We have just updated my wife's car to a new Nissan Pulsar. It’s a good car and she is happy with it. Maybe I should have done more research on the servicing schedule before buying it. Reading the service log book yesterday. I find that it should be taken to the dealer every 5000klms. The car that she had before was an Astra, and that was serviced every 15000klms. We also have a Nissan XTrail and that gets serviced every 10000klms. Is this 5000klms servicing just a way of getting more money for the dealer or is it really necessary.
Nissan Pulsar servicing
SuperMick on 07/07/2013 - 12:00
Last edited 07/07/2013 - 21:14 by 1 other user
Last edited 07/07/2013 - 21:14 by 1 other user
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Thanks for your comments. The Pulsar does have capped servicing. The main question is. Do you think that servicing the car every 5000klms is excessive?
5,000km is excessive on a non performance car
just do 10,000km minor servicing
you dont say if its under warranty or not
I'd say it's a little excessive… My car is a TRD Aurion (see also: expensive, costly supercharged version of a family car but falls into the "performance" bracket) that I bought almost two years ago… In order to maintain the warranty, I need to get it serviced every six months, or every 10,000 km's. A result of which,I probably have one of the most overserviced Aurions in history as I generally only drive it 8 days a month at the very most… I think i've done almost (almost) 10,000 km's in 2 years… As soon as my warranty is up, I will be reverting to 10,000 km servicing… 5000km's seems excessive to me…
5,000 in a turbo car or a porsche or a HSV etc. is fine
10,000 is ok for ordinary cars
15,000 with a good oil is possible
Sorry, I thought that I had made it clear. The car is brand new, I picked it up last Tuesday and it has 52klms on the clock. So it has just started its 3 year warranty. What would happen if I only had it serviced every 10000klms. I would lose my warranty, I suppose.
Thanks for the reply's so far.I'm not sure why you think it is every 5,000km.
We've just purchased a brand new Nissan Pulsar and it's servicing intervals are 6months/10,000kmSee servicing schedule below.
http://www.nissan.com.au/~/media/Files/Brochures/Owners/Capp…I'm just looking at the customer information booklet, maintenance section. It starts at 1000klms. Then 5000klms and then keeps going at 5000klm intervals. I will phone the dealer this morning and ask about this, as I hadn't seen the capped brochure.Thanks
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM, you are right CSR. I phoned the dealership this morning and was told that the 5000klm servicing, is if you are using the car in extreme conditions. My wife has told me that I should read the paper on Sunday morning, and not get involved in things that I don't understand.
Thanks again.:) Glad for both our sakes that it's 10,000 not 5,000! If the wife's giving you a free pass I'd take it.
Happy to help.
Servicing in general is a way of getting more money for the dealer. That's why I always recommend getting a car with capped price servicing, using that for however long you have it for and then doing the service yourself.
It's not terribly hard nor time consuming to self-service your car, just follow the service manual, use the internet and a bit of mechanical know-how. Alternatively, have a local mechanic to do the service for cheaper than the dealership.
I usually just do services every six months.