the way to test bearing is to jack the car up... the end where you suspect have problems if you do not have a lift...

and rotate the wheels with your hand up to a bit of speed...

then grab the absorber on the corner and feel if there is vibrations... if a bearing is smooth, it should not feel anything significant..

it is all about the viscosity consistency through out the temp range... 0w-20 is ok if you have good oils..

30 weight oil is semi-synthetic or mineral lor... the only fully-synthetic one available is the one with the red labels... and that is more expensive and the wrong viscosity.. 40 weight i think...

actually it is a lot cheaper now with 10k service... the older jazz with 5k intervals costs about 3.6k for service according to honda schedule for a total of 3 years...

now, you save 2 times the oil and most importantly the service labour... 1.5 man hours each service i believe..

i drive about 11 to 12k per year... i change oil 3 times, all under mileage... but, i already doing it outside of honda la..

actually service intervals is whichever comes first...

but sometimes due to booking difficulties.. there are some leeway allowed for owners to exceed a bit although not strictly written down on anything..

as long as you have made booking for it in advance... there should be nothing they can do to you if you exceed just by a bit...

for instance, let's say you made booking 2 weeks in advance so that it coincides with your recommended next service date on the dot... but in between the 2 weeks you suddenly had to travel outstation and went over the next service mileage before the appointment date even got close and you cannot make another appointment anytime nearer due to all full.

i don't think they will fault you for it... as long as you can prove it as everything is in system.. there is also good reasons they do not want to list this down in black & white to avoid abuse... imagine they say an allowance of 1,500km or 1 month... everyone will just aim for service after 11,500km or the 7th month instead of 10,000km or 6th month like the schedule says...

so... it is something they need to apply human judgement when it comes as per case by case basis...there is no fixed ruling on how to penalize or anything...and definitely they don't want to be that deadbeat strict as well and piss off people...

also helps if you are not consistently late for all the services as they might think it is intentional and would then void your warranty with no excuses to be entertained...

This post has been edited by nm7: Apr 11 2017, 02:51 PM

It is a blanket statement la. But, i do think they will apply sound judgement when the time comes when you have a big warranty claim and then suddenly you get flagged due to a few overdue service schedules.

Maybe they might reject at first but you just need to prove to them that it is not that you do not want to service on time but it is a problem with scheduling even thought when you intend to service on time.

I doubt they just want to make enemies after the airbag replacement thing when everyone just rushed into at the same time.

Actually walk-in customers are treated the same. But, for walk-in customers the difference is that they have no guarantees for you on when your car will be ready as it is slot into the line. Say for example if you take a 9am slot, your car will for sure be ready before lunch on a normal service. But, if you walk-in. They will just tell you to come back by 5.30 because they have a lot of cars lined up on the day itself. Priority is not given to you la is what i am trying to say.

They can also reject your walk in if you came in too late and said they might not finish on the same day or something. Actually most centers accept walk in before a certain time of the day only. So, if you go by maybe 11 or lunch time, they already close for accepting walk-ins.

As for whether cincai, they rush work or anything. I believe even scheduled cars also will rush work if they have too much to do on the day. They have people there doing scheduling and everything and in theory this should avoid the mess ups.

There is no way to say for sure. This i am sure. Not like you can pick the mechanic also which does the job.

This post has been edited by nm7: Apr 11 2017, 03:20 PM

nice to know... i think they realize also that 0w-20 might be a bit too thin on days that are super duper hot...

wahsai... the red label one is it... pain oh that one...