What to Do if My Rental Car Needs an Oil Change

Posted: 12/3/2019 11:01:56 AM EDT

Take this rental for another month. Probably put another few thousand on information technology, easily. Oil light but came on. Exercise I take it back and commutation it or just run information technology? I told them I would need it for a couple months and 5-7k miles, they said have fun.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:03:08 AM EDT

[#1]

Id call and ask what they want me to do.

Link Posted: 12/three/2019 xi:03:41 AM EDT

[#two]

Did you get the insurance?

The right thing to do would be to call them and ask what they want y'all to exercise.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:04:09 AM EDT

[#3]

Usually by the time the oil lite comes on, you are budgeted problem.  Both cars I drove to the oil light ended up ceasing up not long afterward.

See what the level is on the oil and pinnacle it off for the brusque term.  I'd phone call the rental store and ask them if they tin change the motorcar or oil.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:05:26 AM EDT

[#4]

LoL, Dukes of Hazzard that fucker.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:05:41 AM EDT

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Commonly by the fourth dimension the oil light comes on, you are approaching problem.  Both cars I drove to the oil light concluded upwardly ceasing up not long later.

Encounter what the level is on the oil and top it off for the curt term.  I'd call the rental store and ask them if they tin can change the auto or oil.

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The Change oil light,,,

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:05:52 AM EDT

[#half-dozen]

I've had that happen before on extended rentals.

I'd just call them. I was a long manner away from the rental location and on the road, and so they simply had me have information technology to a local shop and they paid for it over the telephone. 30 minutes after I was on my style, and honestly that was style less time lost than having to trade cars.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:05:57 AM EDT

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Usually past the fourth dimension the oil light comes on, yous are approaching trouble.  Both cars I drove to the oil light ended up ceasing upwardly not long after.

See what the level is on the oil and top it off for the short term.  I'd call the rental shop and inquire them if they tin alter the motorcar or oil.

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This is not the low oil or depression oil pressure light.

Well-nigh cars built in the last 10 years tell you when it's time to change The oil.

Link Posted: 12/three/2019 eleven:06:33 AM EDT

[#eight]

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Unremarkably by the fourth dimension the oil light comes on, you lot are approaching trouble.  Both cars I drove to the oil calorie-free ended upwardly ceasing up not long after.

Encounter what the level is on the oil and meridian it off for the short term.  I'd phone call the rental shop and ask them if they can change the car or oil.

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An oil change light is merely a scheduled "It'southward been x,30 miles, please change the oil now."

An oil change light is NOT a "OMFG YOU Accept NO OIL Pressure level ALL YOUR OILS ARE BELONG TO SOMETHING ELSE AND Y'all'RE Called-for Upward YOUR ENGINE GTFO NOW!"

OP, I'd call the rental company besides.  I doubt they expect yous to brand an investment into the automobile for maintenance.  Only it wouldn't surprise me, I know equipment rentals wait that.

ETA:  beat out.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:06:34 AM EDT

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Usually by the fourth dimension the oil light comes on, you are approaching trouble.  Both cars I drove to the oil light concluded up ceasing up not long after.

See what the level is on the oil and tiptop information technology off for the short term.  I'd call the rental shop and ask them if they tin can change the auto or oil.

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Ken M?

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:08:twenty AM EDT

[#10]

Call the rental place, explain the state of affairs. Tell them to call y'all when they accept a replacement car made ready, at the adjourn running. You'll exist past to park backside it, bandy keys, and be gone in less than 60 seconds. If they tin't accommodate a solution that takes less than five minutes of my time then I volition run it until the block seizes.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:ten:30 AM EDT

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Ken G?

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Ordinarily by the time the oil low-cal comes on, you are approaching trouble.  Both cars I drove to the oil lite ended upwards ceasing upwards not long later on.

Come across what the level is on the oil and acme it off for the curt term.  I'd call the rental shop and enquire them if they can change the machine or oil.

Ken M?

Haha.  It has to be!!

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:14:twenty AM EDT

[#12]

Ramp information technology over a few more than speedbumps.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 eleven:15:49 AM EDT

[#thirteen]

Pit at the adjacent caution and have the crew modify the oil.

Link Posted: 12/three/2019 eleven:20:28 AM EDT

[#14]

I had a rental car that did that. I called them and they had me bring it back and they had their service company come up out, service the motorcar while I waited and then they handed me the keys back.

It's not rocket scientific discipline.

Link Posted: 12/three/2019 eleven:21:54 AM EDT

[#15]

When the car I had in Utah threw that light I was 200 miles from the nearest return indicate. That was back where I got it from.  I put oil in information technology so I could bulldoze the other 500 miles had I been closer to abode I would drove that turd harder it was a cleaved POS and budget didn't care.  Oil life monitor had been turned off. As far as I could tell the original oil was still in it.

Link Posted: 12/iii/2019 11:22:43 AM EDT

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Id call and ask what they want me to do.

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That's what I did in the same situation. They told me not to worry well-nigh it. I asked for the persons name and but made a annotation of the conversation in case information technology came upward. It never did.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:22:45 AM EDT

[#17]

I'd probably call just to cover my ass.

Link Posted: 12/iii/2019 eleven:25:00 AM EDT

[#18]

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Usually past the time the oil light comes on, you are approaching problem.  Both cars I drove to the oil light concluded upward ceasing up not long after.

See what the level is on the oil and tiptop it off for the short term.  I'd phone call the rental store and ask them if they can modify the motorcar or oil.

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Oil change light, not oil pressure lite.

Link Posted: 12/iii/2019 11:25:xv AM EDT

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Have this rental for another month. Probably put another few chiliad on it, hands. Oil light but came on. Do I have it dorsum and exchange it or just run information technology? I told them I would demand information technology for a couple months and 5-7k miles, they said take fun.

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Oil CHANGE or oil PRESSURE.  Big difference.

Oil Change....keep driving

Oil Pressure....pull over, shut information technology off, telephone call them and ask what they want you lot to do.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 eleven:25:20 AM EDT

[#twenty]

Are you talking about the Oil Service lite is on or are you talking near a low oil pressure light is on?

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:26:39 AM EDT

[#21]

Oil change? DGAF.

Oil pressure? Stop. Immediately.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 eleven:30:26 AM EDT

[#22]

Phone call and ask seems to exist a reasonable thing to do.  I wouldn't go out of my way to have it changed for them, but I would trade information technology out for some other.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 11:30:42 AM EDT

[#23]

I'd telephone call them and ask them to transport out a replacement to bandy your current vehicle.  If they don't, it's on them.

Don't waste product your time maintaining their auto.  Y'all're paying them to maintain their car.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 xi:34:twenty AM EDT

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LoL, Dukes of Hazzard that fucker.

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Yee-ha!

Link Posted: 12/iii/2019 12:27:47 PM EDT

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This is not the low oil or low oil force per unit area light.

Most cars built in the last 10 years tell you lot when it's time to change The oil.

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Boomers don't know.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 12:43:01 PM EDT

[#26]

Betting the rental visitor would take it dorsum to service and manus you another rental for the remainder of your rental term.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 12:45:53 PM EDT

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Id call and inquire what they want me to do.

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That would take an inkling of common sense and problem solving skills.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 12:48:19 PM EDT

[#28]

Drive it.
Not my problem.

Link Posted: 12/iii/2019 12:fifty:45 PM EDT

[#29]

Let them know when I driblet information technology off.

Link Posted: 12/three/2019 12:50:45 PM EDT

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Normally by the fourth dimension the oil light comes on, you lot are approaching trouble.  Both cars I collection to the oil low-cal ended upwards ceasing up non long after.

See what the level is on the oil and summit information technology off for the short term.  I'd call the rental shop and inquire them if they tin can change the car or oil.

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Ok Boomer.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 12:51:28 PM EDT

[#31]

Take it to a Jiffy Lube, even if they don't really practice the oil modify they will at least charge you for a receipt Maxim they did and that is good enough for a rental.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 12:53:34 PM EDT

[#32]

Did you lot check the oil level?

If you lot don't know how............................................................

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 12:57:22 PM EDT

[#33]

I have had it happen a couple of times on rental cars.  I keep driving it.  They should take had information technology serviced earlier they gave information technology to me.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:ten:eleven PM EDT

[#34]

As a former rental car employee, I hate that lite most as much as the tire pressure level light. Most likely, it only didn't get reset at the concluding oil alter and is nothing but a hassle.

If information technology bothers yous, call them. They will either tell you not to worry, swap it out, or have you have information technology to an canonical store that will bill the rental company.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:14:12 PM EDT

[#35]

I sure wouldn't post to Arf.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 i:xv:43 PM EDT

[#36]

Had this happen recently on a 3 day rental. I striking "OK" (basically cancelling it).

Not my monkey, non my circus.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:17:04 PM EDT

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LoL, Dukes of Hazzard that fucker.

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I was thinking donuts.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:18:47 PM EDT

[#38]

Wow. A lot of people in this thread don't give a shit most other peoples properly.

Me personally, I would feel bad about messing up a perfectly good machine and so I would only pop in somewhere to get it changed.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:21:01 PM EDT

[#39]

My Taco does that every 5K miles.... which was for not-synth oil.  I commonly get 8-10K between oil changes.

Link Posted: 12/iii/2019 1:22:21 PM EDT

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Link Posted: 12/3/2019 ane:22:26 PM EDT

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Id call and ask what they want me to do.

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This.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 one:22:27 PM EDT

[#42]

Drive it harder so the old thick oil gets hot enough to behave more similar it should.

Duh.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:27:18 PM EDT

[#43]

I had that happen on a 2 week rental. I called the company and they said I could either commutation the car or bring it to an approved service identify to get it changed. Since I was quite a bit abroad from any of their rental locations I brought it to be serviced. Their arranged payment and information technology took about half an hour total. They knocked a day off my rental fee and gave me a costless upgrade on my side by side rental.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:31:27 PM EDT

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Usually past the fourth dimension the oil lite comes on, you are approaching trouble.  Both cars I drove to the oil lite concluded upwards ceasing upwardly not long after.

See what the level is on the oil and top it off for the short term.  I'd call the rental shop and ask them if they can alter the car or oil.

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Most cars have an 'oil alter' light split from the scarlet 'oil force per unit area' low-cal.

One is a maintenance reminder. Usually orange.

The other is a pull it off the road and phone call them up immediately. Normally red.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 1:51:39 PM EDT

[#45]

Reason number 1,087 why it'due south a bad idea to purchase former rental cars...

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 ane:55:18 PM EDT

[#46]

The durp is strong in this thread.

Reading is ferda mental.

Link Posted: 12/iii/2019 2:01:08 PM EDT

[#47]

Not sure if they even go by those.   I think a lot of them just follow their own OCI schedule regardless of the brand or model.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 2:xix:27 PM EDT

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Unremarkably by the time the oil light comes on, you are approaching trouble.  Both cars I drove to the oil calorie-free ended up ceasing up not long afterward.

Come across what the level is on the oil and top it off for the short term.  I'd call the rental shop and ask them if they can change the car or oil.

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Seizing, not ceasing.

Link Posted: 12/3/2019 2:33:58 PM EDT

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Link Posted: 12/3/2019 2:37:21 PM EDT

[#fifty]

Turn on the ignition primal simply don't start the engine.  Pump the brake pedal once.  The light will become out.

Some reset with the dash coil buttons.

Some reset with the gas pedal.

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