GreyCT

just wondering for the new cars nowadays, do we still still to break in the engine? if so, what's the ideal mileage?

jhs82

Yes. Read the manual. It's clearly stated in it.

anhzie

lol how many miles will the car break in?

hangandrew

Yep! I believe it's 1000 miles. I'm almost there at 800!

juvi22003

iTrader: (2)

haha guess i already broke mine in at 6k in 2 months lol

alexlude

6k in 2 months!! wow hahah thank god you're not leasing! LOL

anhzie

lol i had reach 1k in 2 weeks )

Oxytocin

I think the break in period in the manual is 600 and 1000, there's two milestones, and you do different things for each. I think...

JGard18

1000 km is the break-in on our cars, not 1000 miles. 1000km is more like 650 miles.

Also, most new cars really don't require a true break-in these days. I've seen many new ones where they say nothing at all. And the fact is, if you're not needing to change the oil in the first few hundred miles, then there's no real need to worry about engine break-in. The whole thought was to drive it easily and let the rubber seals set and any manufacturing defects in the metal to essentially work themselves out. So with your first oil change you'd be potentially eliminating those metal shavings and maybe some rubber bits (although all almost microscopic).

But yeah, manual clearly says do not brake hard for the first 600km (I may have remembered that number wrong) and no hard acceleration or long highway drives for the first 1000km.

4TehNguyen

iTrader: (1)

just drive it like normal

jhs82

I have the manual in front of me.
300 km, no sudden braking
800 km, no towing trailer or caravan
1000 km, no excessive speed, heavy acceleration or long runs at low gear

After 1000 km / 620 miles you're good to go.

jennypenny

yup. that about the same as all other cars.