Good morning. Will have approx. 3000 miles when I will have owned it for 1 year. Dealer is claiming a OIL CHANGE once a year regardless of driving condition. No towing and around town with no trips over 30 miles and normally sees 45mph as a average. Never had anything in the bed. Oil maintance readout says 70% remaining. Opinions please. Thanks Frank
My opinion is you really should drive that truck more. But yeah, once a year seems pretty reasonable. I wonder how old the diesel is in your tank and if it has anything growing in it....
I am retired so the mileage will never be normal. Always fill up where a lot of semi's do thinking it will be fresher. Just started on my 5th tank of fuel. Avg. 24 but never had it on a open highway run for any length of time. Thanks for the reply.
Welcome! I would send off an oil sample to get it tested to see how the oil is holding up over that period of time. Places like blackstone labs, etc can do it. If nothing else, it will give you a piece of mind!
Your "tested" oil would probably report it's okay to continue with it. The problem comes if you have an engine problem. FCA is going to deny paying for it because you did not follow their rule of changing the oil at least once a year.
I have the same issue as I average 4-5000 miles per year and 90-95% is making very short local runs. That's the worst thing one can do to a diesel engine and it's oil. I change the oil once a year myself, the easiest oil change of any vehicle I've ever owned.
The best advice is to get the GDE tune, it shuts off the EGR and ends my worries about making short local runs.
