Engine Oil Quality

All the Clarity Maintenance Minder will do is predict when the next service will be necessary and then display a Code A when it's time to change the oil. Oh, those lucky Clarity Fuel Cell and Clarity Electric lessors--they never have to worry about engine oil.

Attention: Important advice from page 483 of the Owners Manual:


Is there anyone who does this?

 

I hope not.

 

With amount my engine runs I probably don’t even need oil!

 

If we did then the good latch would be broken from overuse.

 

So basically, does that mean that if someone charges tevery day , Honda is recommending that they check the oil level? Geez. That could be a great marketing campaign: “Get the electric plug in from Honda. Its small gasoline engine almost never has to turn on. But: you should check the engine oil ever day. “

 

Egad. I would be genuinely ashamed if I was the person who wrote this in the manual. It's like warning drivers that the lubrication system might just empty itself onto the ground at any moment.

Although come to think of it, even if that were true they should just recommend looking at the space you parked when you drive away, in case there's a huge puddle of oil there...

 

Be sure to check your warranty for a "rule of thumb" clause.

Honda's doing a CYA with the ridiculously frequent oil-change schedule programmed into the Maintenance Minder. I assume it's based on the worst-case scenario of someone who never charges their battery (which would echo the engine activity for one of their non-hybrid cars).

 

Getting close to second oil change and wondering if anyone has sent their Clarity oil to one of those sites for analysis? Asked Blackstone to mail me a kit.