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    Longer service intervals?

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    It seems brands such as Subaru and Toyota, for instance, need to update their thinking regarding service intervals. Even Mazda now has 12 months/10,000km intervals and some European brands go as far as two years/24,000km. Do the brands sticking to 6 months/10,000km have a case, or is it just a policy to improve their dealers' profits?

    Answered by CarsGuide
    3 September 2015
    Graham Smith

    Servicing, particularly changing oil and filters, is the key to long engine life. My thinking is that 12 months/10,000km is about right for a service interval. If you’re doing 20,000km per year you’ll be servicing it every six months anyway, but if you’re not doing a lot of kays then annual servicing it probably enough. To go to two years and 24,000km is a step too far in my view.

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