George Knighton

Someone asked in a thread somewhere whether service intervals for the KC2 might be shorter.

They're not. They might even be slightly shorter.

I'm at 8700+ miles and it looks like the percentages will wear down around 9500 miles for the car's first A1 service.

fsmith

I'm at 4,500 miles, and my oil life numbers have been generally indicating between 10,000 and 11,000 miles for the first service. Do we know it is still a simple A1 for the Sport Hybrid?

George Knighton

I don't know, for sure. There's references to checking the ATF fluid in the rear motors, and a couple of other things, but it isn't indicated in writing until later services.

There might be all kinds of bulletins to check this and that, of course.

I know they're a little worried about brake pad life, for example.

fsmith

^^^ Something special about brake pads in the Sport Hybrid vs. the PAWS?

proudMDX

Why would they be worried? Aren't the rotors/calipers on the SH SH-AWD RLX larger to begin with? Not only that but wouldn't the regenerative braking system reduce the amount of work the brakes have to do as well?

George Knighton

It's a very heavy car, and some of us are driving them harder than they expected, and in venue unexpected.

:-)

fsmith

^^^ Here's to driving the Sport Hybrid hard! Brakes be damned.

neuronbob

Hear, hear!

As of this morning's drive, I am at 5224 miles and the oil life is at 50%. It looks like 10k miles for the first oil change, or around a year (I daily drive my V wagon in good weather, so will be putting only a few hundred miles on the the Sport Hybrid from here on). I'm just going by the MID, just like with all my Honda products.

The manual says the first service is A1---change oil and rotate tires.

Just for your info, A6 means oil change and change Twin Motor Unit fluid.

Malibu Flyer

My first service looks like around 10,000 miles. My current mileage is 4900 and oil life is at 60%. Seems like the weather has little to do with the service intervals. I haven't seen the average temp for LA but since Jan. the coldest evening temp has been around 50 and the average PM highs between 65 and 85. Don't mean to brag about our weather. I used to live in Connecticut and I feel for all of you up north this year. It seems like it has been the worst ever for you folks. I have enjoyed all of your comments about how our little baby does in those conditions.

fsmith

Our little baby performed brilliantly in the 106 inches of snow we've had so far. But for the 100' deep pothole I hit - for which I cannot reasonably blame the car - it has been a joy to drive from Maine to New York this winter. Great car in the snow.

RLX-Sport Hybrid

Good Evening everyone:

Back from my cross country flights including an unexpected red eye because of the weather getting into Newark Airport yesterday, I'm a tad bleary eyed at the moment, although with a nasty sun burn from walking on the beach for 2 hours yesterday afternoon. Don't cry for me.

I did what I have always done for the first oil change which was to do it at around 4,000 miles, regardless of need. It is just a thing I have done for 30+ years and have never stopped. The oil was still very clean which is good to hear. Everything was spot on as expected so it was just the oil change that was performed. My MID showed 70% at 4,000.