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Follow the Maintenance Minder or maintenance intervals?
So the 2012 Fit's Maintenance Minder seems to do a comprehensive job of alerting us to routine minor maintenance. There's Codes A & B and 1-5 (pages 195-197 of the 2012 owner's manual).
Should I just maintain the vehicle when the Maintenance Minder tells me so or should I do regular interval maintenance? The former is probably more economical.
My independent Honda mechanic recommends the usual intervals of 7.5k, 15k and 30k miles (4 intervals to 30k). The Honda dealerships are now pushing 5k, 10k and 30k miles. It seems as if the dealerships are trying to squeeze more maintenance out of folks to increase their cash flow (6 intervals to 30k).
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