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Originally Posted by mav1178
Good reason if you're scared of what random people posts.
If the manufacturer REQUIRES a break-in to offer you warranty, then it has to be explicitly stated and would not suggest it as a warranty.
That post, while useful, is pointless for warranty purposes. If the engine breaks, you're covered as long as you don't exceed the warranty stipulations. That is all.
If you want to power slide out of a dealer lot, be my guest, just don't be scared of some datalogging by the manufacturer in fear of voiding what you are entitled to.
-alex
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Powersliding out of he dealership isn't really relevant, you can probably do that keeping it under 4k. My point is if the manual specifically states how to break it in, and you specifically ignore that, AND it turns out that it's something that can be tracked and proven (allegedly), then why couldn't they use that to deny some kind of relevant warranty claim? I mean why would they need to officially state they can deny a warranty claim when they're already stating the "proper" way to break it in? They get to decide what is abuse after all, it's their warranty. Why not just play it safe for 1000 miles, that's such a short time.
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Originally Posted by Mad1723
My dealership offers me to do it whenever I want to. Basically, they recommend 5K miles, but you can still bring it earlier for the break-in oil change  |
I could be remembering wrong, but I'm pretty sure the first oil change is set at 7500. A lot of dealerships still say 3k or 5k, I suspect its a money making thing in terms of repeat business generally. With Scion the first two years are free, which actually means only like three I think because of the length in-between them. All the dealership will probably do is just burn through the free ones earlier than usual.
http://www.edmunds.com/car-care/stop...-your-oil.html