I’m now at 3,000 miles on the odometer and my car is still running fine.

If it passes the test, test it again in a year. New vehicles are kind of like new shoes…they need to be broken in. I live in maine so it's definitely cold here. Hello everyone! Some of these engines aren’t experiencing this issue as heavy as others and like I said 2019 is supposed to be all fixed up. We’ve recently been asked how long Honda’s break-in period for new vehicles is, so read on to learn the answer! Honda and your dealer will try to tell you that the smell and high oil levels due to dilution is a normal occurrence.

Doesn’t say anything about highway driving. I intend to have this car for 10 plus years since my previous Honda lasted that long with minimal issues before it was given to family. When I finally did I had one tiny air bubble. The reason for the break-in period is to mate the engine's friction surfaces to each other in the smoothest manner, so they seal or rotate against each other with minimal leakage or friction. My next-door neighbor is a mechanic.

I'd rather spend $5 on a bottle of brake fluid than $500 on an ABS module.

The heat from braking slowly wears out the fluid and gives it different properties. They are partly correct as DI engines like this are a bit more susceptible to oil dilution, however, these engines are experiencing oil dilution on a whole other level and it’s causing harm to your engine. I didn’t know highway driving was “bad” until later.

By then, it is usually black and thick. Keep the original oil in it till the maintenance minder tells you to change it. Lol, hahahahah oh yeah that sounds perfect :-). Yea ive never changed it. I am not trying to startle you just inform you as you have a right to know. I will certainly keep an eye on the oil. Color of brake fluid is NOT an indicator of its condition. It's only 3 miles to my work I take the long way so it's about 7 miles. If you can see the fluid is light and clean. I was worried about mine too. Open a blender and let it drip. I’ve regularly broken in engines by both regular driving, driving easy, and beating hard on it. Oil dilution can wear engine parts at an accelerated rate and cause it to fail far sooner than it normally would. Driving at a constant RPM is a bit more harmful just because you want varying speeds so the cylinder walls don’t essentially “get used” to that RPM speed. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. I live in Sunny FL where the humidity is 100% 8 months of the year. I told him nope, the brakes feel just fine, but the owner's manual recommended changing it every 3 years.