07 TSX. At 4 mos. and 5k miles still showed 10% life. I changed the oil and reset reminder. Today after only 500 miles it has dropped to 90%.

I thought this reminder was based on mileage. Anyone else experience this ?

 

it is also based on how you drive. That sounds about right. My 06 tsx is 7 months old with almost 17,000 miles on it- I had the oil changed twice now. The oil life is at 80% with about 1,200 miles on it since the last oil change. It ends up about 5,000+ miles with 10% life.

 

Yup, that's normal. Mine was very close to that when it dropped down to 90%. Assuming you don't drive the TSX as if it's a race car in the Indy 500, 10% oil life should occur ~ 4.5-6.5K miles

 

My driving is stop and go Atlanta traffic. I agree with the 10% at 4.5-6.5 K Miles. My concern is the drop to 90% after only 500 miles.

 

Stop and go city traffic, plus being in a hot climate like Atlanta, is tough on oil. I wouldn't be "concerned" b/c if you do the crude math of a 20% decrease every 1,000 miles, you're in the 4-5K mile range anyway when an oil change is due. ~ 4K miles is a good change interval given your situation. I wouldn't recommend less than 4k as then you would be wasting $. My

 

haha mines at 5% at 9400 miles after a change at 5000 miles. oh well shutup tsx, youre going to get changed at 10000. just like how i would change you if you didnt have an MID.

 

Mine just dropped to 90% today, and I have a brand new 08 with about 470 miles on it. Not much highway driving yet(maybe 120 of those), and I haven't really pushed it hard yet.

After searching on this topic, it's pretty clear that the maintenence minder intervals for oil change are pretty conservative.

For the first oil change, shouldn't you let it go a bit on the long side anyway, since the first oil has stuff in it to break in the engine? Or is it the other way around, say the first oil gets more crud in it from the engine being brand new and getting broken in? I think the book says the former somewhere, to be sure to not change the oil the first time earlier than it says.

The 04/05's say 10k miles for the first oil change under "normal conditions!"
I did 5500ish for my prior 98 Accord and it seemed just fine, the dealer never yelled at me, haha.

 

for the driving I do it seems for every 10% I average about 600 miles. I do mostly highway driving and am a very conservative driver.