Hey y'all,
I have a Honda Ridgeline RTL 2014. I love it! I bought it used from Carmax back in Feb. 2019 with roughly 50,000 miles. I've done the regular oil changes and services suggested at the interval provided by maintenance minder since.
At the beginning of November 2019 was my last oil change and service that I did as it was due according to the maintenance minder then. One of those service codes that came up was service code 3 which is replace transmission/transfer fluid, so I did both then. The mechanic reset the maintenance minder as afterwords it was at 100%. I even had a screenshot that I took of last November's service codes and confirmed that 3 showed up.
Faster forward to April 2020 and my next service is soon. The maintenance minder just hit 15% oil life and displayed current rounds of service codes. What came to my surprise however is the same service code of 3 which again is to replace transmission/transfer fluid. I can't see why maintenance minder would tell me to service my transmission when I just did it in my last service interval. I've been doing some digging, and it appears that roughly every 30000-45000 miles it's good to do transmission/transfer fluid replacement. Since Nov 2019 (which was my last service completion with maintenance minder) and today April 2020 (which is showing my next upcoming services on maintenance minder), I've roughly gone around 10,000. I can't remember exactly right now but it wasn't anywhere near 30000-45000 miles which is the suggested transmission/transfer fluid transmission cycle.
I'm trying to figure out if my Maintenance minder is faulty, or I am just interpreting wrong. Any info would be great! Trying to avoid having to talk to Honda dealership as I'm just not a fan of getting work done at a dealership, but they might be the only folks who know the nuances of Maintenance Minder. I typically use some local mechanics who are very knowledgeable, just don't think they know the ins and outs of Honda's Maintenance Minder. Maybe some of y'all do or have some of your own experiences around this behavior and can share what came out of it. I love the fact that Honda added Maintenance Minder in more recent cars especially the oil life part but having it generate recommended service codes is awesome! My car before this was a Honda Accord 2005 and didn't go to this level of detail with service codes nor had adaptive engine oil life since it didn't have Maintenance Minder. All it had was general suggested intervals provided in the manual. With the Honda Ridgeline 2014 that I have now, I'm trying to follow Maintenance Minder as I know how important it is to keep up on preventative maintenance. I love the ease that it gives to this whole thing, but see no need of replacing transmission/transfer fluid already and am losing my trust in the system after this!
Thanks!
I have a Honda Ridgeline RTL 2014. I love it! I bought it used from Carmax back in Feb. 2019 with roughly 50,000 miles. I've done the regular oil changes and services suggested at the interval provided by maintenance minder since.
At the beginning of November 2019 was my last oil change and service that I did as it was due according to the maintenance minder then. One of those service codes that came up was service code 3 which is replace transmission/transfer fluid, so I did both then. The mechanic reset the maintenance minder as afterwords it was at 100%. I even had a screenshot that I took of last November's service codes and confirmed that 3 showed up.
Faster forward to April 2020 and my next service is soon. The maintenance minder just hit 15% oil life and displayed current rounds of service codes. What came to my surprise however is the same service code of 3 which again is to replace transmission/transfer fluid. I can't see why maintenance minder would tell me to service my transmission when I just did it in my last service interval. I've been doing some digging, and it appears that roughly every 30000-45000 miles it's good to do transmission/transfer fluid replacement. Since Nov 2019 (which was my last service completion with maintenance minder) and today April 2020 (which is showing my next upcoming services on maintenance minder), I've roughly gone around 10,000. I can't remember exactly right now but it wasn't anywhere near 30000-45000 miles which is the suggested transmission/transfer fluid transmission cycle.
I'm trying to figure out if my Maintenance minder is faulty, or I am just interpreting wrong. Any info would be great! Trying to avoid having to talk to Honda dealership as I'm just not a fan of getting work done at a dealership, but they might be the only folks who know the nuances of Maintenance Minder. I typically use some local mechanics who are very knowledgeable, just don't think they know the ins and outs of Honda's Maintenance Minder. Maybe some of y'all do or have some of your own experiences around this behavior and can share what came out of it. I love the fact that Honda added Maintenance Minder in more recent cars especially the oil life part but having it generate recommended service codes is awesome! My car before this was a Honda Accord 2005 and didn't go to this level of detail with service codes nor had adaptive engine oil life since it didn't have Maintenance Minder. All it had was general suggested intervals provided in the manual. With the Honda Ridgeline 2014 that I have now, I'm trying to follow Maintenance Minder as I know how important it is to keep up on preventative maintenance. I love the ease that it gives to this whole thing, but see no need of replacing transmission/transfer fluid already and am losing my trust in the system after this!
Thanks!