Had my car since Dec. '05

This is actually the 3 month anniversary with my car.

Currently sitting at 3400KM (about 2100 miles). I called the dealership to inquire about the oil change and such. They are saying to wait for oil life to dip down under 10% or 5000KM whichever comes first.

Mainly wondering about if you guys trust the oil life, and when you had taken your cars for the first oil change.

 

Trust it. It works.

 

Trust it they've been on the corvettes since at least 1990.
the oil life meter is not new technology.
and check your oil every 2000km you'll see that it's pretty good.
I usually get about 10000km, don't change it at 5k there is no point

 

I change mine when my guage tells me (about every 7500 miles), and my oil level is still great, and the oil isn't black yet.

 

i too have had my cobalt since dec. i had oil change 2 weeks ago-was about 300 miles less then 3000. for my warrenty, i need oil changed every 3000 miles. might have had about 60% on oil

 

I dont trust it...I get mine changed every 5000 miles...period.

 

I somewhat trust it. I change my oil at 29-30%.

 

I trust it. I'm like Toronto tho - I change it around 20% just to be safe. That was still over 7000 miles last time.

 

I change mine at 50% everytime, well it was 48% last time but it comes out to about 4-5K miles

 

the manual says to go by it, so I do. but i also change it before it tells me, normally about 25-30 got 7200 miles on it since i changed it the first time. Just did it a few days ago

 

i would trust it to 20%

 

i trust it

 

Same here.....

 

I trust it...and i've had the car since June, got 4500 miles on it, 42% oil life left, and havn't changed the oil yet! Probably will change before summer though.

 

i dont trust it at all. my oil life said 53% when the check engine light came on. so i pop the hood and what do i see absolutely no oil at all. none zip dry as **** and i had 1,000 more miles to go till i hit 3,000 from the last one so i only had 2,000 miles on it since the last change. strange huh?? i took it in right away to get serviced. havent run dry since. the service dep. said they might have put in the wrong oil.. WoW huh??ever since then every 3,000 to 4,000 miles my oil get changed so no i dont trust it. its a computer it can mess up. check the dip stick every now and then.

 

I still change mine every 3k about 60% left

 

I keep an eye on it, but change my oil every 5000 miles. Funny thing is that the dealer that I go to, sends me reminders to have it changed every 3000 miles. The service manager tells me "that is what they 'recomend' at that dealership."

 

thast exactly what i do silverss.. as soon as i hit that 3,000 mile mark im calling in for a change.the sticker that my dealership gives me is for every 3,000 to so thats what i do

 

Mine stays at Zero%. You get the low oil message for about a week then it goes away (well mine for that matter).

 

so reset the meter

 

I leave my finger on both meters and it says Oil life reset. Then it still on zero lol. Ive tried twice and same thing. When the CEL wen't away so did the problem I change my oil often enough I dont really need it. Il try again on my next oil change.

 

I trust the oil life monitor...I have had my car since Oct 05, I have over almost 22,000 kms on it and hav only had to change the oil 2 times...I check my oil everytime I get gas...if the oil is dirty it is time for a change, and the OLM has not been wrong yet.

 

I trust mine, I just check my oil LEVEL every week. The meter is for life of the oil, not to tell you if it's low or not. As long as the level is good, I change mine at 10%

 

you sound like the only smart person on this site, some people change at 7500 haha thats funny, can you say engine problems later on... i can

 

i never go by it always go by 3000 miles/ 5000 kms. Im positive the oil life system works and works well but it's the idiots out there that don't know when ot change oil or what an oil light even looks like.