Transmission fluid change is listed as a possible maintenance sub-item in the attachment (code #3). The footnote below that section mentions that low speed driving in mountain areas cause the highest transmission temperatures and/or degradation, so will require fluid change every 47.5k miles or 3 years.It's in the PDF Owner's manual as to what gets done with each maintenance code (starts on page 118), but there are no mileages associated with them. This is because everyone's engine will run at different times with different loads. I good estimate for your first oil change it at roughly 10K miles. All you should need to do between now and then is check your oil level and tire pressures regularly. You won't need to worry about the transmission since the Insight doesn't have one.
Hello all,
Not sure if posted this in the correct area or not. So my car has about 350 miles on the clock and I’m a good way out from requiring any maintenance. My question is, does anyone have a maintenance schedule for the car. I know it has a maintenance minder that will tell you when to replace the oil but I want to see the physical schedule. I got the owners manual, the 600+ page one, and it is silent on this topic. Every car I have ever owned shows a schedule of required maintenance and the intervals of when these items are to be completed. I like to do my own work on my cars so, I may be a bit of an odd bird. The dealer simply handed me a generic schedule for all Honda 4 cylinder engines. This car has a different power train so I assume it would require different intervals. I plan on doing oil changes every 5,000 miles but what about transmission, inverter coolant, engine coolant and valve adjustment? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I believe the oil dilution issue was localized to the 1.5 turbo engines used in the CR-V.Thanks for the replies. I guess I am a little old fashioned as far as the maintenance thing goes. I may be over doing it but I think I will change my oil every 5,000 or 7,500 miles. Probably stick to the 5,000 mile interval. It’s cheap insurance. Not quite sure how the oil change monitor works in the car? Does anyone know if the monitor “analyzes” he chemical composition of the oil or is it some sort of engine hours/time/miles driven algorithm? Don’t know if I’m being paranoid but Honda did have an oil dilution problem in their new Turbocharged CRV motors. I realize that’s a totally different engine but yet another reason for me to do the oil changes a little prematurely. Once again thanks for the wisdom and advice that you guys have put out here for everyone.
The transmission maintenance should be very minor, but do keep in mind that the Gen3 Insight "technically" has an automatic transmission, and carries 2.3 qt of ATF DW-1 Automatic Transmission Fluid. (By comparison, the CVT Civic carries 3.7 qt and the Manual Civic carries 2.0 qt.)Yes! Forgot about the "no tranny" and therefor no tranny fluid change. Another reason to like this car.
Agree with hasarad's comments and would add that short trips, frequent start/stops (city driving), and hilly terrain cause higher engine temperature (and shorten oil life). The different modes (EV/Econ/Sport) affect engine use, but can be indirectly tracked as output results from electronic sensors in the drivetrain.The monitor runs off a formula taking into account all engine factors like weather, load, duration, etc to come up with a number. There is no "lab" in the car that physically analyzes the oil. I'd estimate my engine only runs about 75-80% of the time, so pushing a 7,500 normal oil change interval up to 10,000 seems legit. My 15% maintenance alert came up at a tad at 10,241 miles.
^Definitely check the dipstick to make sure and don't totally depend on the maintenance minder.Lastly, since these are INDIRECT measurements for oil life, any physical/actual check of the dipstick that shows gummy, milky, gritty, dirty or unusually low level should trump the indicator and trigger oil replacement.
My dipstick has a lot of friction. I have to tug a little to remove it, and I have to help it back in, too. It makes me a little skeptical of the reading.^Definitely check the dipstick to make sure and don't totally depend on the maintenance minder.
Not sure if this helps or hurts as additional info... but 50% oil life can mean remaining oil life of 41-50%. The display only changes in 10% increments, but indicates a wider range. Using the hi/lo ranges and the miles you've driven so far, the math suggests that your car will display 15% life remaining sometime between 10.1k and 11.9k miles.I kind of wish I had a graph of odometer vs. oil life. Right now I'm about to hit 7000 miles and I have 50% oil life.
Since you expressed uncertainty, I'll confirm that I already knew that, both from my own observation and the previous forum discussion. It seemed clear that Honda does not want to predict more than one sig fig of oil life... although I guess they start to when it switches from 20% to 15%.Not sure if this helps or hurts as additional info... but 50% oil life can mean remaining oil life of 41-50%. The display only changes in 10% increments, but indicates a wider range. Using the hi/lo ranges and the miles you've driven so far, the math suggests that your car will display 15% life remaining sometime between 10.1k and 11.9k miles.