Find a condition that makes the light come on that you can duplicate in the service drive of the dealership. Drive it for 40 minutes beforehand, whatever it takes. Also triple check your oil level and track how much you've added and when. When you can get the light on with good repeatability (so that it's not intermittent), make an appointment and go in. If your oil level stay down consistently after adding oil, then stop adding it and take it to the dealer for them to open a repair order, add the oil, and close it so that it's in your service history. Do that again and again so that if you get to the point that the factory rep gets involved (which he will be if you're going to get a motor). Kepp in mind that you've gotta be way under a quart every thousand miles usually to get a new motor (and with like 10k miles on the car, if your just out of break-in and eating oil they won't do a thing).
Don't assume that you can get a motor out of this, because if the condition changes in the time since you've spoken to the service department, no motor will be in your future.
Call them back, tell them it's still on, and book an appointment. I did go for a couple thousand miles with the light on and everything is running perfectly. I did change my oil more frequently than the service recommendation after that for peace of mind(at my own expense), but I'll revert back to the recommendations after my Inspection 1.
The light is red for a reason though, and they need to address it if you've done all the proper maintainance. |