12-04-2016, 03:15 PM | #1 |
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M235i calling for first oi change?????/
My 2016 M235i is now calling for an oil change. Got an email from BMW that the car phoned home and asked for an oil change. I checked the idrive and it does say its ready for an oil change. The car only has 2400 miles on it and when I start the engine it says "service due in 8000 miles." Could this oil change just be due to time not mileage? I bought the car on Dec31, 2015 so I'm at the year mark. I didn't think they did time based oil changes. I do almost all city driving in steamy Hotlanta.
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12-05-2016, 01:34 PM | #3 |
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Mine did the same thing - 'told them it needed service' way ahead by miles, but at the 1-year point. Nice thing was that it confirms they did not reset my maintenance history when I did an elective break-in oil change last spring.
And as a heads up, neither the car, nor myself was smart enough to also remind me I needed a safety inspection at the year point too - so now I need a second apt - that pinged 'due' about a week later, for some reason. DK about Georgia, but here in NYS the only thing you get a pass on for a new car is the emissions check - they want a regular equipment check at the year mark. |
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12-08-2016, 09:03 AM | #4 |
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1 year from the build date is the first time based change. For me, 11/15 build, purchased in 7/16. My first oil changed showed 12/16. They changed it me mid Nov with 3k miles
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12-08-2016, 09:36 AM | #5 |
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As everyone says, your car is perfectly normal. My 2012 135i has called for an oil change about every 12 months for the last 4 years even though it only has 20,000 miles on it.
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12-18-2016, 08:42 AM | #6 |
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The only thing abnormal here is how little you've driven the car. :/ Get it out on the open road man! Let it live!! Let it be free!!!
but seriously, drive your car.
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12-24-2016, 06:05 AM | #7 |
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So I took the car in to the the dealer this week. The service advisor pops my key in the reader and tells me it doesn't need anything. I told him I got an email that said the car asked for an oil change. He said the dealer puts that out. Sure didn't look like a dealer email to me. Anyway, I thanked him for wasting my time during a busy Christmas week and assured him I'll never be back.
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12-24-2016, 08:26 AM | #8 | |
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That will tell you how much time/miles for service for oil, brakes, brake fluid etc |
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