Hi guys....new car like honda or any manufacturer has fixed mileage or number of months which u need to follow so warranty not voided.
My question is do we follow mileage or months?
Supposing you only drive till 6000km but already own 3mths, are u required to service the car for 10000km service (which honda has fixed as equivalent to 3mths)?

mostly follow mileage
unless you're way way over the months stated
most SC also follow mileage

if your case if "free service" thn u can delay like 1 month

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Sep 26 2013, 09:21 PM

Mileage.

whichever comes 1st

Follow the service menu, months or mileage which ever come first, if follow mileage then those sunday driver or retiree may service their car every few years...lol..

Those who travel short distance but in heavy traffic will have higher wear & tear, even if the mileage may be low but the the engine run for long hours under high temperature.

Engine oil & parts will oxidised even u didn't drive ur car.

Either u choose to believe automotive engineers or ametuar forum members who know nuts about automotive Engineering, ur choice, after all it's ur car if anything happens u r the one paying for it not them.

But it doesn't make sense to be serviced for 10k,20k or worst still 80k major service just because of mths are up...but mileage is way lower.....

rule of thumb is 6months to a year between services even if you drive very low milege

As long as you're more or less using your car regularly (at least once or twice a week) even if it's only for short distances, then using mileage as service indicator is fine. That what I've been doing all along for more than 20yrs of owning various cars. Most of my cars only run about 5-15k kms per year, never had problems following mileage even though workshops also suggested to follow duration (which I think is also partly their ploy to get more money out of customers).

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-09-2...omotive-service

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This is what they define as "severe" usage, which apparently requires more frequent maintenance.

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Sep 26 2013, 11:16 PM

So by following mileage n not solely on mths won't void the warranty?

Bro, is this first time you own a car or what? Isn't that stated clearly month OR mileage, whichever comes first. That's why the warranty is given in such that 100,000 or 3 yrs whichever comes first. Take it example that you buy a car and keep it for 10 yrs, base on mileage, you want to claim the warranty, so it is invalid. Opposite also true. Please bear in mind that all these are what we called "guideline". Do you need us to explain more on "guideline"? This means, that this is a general guide, not mandatory, universe or absolute. If you compare to vehicles used in extreme condition to normal condition, does mileage and month guidance still valid? Please bear in mind that these are all guidance/ guideline.

This post has been edited by gold member: Sep 27 2013, 10:31 PM

Pls don't assume others own car for the first time based on quest asked. That's jumping to conclusion.... Need we explain further?
Seen some maintenance schedule which did not mention which ever come first, so that's why bringing up for discussion. By the way it's the purpose of forum bro

Sounds like something from MMORPG. Must join a "guild" in order to survive.

I think the warranty validity is where most ppl most concern about follow mileage or duration.

but then, i found some authorised service centre didn't really follow the service book's recommendation also.. for example, the service book states every 5k km OR 3 months need oil change. but the service centre provided me with semi-synthetic oil, and he writes on the oil change sticker on the windscreen that next oil change is 7k km, and didn't put a date. note that this is coming from authorised service centre, and i still get their chop in my service book. so i guess the warranty still valids..

Good to have a check every 3 months to gauge if the car needs servicing or the oil needs to be changed especially if you hardly drive the car a lot. Otherwise 6 months is a good indicator on when to service the car.

Well warranty has time validity too. But if you're question is if still within the warranty period and your service is purely based on mileage, would it still be ok, then I believe it's still fine. Case in point is my current Livina which I bought new in Feb 2011 and so far has only reach 35k km, still ok to claim any defects (aircon coil, steering bushing, alarm repair).