I have gone by Fords' intelligent oil life monitor (IOLM) in the past but I always take oil samples for analysis. We just got an Escape with a turbocharged 2.0 engine. Gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI) engines are known to have fuel dilution issues across all the manufacturers and analysis shows it's over 5% at 3000 miles. However, the wear metals are extremely low so it's not harming anything. Yet. The lab I use is Horizon in Indianapolis - I usually get results in 24 hours.

I will change every 3000 miles even though the IOLM says the oil life is 65%.

If you want to really nerd out on lubricants go to BobIsTheOilGuy.com

That makes sense because most Hondas are on a 10k oil change interval.

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Originally posted by ranger312:
My daughter just bought a 2016 Honda CRV with 50,000 miles on it. She had the Honda dealer change oil and instead of putting the usual mileage reminder sticker on the windshield, they put on a sticker that says "change at 15%". And that is what the Owners Manual says.

I thought that was quite strange. Especially since the monitor just hit 15% at almost 8000 miles. I told her to change at 5-6000 miles, like the original owner had done since new

My opinion of oil life monitors in general (since they aren't all the same) is that following them is penny wise but pound foolish. They may work well for getting you to a certain vehicle miles life for the least money, but they won't make the car last the longest that it is capable.

I don’t trust them. Oil changes are cheap insurance and I do them at 5000 miles.