Anyone know the components of this standard maintenance? It's not listed in the owner's manual! Can you believe that? I've heard an oil change and tire rotation...what else? Thanks for your input!

 

I've gone through the manual a few times now and there is no chart or list of maintenance to do at 3000 miles. Can you point me to it?

 

That's because there is no 3000 mile maintenance. The first checkup listed in the manual is at 7500/5000 miles (normal/harsh conditions).

The maintenance graphs are on pages 8-4 and 8-5.

 

So I don't do any maintenance at 3000? I let the oil/tires and all that sit until 7500 or 5000 miles, depending?

 

to treat you car good, you should change your oil before or at 3000 miles... thats my policy,,,,,,but i used to change my oil on the first or 2nd of every month... but ive been slackin......... that car ran until i sold it with 286,000 miles on it never broke once. be nice to your car and it will be nice to you .

 

In case it matters, I got a card in the mail a short time after having my P5, and it told me how much mileage should be on my car(they were off by 200 miles....trip to atlanta). The card told me to bring my car in, or call to make an appointment to have my car serviced around 3750 miles. It cost me 21.95 and they changed the oil, and just checked everything out. No road test at least Hope this helps.

 

Thanks guys for all the help. I think this next weekend me and a friend will change the oil (swap it to Mobil 1 Synth.) and check everything out.

 

I just had the 3750 service (at 3550 miles). The Dealer told me to bring it in and also sent me a coupon for 19.95. Just an oil change and fluid check, I think. But because I bought the car there, they gave it to me free. Can't hurt to ask (or rather, insist!)

 

Come on...don't take it to the dealer they don't know how to wash a windshield.

I went to the dealer for a "free" oil change. I never take my car to a dealer but I had just bought the car from them and they insisted that I come in for a free oil change so I figured WTF I'd just get the free oil and filter and it's a pretty simple job that they shouldn't mess up. So anyways I brought it in and everything seemed to go well. I brought the car home and double checked their work. They ended up putting over 5 quarts of oil in the car when it takes less than 4. So I had to take out the oil pain plug to let some out. I had to do it about 5 times because I didn't want to take too much oil out.

Anyways, to make a long story short, alot of people that go to the dealer for service don't check over their cars when they are finished to see if the tech messed anything up so if they were in my shoes they would have been driving around with over a quart of oil extra in the engine for months until it was time to change it again.

Correct me if I'm wrong but changing the oil is probably the simplest and most basic thing you could do to a car to keep it running well. If the stupid techs can't change the oil in a car do you think you should trust them doing a more serious job???

Unless it has something to do with the computer I will never take my car to a dealer for them to do any work. They don't care about your car, that's why they just air wrench all the bolts on so you can't get them off, and overfill your oil, and all that other great stuff. They just want to get it done so they can get their money.

 

Sorry about your problem with the dealer. Though I can't say all dealers' service departments are bad. The service departments surely vary in quality -- mine has high satisfaction ratings. I hope they do a good job. But the fact of the matter is, does anyone "check" or even have time to check the work of any other mechanic or specialty shop like Jiffy lube? I live in a city and can't/don't have time to change my own oil (before I moved here, I changed my own oil for 5 years). I guess I have to trust them, though if there is any question about quality, maybe I will find a way to double check.

I guess people choosing from several dealers might consider the quality of the service departments. Maybe ask questions on this board. Though I don't think you should recommend people never go to a dealer for service.

 

Dealers suck ***.....haven't been to one yet that didn't overfill the oil.....(I got 2 Pro5s)

also, is it bad for the engine to have more oil than what is indicated on the oil-check-stick???

 

thank you...I guess some poor service guy is gonna have to deal with some rage soon when I bring in my car for them to take out some oil.

 

I just gave our P5 it's first oil change (2800 miles) last weekend. I bought 6 OEM filters online (3.99 ea.) and Mobile 1 from Walmart. I'm sure the rings have seated by now, but if it start using an inordinate amount of oil I'll switch back to nonsynthetic for a bit.

 

I swapped my oil to Mobil 1 and also started using the Mobil 1 filter at 3013 miles...first oil change, and I plan to keep Mobil 1 forever. The OEM oil filter was hard to get off! I had to buy a "universal" oil filter tool to remove it at Auto Zone for $6.35 USD, but I am gonna return it and get a refund because I don't need it anymore. Mobil 1 filter's are slightly smaller, and I have the tool that fits perfectly to put them on and take them off. Just thought I'd say Mazda's OEM filter isn't to my liking..in terms of size at least

 

one of the problems when you overfill is that you run the chance of having so much oil in the oil pan that the crankshaft will whip the oil into a froth and then your oil system will be filled with oil that has air bubbles in it. that casues a lack of lubrication.
normally the crankshaft is far enough away from the oil that it has no effect on it.