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Old 03-19-11, 09:27 PM
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Default Oil change in 2011 RX-450 When

So my dealer says about a year for the oil change.
Guess it's synthetic?
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yes, synthetic. 10K miles or 1 year
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Is that also for the 350? I've been doing mine every 5k.
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yes also for the 350
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Originally Posted by 100degrees
Is that also for the 350? I've been doing mine every 5k.
I'll definately do the service every 10k, even though the sticker on the upper left window said 5K
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Originally Posted by sweetboy02
I'll definately do the service every 10k, even though the sticker on the upper left window said 5K
As long as they are using a full synthetic oil.
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Well I was using OEM Lexus fluid. Do they have a difference? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by sweetboy02
I'll definately do the service every 10k, even though the sticker on the upper left window said 5K
I asked my service advisor this. He said they still only do the oil change every 10K but to still come in every 5K for a "minor" service where they do tire rotations, etc
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I know it says 1yr/10k, what happen if we only put -5k a year? We only put 2k right now and we had the rx for 6 months, on our odyssey it tells you the % of oil life and it tells you when to bring the car for service, I usually wait for the reminder to come on which is 20% oil life remaining. Does our rx will tells us when to change the oil?
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Originally Posted by yahj
I know it says 1yr/10k, what happen if we only put -5k a year? We only put 2k right now and we had the rx for 6 months, on our odyssey it tells you the % of oil life and it tells you when to bring the car for service, I usually wait for the reminder to come on which is 20% oil life remaining. Does our rx will tells us when to change the oil?
Usually the service intervals say 1yr or 10k, whichever comes first. So you would be at the 1 yr. interval vs. the 10k miles.
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its not like it would harm the car if you do it earlier...probably makes a minimal difference in terms of being better for it.
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Originally Posted by RXSF
I asked my service advisor this. He said they still only do the oil change every 10K but to still come in every 5K for a "minor" service where they do tire rotations, etc
Unless you have some major needed work performed at these 5K maintenance schedule(s), I would opt to perform the tire rotations at 10 K intervals or get some tire company to perform the rotations at a decent charged rate.
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