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My 2008 owner's manual (page 330), I quote; "The recommended oil and filter change interval is based on FSS or 1 year." That is the first sentence, the 'or' defines not to exceed one year if the milage isn't higher than 7500 miles in the current oil (if I remember, that is the stated milage recommended within FSS, and references) maybe it should have been clearer in prior notices in the owner's manual? My car (a 2008) has not exceeded 3000 miles any year (best I can recall) so it gets changed every year. I am sure the engine is not damaged in any way at all. The only thing you're doing if you change the oil in the engine sooner (prior to the recommendations), is wasting oil and passing on a clean engine to the next owner (possibly through a dealer who will dump any cheap grade in it to show it is clean for a sale).


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