First oil change, can I wait until 10000 Mileage?

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03-11-11, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by one2free

Thanks for all of ur answers and advises. First of all, as I believe, the first and second oil change are complimentary, I don't have to spend the a dime on the services. The point is, I don't wanna drive almost 4 hrs to the Lexus dealer just to get an oil change and I called in last night to Lexus (General Inquiries: 1-800-255-3987), they said, the third generation RX doesn't require or need oil change for the very first 10000 miles, additional, we have this RX since last year August 2010, and we have around 2700 miles on it right now after 6 months, more than likely that it won't reach to 7000 miles by August 2011. When the time come in August, we shall call the Lexus dealer and pick up my RX for an oil change.

As they said, the third generation have no problem to get oil change until 10000 miles.
Thank again for all your replies.

Are you saying the Lexus dealer will come and pick up your Lexus for an oil change, where that dealer is 4 hours away ?

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03-11-11, 09:41 AM

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I'm going to be getting my first oil change (10k) soon. I'm tempted to ask for a quart of the oil back to send out for analysis. I'm fairly demanding with the throttle but I always let the coolant reach operating level before I lay into it.

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03-11-11, 09:52 AM

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Would love to hear the outcome if you in fact send in a sample of oil for analysis at that mileage use. That would certainly help folks who might question the 10,000 mile interval
change that is common to a lot of vehicles now.

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03-11-11, 10:50 AM

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I'm not too concerned with the interval since I put more like 7.5K on the odometer. Works out perfectly for me. I am curious to see what the oil analysis says though.

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03-26-11, 08:33 AM

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Sooooooo, I got the oil back. In one of the containers that held the new oil. Sample contaminated. Womp. I do have the kit though, so I'll wait until 20k. With the way I drive, that'll be like August.

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