Which manufacturer has the longest service intervals?

[SonicHedgeHog]

As the title says, which manufacturer requires you to get your car serviced least frequently in terms of miles or months?

[Futuramic]

Anything American. They ignore their schedules then sue everybody when something breaks. Manufacturers panic and build the things to run forever with no maintenance. The Northstar V8 is a case in point.

[Monkeylegend]

According to What Car Mag Chrysler is 2yrs / unlimited mileage. I suppose that assumes it doesn't fall to bits in the meantime.

[Silent1]

Anything with a cummins QSX

[Risotto]

SonicHedgeHog said:

As the title says, which manufacturer requires you to get your car serviced least frequently in terms of miles or months?

You're really not happy about this Civic service are you?

[SonicHedgeHog]

Risotto said:

SonicHedgeHog said:

As the title says, which manufacturer requires you to get your car serviced least frequently in terms of miles or months?

You're really not happy about this Civic service are you?

No I'm not. I just got a call from Honda saying there is a slight squeak when you pull away. They wondered if I would like to have the body lifted, some bolts removed, cleaned and replaced. Errr...no thank you, I'll put up with the squeak I never noticed, thanks.

[anonymous-user]

Futuramic said:

Anything American.

All cars sold in USA must be capable of staying within exhaust emissions limits for 100,000 miles without maintenance. All that's needed for the first 100,000 miles of a car's life is oil changes and fluid top-ups. Plus any tyres or brake pads which wear out.

Using fully synthetic oil some tests have been done running cars to 100,000 miles with no maintenance at all (not even an oil change) - apparently without difficulty.

[SonicHedgeHog]

I fully believe that modern oil can last a long long time. I drive like a grandad so it doesn't exactly have a hard life.

[hornetrider]

New Pork has 2 year intervals - however I'd not be keen on buying a car that only sees an oil change bi-annually.

[Bluebarge]

SonicHedgeHog said:

I fully believe that modern oil can last a long long time. I drive like a grandad so it doesn't exactly have a hard life.

If you do a lot of short journeys, the oil will have to work a lot harder than in a car which does a lot of motorway miles, so that needs to be taken into account. If you buy a car new and then change it every 3 years, it's not an issue, but if you intend keeping it a long time and do mostly short journeys, then changing the oil more frequently than recommended can help.

[HellDiver]

For a proper answer to your question, Skoda/VW/Audi/BMW on their variable intervals can see more than 30k or 2 years. Vauxhall were specifying the same 30k/2 years on their small engines (1.2 16v and 1.3CDTi) back in 2004 when I got my Corsa, but they seem to have dropped it back to 20k/1 year since.

[BoRED S2upid]

My A3 is every 20k or 2 years.

[12gauge]

I seem to recall the late nineties Cadillac STS had intervals of 50k.

[Pulse]

My Z4 was every 2 years or 501 gallons of fuel (roughly 15,000 miles).

[Parrot of Doom]

I'm more inclined to suspect that service intervals are dictated by fleet management costs than they are engineering standards.

[RudeDog]

hornetrider said:

New Pork has 2 year intervals - however I'd not be keen on buying a car that only sees an oil change bi-annually.

Most Porsches have organic/contuinual oil changes. See the following thread if you don't know what I am on about:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...