The 'Service A Due Soon' reminder came up on the MID a few days back (Oil Life <15%), so my mom made the apointment for tomorrow. Sudden changes caused to postpone the service until later this week but now the oil life <10%. It leaves me able to drive the car tomorrow to school, Is it safe to drive the car still or should I just leave the car alone until its service apointment?

Thanks!

 

my unnoficial opinion is oil changes and services are within + or - 1000 miles or so, so as long as school isn't 500 miles away, you should be fine

 

yes, it's safe.

 

Yeah its fine... just dont go on a crazy driving spree in the next few days

 

If you keep driving the car when oil life is at <10, does it actually go down to <5 or will it just say Service over due??

 

I've done that a couple of times. Yes, it goes from "service due soon, oil life <20%", to "<15%", "<10%", I think it showed "<5%" as well and then ended up showing "service due now", at which point I took it for an oil change. I drove for approximately 1000 miles from "<20%" to the "service due now" message.

 

well.... our GMC suburban must have been living through hell with us from 96'....... our dealer didnt consult us @ all about oil and we didnt change it from new until over 30,000 miles.... how its all good now...

 

wow, that can't be good for an engine.

 

Oh dang, so there is a "Service Due Now" reminder. I guess I'm safe for a little while longer. Gas milage is really bad at this percentage though.