change their own at 3000 and get the free at 5k. Not a big fan in going 5k on oil without syn. Would like to change at least at 3k during initial break in. Thoughts? TIA
 
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#3 · (Edited)
The manufacturer stated oil change interval for the JGC is 10K miles or when the computer says so, whichever is sooner, for "normal service duty". Schedules are in the manual. That can work with the 2 per year on the program that Bill mentions.

Even "break in" doesn't require any special attention these days. Some folks choose to do so, but it's not a Jeep thing.
 
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#4 ·
That is correct, you dont even need to change the original oil early. Infact, I went in a little early for both of our new vehicles, my 2015 Grand Cherokee, and my wife's 2015 Honda Odyssey, both dealers looked at me like I was crazy. 3,000 mile oil changes is sooooo 1998. I know its going go take people a long time to get their minds away from that, especially since some stealerships still tell people to do that, but seriously, normal duty is 10,000 miles or when it says to like Jim said above. Anything less than that and your just wasting time and money.
 
#5 ·
My 2011 Acura MDX (Honda) had notes all through the owner's manual advising against changing the oil before 10,000 miles. They did use a special break in oil, but it wasn't what Grandpa got in his Hudson. :lol:

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#7 ·
Thanks for the info guys but man I am sooo old school and hard to wrap my head around 10k oil change being non synthetic. Anybody remember the commercial "Pay me now or pay me later" oil is cheaper than a engine. And as far as the manufacturer schedule, if the dealer gives you two oil changes a year what retired guy will put on 20k a year I know I won't. Why didn't they just say 10k or once a year which ever comes first.
 
#8 ·
There is no harm (to you other than cost and to the world relative to disposal/reprocessing) for changing your oil more frequently if you prefer. It's just not required nor necessary. Today's oil products are really good. Many service departments are also "standard" on semi-synthetics and uplift to synthetic is not the huge cost it used to be if you prefer it for the 10K intervals. (If you change your own, you can buy a case of 6 quarts of synthetic for $25-28 at Costco or similar these days, too)

My 2012 has 8K intervals and I've been religious about them, generally within a couple hundred miles, depending on my business travel schedule. And that engine isn't complaining at all...
 
#10 ·
I'm guessing that it's whatever the dealer service department uses as their "standard" oil change...for my dealer, that's semi-synthetic.
 
#11 ·
I too cannot get accustomed to longer than 5k intervals. I'm old.

Everytime I see a thread about his I am reminded of when we bought a service van at work with free oil changes for x amount of years. After every oil change they would put a decal on the winder stating the next one was due in 5k kms, when I phoned in to schedule it, and they realized it was a free oil change, they recommended going with the interval in the service manual, which was like 8k....
 
#26 ·
My 2012 WK2 was 5W30, my 2016 is 0W20. So the change happened in 2016. All in the name of fuel economy https://www.cars.com/articles/2013/08/expensive-oil-changes-are-here-to-stay/

0W20 is not made as a conventional "dino" oil, it's a blend or synthetic. I suspect the free oil changes are limited to 2 per year due to costs of synthetic. My dealer gave me free changes, and that's every 5000 miles they say. I suspect they use the blend or 5W30. My Honda's oil I think is blended, how else do they charge $45 for 0W20 oil changes?

So the question is how much do you trust the oil life indicator. Rather than mileage, look at the oil change based on oil life percentage. Supposedly the computer calculates the percentage based on driving and engine stress than mileage.

One other thing, be careful with the oil filter housing. On a previous post I showed what happened when a "tech" over-tightened mine and cracked it. :mad:
 
#21 ·
Although I'm old-school I believe that with modern oils there's nothing wrong with a 10,000 mile oil change. I usually go by the computer's recommendation and that is usually about 10k anyway.
I am also a firm believer in doing the first oil change at 1k-2k. As all of those moving parts are wearing themselves in the oil is full of small things you really don't want in a lubrication system. I've had oil analysis done regularly on my Hellcat and at that first change the heavy metal levels were astronomical. I understand the 3.6 and 5.7 aren't high performance engines but that early first oil change is about as cheap insurance as you're ever going to get. And if I squandered $30 then it's my bad. Just sayin...
 
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