Oil change required

[fordgt]

I am getting this message on my dash and in the App. I have a 2024 XLT with the 2.3 and just turned 5,000 miles last week. I changed the oil right at a thousand miles and reset the counter. At a thousand miles I got a similar message but was going to change it anyway.
Any ideas why it’s telling me I need to do a second oil change before it technically needs the first one?

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[stemplar]

My first guess would be a high number of idling hours.

 

[fordgt]

My first guess would be a high number of idling hours.

Makes sense I think, the truck had 50 miles on it when I picked it up and the engine hours were high. I think it was one of those held at the factory.

 

[fordgt]

But it hasn’t idled a lot since the last oil change

 

[embedded rock]

Routine short trip driving?

 

[03GeeTee]

I am getting this message on my dash and in the App. I have a 2024 XLT with the 2.3 and just turned 5,000 miles last week. I changed the oil right at a thousand miles and reset the counter. At a thousand miles I got a similar message but was going to change it anyway.
Any ideas why it’s telling me I need to do a second oil change before it technically needs the first one?

How much time had it been between changes? It might be set to call for an oil change after 6+ months or something regardless of miles.

 

[purdyd]

I’m at 54% oil life with 7250 miles and changed at 500, and 5000.

i am just a few days shy of 6 months, but I don’t think that triggers the oil alert.

i had a 2500 road trip freeway driving in the first 5000 but almost all short trips since.

so I believe, the oil life takes that into account.

I am thinking about changing oil early as I have a long trip coming up.

interestingly the ford app kept saying I had 2200 miles left but that false information seems to have disappeared

 

[stemplar]

Hours idled, number of starts, and time since last change. Those are the only 3 things I can think of.

 

[Bill W]

How much time had it been between changes? It might be set to call for an oil change after 6+ months or something regardless of miles.

I like that 6 month schedule. Short trips are bad on oil.

 

[stemplar]

Wait, trying to piece together the relevant details since they're not all in the OP, you changed the oil at 1,000 miles and you said you reset the oil monitor. Then a change at 5,000 miles and no mention of the oil monitor; at over 7,200 miles that'd be over 6,000 miles since the monitor was reset which doesn't sound like it's premature to be notified that it's time for a change. But if you did reset the monitor and just didn't tell us, well, I'm done trying to fill in blanks here. Guessing isn't a lot of fun.

 

[Jason B]

I have a notice on my App under Service Planner that says I'm 16 DAYS past due my 20K service, which was done on 24 March. Oil life monitor says 98%.
It also says my 30K service is due Jan 2027. Really? I'll put on another 10K by October. I get oil change every 5K.
I don't see a way to clear the 'past due' notice.

 

[Satex]

I can't explain the specifics of the oil life monitor, but it definitely uses lots of data points. I don't do a lot of idling, but I go through periods in which I tow a lot of miles, at both medium (4000 pounds) and light loads.

I can see the oil life dropping faster when I work the truck harder as opposed to light towing or just driving unloaded.

Just regarding load on the engine, a quick way to see that is by looking at the boost guage. I'd guess that the time and amount of boost is a factor in oil life, but the point is that the system can account for all the factors that add to stress on the engine and reduce oil life.

 

[Sparky62]

I changed my oil a couple of weeks back, reset the monitor, because I don't drive very much and only short distances, it was showing 98% & 1,200 miles remaining a couple of days later.

Drove about 1.5 hours round trip on the freeway last week, now the monitor is showing 93% & 2,200 miles left.

I assume it's because short trips don't allow the engine oil to get sufficiently warm to burn off moisture or condensation, thereby decreasing the lifespan of an oil change internal.

 

[Blowndodge]

The knuckleheads at the dealer didn't reset your oil mileage. It's in your dash menu.

 

[Satex]

The knuckleheads at the dealer didn't reset your oil mileage. It's in your dash menu.

He said he changed the oil and that he reset the counter.

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