Oil Changes - Intervals?

I normally change my gasoline engine oil between 3k and 4k miles. For the new Hemi I was going to change every 3k since the dealer has discounted oil changes.

Anyway, this morning with 2,505 miles the "Oil Change" message came on. At 2,505 miles???? Will this be "norm" or is this just the "break-in" oil change? No towing or hard driving either.

 

Many of the newer model vehicles throw an indicator light about 500 miles before the "recommended" oil change time. It's to get you to start thinking about making the appointment before your truck is actually at the mileage. This is the norm.

I believe that Dodge/Chrysler has established two "schedules" for oil changes. One for 3k, and the other for 6k. They recommend a 6k change for "standard driving conditions" and 3k change for "off-road or hard-driven" conditions, but if you look carefully, their standard of "hard-driven" is quite low, and may put your vehicle into the 3k range.

I change my oil every 3000 miles. Ultimately it's a personal choice (unless you really do heavy towing or off-roading).

 

My light came on around 2500 miles as well. I was pretty surprised by this.

 

The dealer told me to get the first oil change at 2,500 miles. I am guessing my light will come on then too? Then, probably every 6,000 miles because that is the recommended oil change frequency in the manual? I have a little over 2,000 on it as of today.

 

Guess we'll know in 500 miles

(Edit: Or 9000 miles?)

 

I think I'll do a 6k oci as well, except in between, I'll just do a drain / refill of the oil only.

 

Being that I live in Texas (hot) and drive in the city (commuting) the dealer said that I should stick to schedule B, the Severe Duty schedule in order to keep the warranty "happy".

 

to reset it turn ON KEY DO NOT START PRESS GAS PETAL 3 TIMES TURN OFF KEY THEN START engine RESET DONE

 

Sorry couldn't resist redram2008, but you must have the dainty gas "PEDAL" option

 

works on my 2008 ! what you got