I took my car in a year or so ago to my local Lexus dealer and got the car serviced and oil changed. I did the full synthetic rather than the synthetic blend. The service rep that I had at the time said that with it being full synthetic and our cars taking 10 quarts of oil that I would be fine to go 10,000 miles between changes. I went back in a couple weeks ago and got the oil changed with the same full synthetic but I have a new service rep and he was saying that it still needs to be changed every 5,000 miles. What are some of your thoughts because there is clearly not a definitive answer from the service department.

Thanks in advance!

 

https://www.lexus.com/pdf/service/MY...ices-guide.pdf

Scheduled Maintenance Log starts on page 48. Whatever is written here typically overrides whatever maintenance schedule any dealer "suggests" since this is what Lexus the car manufacturer suggests. I personally go every 5k

 

5k or 6 months

 

Every 5K here.

 

The service manual says 5k so you'll have to do 5k anyway. With a full synthetic blend you would probably "be okay with" 10k miles. You wouldn't want to miss any service intervals now, would you?

 

any engine today should be able to go 10k miles on full synthetic easily. 5K is more like synthetic blend

 

Just because you can go every 10K doesn't necessarily mean you should. I drive my cars spiritedly but responsibly, and change oil every 5-6K. Cheap insurance and gives me a reason to check on things while I'm under there.

 

Every 5K here. But, I still run Dino.

 

Every 5k here as well.

 

Ditto on the 5k

 

How much do your dealers charge for your regular oil changes?

 

Around $135 including tax

 

We get ripped off here when it comes to after sales service.
I get charged 380 bucks for every oil change only.

 

2010 is350c. I change oil every 5000. but dealer said every 6 months. i drive only 3000 a year. what should i do?

 

Why are you paying nearly $400 for just an oil change?