Seems strange to me too and I’ll throw this out... I make the assumption that it is calculating the oil life milage on total miles not ICE operating miles or even HV miles which of course greatly underestimates the remaining oil life.6150 miles... I just got the A01 message. I have hardly used the ICE... it seems very strange that the oil and filter need to be changed.
Quoting myself. If you take it to the dealer for A01 as I did, please ask them to read the On Board Diagnostics (OBD) and report the actual engine hours or miles. Still believe the data is there.Just had A01 taken care of at the dealer; am at 7k miles. Tried to get them to provide a printout of all the data the OBD would provide to hopefully see if it did actually report engine hours or miles. Unfortunately, I was told they did not have the ability to do that (possibly because they didn't have the right equipment). The service advisor said he called a regional tech that was experienced with the Clarity and the regional guy said the MM used raw miles and did not base the oil change alert on engine miles or engine hours and indicated that the next one should be 10k from now. Honda is too engineer-driven to not put some intelligence behind the MM but maybe they left it to the same intern that did the HV range algorithm. I am guestimating that I've put maybe half the total miles on the ICE.
Especially with the synthetic oil used by Clarity one year should be fine. I plan to change at eleven months just because I don't always hit my target dates and I want to make sure that I don't go over a year since that is what is stated in the manual. I suppose it's unlikely that there would be a warranty debate if someone went slightly over one year but I would rather just remove that possibility from the equation, and anyway I don't think 11-12 months for oil change is overkill even for a lightly used gas engine.Another factor is oil "ages" once put into service. Regardless of engine use I have seen recommendations to change the oil every 6 months with others saying going up to a year is OK.
If the car was bought 9 months ago and the car was on the lot for a couple of months prior to your purchase then it is probably not a bad idea to change the oil.
Did your second A01 happen at 12,000 miles?We just got another A01 Service notification (3rd one since purchase) after our car has reached 18,000 miles. Did anyone else receive the same notification?
Yes, w've got second A01 notification between 12,000 - 13,000 milesDid your second A01 happen at 12,000 miles?