Re: oil used in the US version of Fiat 500.

Posted by ciddyguy on
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prima 109 wrote

Hi Chris,
     I was wondering if the US version Fiat's will use synthetic oil or conventional oil?  Also if they will have a oil life monitor system like most cars have these days and what the maintainence schedules will be like?  Given that the cars will come with complementary maintainence for 3/36, just curious.  Thanks for you're feedback.

Craig

My guess like most other cars now a days, somewhere between 7K-10K miles between oil changes and 50-100K on the plugs max. An example, an '03 Chevy S10 truck with the Vortec V6 gets between 60-80K on the plugs depending on usage.

If what I read on the Euro spec 500's, the maintenance intervals look to be similar to what we see here on most cars and that says a lot about Fiat's commitment to quality.