987 Service Question

[tomk17]

Started and drove my 06' 987 the other day. The information display said "Service Vehicle in 24 days". I imagine it's a countdown thing but for what? Car is only 1.5 yrs old with 7,000 miles, what gives? I know, I know I'll be getting a oil change soon but what else is this service reminder for? Can't be air filter, cabin filter, or any of those little things yet. Any input on this would be appreciated and... how to reset it (actually I may have already reset it useing the "clear messages function")

[super66]

hmmmm....well my 05 has the 20K mile service interval, not sure if that changed for 06.....my display did start telling me to perform service and I believe it said how many days and miles to go, neither of which were accurate

careful though....my dealer said I needed new brakes and rotors all around....said the sensor was going to go off any day now.....well I didn't buy it at all.....this was in August and 6K miles ago......still no brake indicator has gone off

[tomk17]

Originally Posted by super66

hmmmm....well my 05 has the 20K mile service interval, not sure if that changed for 06.....my display did start telling me to perform service and I believe it said how many days and miles to go, neither of which were accurate

careful though....my dealer said I needed new brakes and rotors all around....said the sensor was going to go off any day now.....well I didn't buy it at all.....this was in August and 6K miles ago......still no brake indicator has gone off

I agree, I'm not going to run to the dealer any time soon. I've got a pretty good idea of whta needs to be done and when thanks to this forum.

[eslai]

I'm not sure if the 987 computer counts down on the time as well as the mileage, but in your case it seems that it does.

Eighteen months is a long time to be running on the same oil...

[cfos]

The manual for the 06 says 2yrs or 20,000 miles for first oil change.

[tomk17]

I'm going to give the dealer a call regarding the countdown timer and will advise here. Like I said previously, I'm not going to rush in there blindly. In my opinion, at 7K miles the oil is fine despite 18 mths. Engine use and wear / tear on the oil is what breaks it down, not time in the crankcase. Would anyone throw out a jug of Mobile 1 that was 18 months old? I doubt it.