OKAY, so, kinda weird situation. End of last month,i made to consecutive trips to/from Houston, Texas (200 miles away). After the two trips, as i was getting home, oil life showed 10%, so i obviously went and got it changed. It's been a little under 1 month, and my oil life is down to 10% again! and thats only with 700 miles since last change! I havent been doing any overly-spirited driving, no racing, none of that. I just dont see why I would need a 2nd oil change so soon! i havent even hit 10k miles lifetime yet! please help!

 

That is quite odd, but I have no idea.

 

There might be something wrong with one of the sensors..

My friend's dad works for honda and he changes his oil every week because it's free. Waste of oil =[

 

Seriously....that is retarded

 

Was your oil life reset to 100% on the first oil change?

Do you think they might have forgotten to reset the oil monitor on the first oil change? Maybe the fresh oil gave you an additional 5-10% of life and it went down after 30 days/700 miles of driving. The oil sensor is designed to smart enough to read the quality of the oil and adjust the oil life meter precentage.

It only cost $25-$35 to change your oil. It wouldn't hurt anything to change it again and verify the oil life was reset to 100%.

 

i was thinking the same thing-oil life was not reset to 100%

 

lol um.. yeah i agree ^^^ i don't think you rested your oil life meter..

 

No, its not.

It reads conditions (temperature), driving style, mileage, trip-duration, and that's about it. It doesn't have an oil analysis machine built into it. It uses an algorithym based on a select few data points and determines how much oil life is left from that. It's not even close to a scientific examination of the actual oil... its based on averages (average oil life @ average temperature driven in @ average driving style @ average mielage driven @ average trip duration).

 

I don’t know how the maint reminder works; but, it was smart enough to register a difference when the oil was changed and give him an additional 700 miles of driving time before alerting him again. Assuming, of course, the maint reminder wasn’t reset during the 1st oil change and there isn’t something wrong with his vehicle.

There may or may not be a sensor that directly monitors the quality of the oil. There are enough sensors that were affected by the higher oil quality and extended the maint period.

Wouldn’t the maint required/service soon light just come back on after the oil change if the maint reminder didn’t account for the new oil? The only way (I know of) the TSX would know if you changed the oil is by resetting the MID % oil reminder.

 

What's your oil level now? Is it low?

 

1. Yes, it was reset to 100%.

2. Oil level is fine, only the 'oil life' is past due for service.

3. Had it done at a Honda Dealership, going to Acura today to get it checked out.