Maintenance & Service
Recommended Car Service Intervals
There is no universal service interval, and any single figure you read online is wrong for most cars. What matters…
- Reading time
- 4 min
A spanner symbol meaning a scheduled service is due. It is a reminder, not a fault.
Can you continue driving?
Yes — no immediate risk
A scheduled service has come due, by distance travelled or time elapsed, or an oil life monitor has counted down. This is a reminder the car sets for itself — nothing has gone wrong.
Nothing urgent. Book the service at a time that suits you.
If the symbol appeared immediately after a service, the reminder was almost certainly not reset — worth a phone call to whoever did the work rather than a second service.
At the next convenient date. Oil changes deferred for long enough cost considerably more later than the service does now.
Maintenance & Service
There is no universal service interval, and any single figure you read online is wrong for most cars. What matters…
Dashboard symbols are largely standardised; these are the models with guides that mention this one.
