OK so at the risk of being flamed for admitting this, I get my oil changed at the dealership that I bought my 3.8 GC from. I went the first 10,000 miles using just regular, non-synth oil every and had it changed every 3000 miles. After that, I switched to Mobil 1 5W-30 full synth and extended my interval to 5000 miles. The last time I went to get my oil changed, I got this big f'ing lecture from the service MANAGER telling me that Hyundai is going to void my warranty because I went over the (completely ridiculous) interval in the owner's manual which is stated at 3,750 miles. Then he went on to tell me some BS about "cars like Corvettes use a dry pump, hence the 3750 mile requirement" which I quickly dismissed because I DON'T DRIVE A F'ING CORVETTE.
First of all, wtf is Hyundai thinking with an interval of 3,750? I have never heard of this as a regular oil change interval before but it is indeed in the manual. Secondly, why would it be the same across the board regardless of synth and non-synth?
So basically dude told me that if my engine ever has problems I'm completely f'd because I ran my interval to 5,000 miles using full synthetic oil. Nice. I have heard of Hyundai's "amazing" warranty being a crock of sh*t, but this is just utterly ridiculous.
Please, anyone who feels compelled to just highjack this thread to tell me how dumb I am for not changing my own oil, please refrain. That's not the point here really. The point is how can these MFers actually make such a ludicrous claim? I'm sure dude was just trying to BS me so I get it changed more often and they make more money, but to threaten my warranty just completely boggles my mind.
Anyone else have a similar experience with their stealership? Yes I used the search button and found other oil change interval threads, but none that deal with this "issue" specifically.
Thanks!
First of all, wtf is Hyundai thinking with an interval of 3,750? I have never heard of this as a regular oil change interval before but it is indeed in the manual. Secondly, why would it be the same across the board regardless of synth and non-synth?
So basically dude told me that if my engine ever has problems I'm completely f'd because I ran my interval to 5,000 miles using full synthetic oil. Nice. I have heard of Hyundai's "amazing" warranty being a crock of sh*t, but this is just utterly ridiculous.
Please, anyone who feels compelled to just highjack this thread to tell me how dumb I am for not changing my own oil, please refrain. That's not the point here really. The point is how can these MFers actually make such a ludicrous claim? I'm sure dude was just trying to BS me so I get it changed more often and they make more money, but to threaten my warranty just completely boggles my mind.
Anyone else have a similar experience with their stealership? Yes I used the search button and found other oil change interval threads, but none that deal with this "issue" specifically.
Thanks!