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I have a 2015 2.5i Premium. It has 22k miles and next oil change is coming due. I just checked and I'm 1/2 quart low. I've read numerous posts on this forum regarding this issue. However, I haven't seen any thoughts on what is considered "acceptable" oil consumption.

 

I purchased the car new. The dealer offers free oil changes for life. So they've done all of them. I did the first "break-in" change at 1k. The second was done just under 6k on the ODM. I've always had the oil changed before 6k miles. Back on the 3rd (12k approx) oil change, I checked and the dealership had overfilled it which I had them remove the excess. Wife took it in for the last change (18k), so I didn't check when it was done.

 

Now that I'm over 20k, I thought I'd monitor it more closely. So is 1/2 quart every 5.5k normal? I see some post that 0 loss is normal. I'm also not getting near the advertise 36mpg rating. I'm getting 30 mpg, drive 38mi, freeway, each way to work. I do drive between 70-75mph most of the time.

You'll never get 36 mpg at 70-75 mph. I get 35 mpg (manually calculated) on strictly highway miles with ACC set at 65 as long as there aren't too many uphill sections.

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^^^ It compromises the warranty of anything directly connected to the anti-sway bar.

 

That said, just do it yourself. 4 bolts.

No desire to do it myself and I'd most likely screw it up if I did.

I'm just having a hard time understanding why one dealer will do it and another won't. If in fact it truly does void the warranty then why would any dealer do it?

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2016 2.5i, just turned 20k and have had 3 dealer oil changes at 6k intervals with no noticeable oil loss on the dip stick checked bi-weekly.

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Wish I could get my dealer to do this. I asked but they didn't want any part of it saying it would void my warranty. In addition to the regular warranty the dealer extends it to lifetime unlimited mileage on the drive train so maybe that's got something to do with it but I thought they would have jumped at the chance to make some money. I don't see how a 20 mm rear sway bar would compromise the drive train ?

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Well I had mine into the dealer for an oil change and I asked if they would swap the stock rear sway bar for a 20mm. Was told they wouldn't do it because it would void the warranty.

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Are you voiding the warranty by modding the front or rear sway bar? My dealer says yes.

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