Hi
I have question regarding oil change
I have 2015 R coupe with 3700 mil and just pass 1 year mark
I take my car out every other weekend and drove 1-2 hrs
When is good time to do first oil change

 

JLR requires maintenance service once per year regardless of mileage. You need to do that so that you don't risk having your warranty voided.

For 14-15 models the first annual service is free. For 16 models annual maintenance is free for the first 4 years.

 

This is true for the US, but not Canada. We only get one year of maintenance.

Thanks Jaguar Canada!

 

Thank you

 

You should be changing oil in all of your vehicles once a year regardless of miles...

 

Yep!

 

In the UK we have a 3 or 5 year plan, we have to pay for it.

I have always advocated regular oil and filter changes irrespective of miles, based on time. Oil does age, and for the price of oil and filter, it's a no brainer to replace them regularly.

On my bikes, if I cannot see 'through' the oil in the sighting glass in the crank case, then I change the oil and filter. I usually feel the oil between my fingers and this gives you an idea how viscous or not it may be.

Maybe I'm OCD, but the engines seem to like it!

 

I was told oil changes were 1 year or 16000 miles, whichever comes first.

Despite that, I still plan to bring my car in for its first oil change after I cross 2500-3000 miles or so and finish the break-in period. I suspect that will be closer to 6 months rather than @ 12 months.

 

You are correct I believe,the first 1 yr oil change should be done at no-cost as it is at most every Jaguar dealer I've ever heard of.

I will have mine done by my originating dealership in October and in my estimation,it'll have right around 5 to 6k.

The biggest killer is the moisture that remains in the crankcase on lightly driven cars,hence the reason to drive them at least 20-30 minutes when you take them out and in a "spirited" manner.

Best way to eliminate all that is by time regardless of miles. I had a fleet of musclecars I recently liquidated and talk about lightly used...some I'd be lucky to put 100 miles on...and that oil regiment gets expensive.

 

Whoa! 2500miles!?! Did no one mention the mandatory weekly oil changes to boost the oil company's share price???

More seriously, while manufacturers are intent on stretching service intervals to look good at point of sale, they're only going to do it if the statistics say it's safe for them to do so. So unless you're planning on keeping the car for a decade or so, changing oil at anything less than the recommended intervals is the motoring equivalent of being a fashion victim...

 

Yeah I know I don't HAVE to do it as modern engines and synthetic oils allow a much longer cadence between oil changes, but that is more what I am familiar with.

I've always expected to do an oil change after the break-in period is done to make sure everything is working properly and any residue in the motor is properly cleared out of the motor. I also like to send the oil out for testing at that point (and again now and then) to make sure everything is within normal tolerances. That test can also provide an idea of whether the recommended oil change cadence makes sense or not.

Heck, for the C7 Corvette (Z51 at least) they are recommending first oil change after 500 miles. I would have expected something like that for a high performance sports/muscle car like the F-Type as well.

In any case, we'll see how many miles I can get on the car over the next year. Who knows, at the rate I'm going I may hit my 1 year anniversary before I hit 2,500 miles.

 

Slight correction. For the F-Type 2016 model year Jaguar includes maintenance for 5 years or 60,000 miles, whichever comes first.

 

Correct. I mispoke. I should have previously said 14-15 models got 1 year of free maintenance, whereas the 16's get 4 additional years (total of 5).

Free maintenance in JLR speak simply means 5 annual maintenance visits free, which really only means oil/filter changes and system checks. Anything found on those checks is covered by warranty.