Oil Change delay => loss of warranty?

[7Andrei7]

Hi guys! I have a question: I was thinking of delaying the oil change by 750 KM to be able to get back to a familiar Kia dealer. Do you think this could lead to a loss of the international warranty?
I have my car now in Vienna (Austria) and it has precisely 90.000 KM (already 10.250 KM from last change). I am on a road trip and did a little stop over for 10 days.
The dealer here quoted me 750 EUR for an oil change.... this is so absurd I didn't even know what to say. I emailed the dealer in Bratislava (Slovakia) which is just 50km away to see what they say but worst case, I know a Kia service about 500km away in Romania.

 

[7Andrei7]

I got one more quote from Bratislava - 640 EUR and a third, which I'm going for, of 330 EUR in Vienna. It includes the oil and oil + air filters.
I'm still a little bit shocked with the first 2 quotations..

 

[jthrelf]

I'm shocked even at the 330 EUR! That includes engine air filters + cabin air filter too? Even then that's still high in my opinion. It's a Stinger, not a mid-engine Porsche. For reference, an oil change in the US is about $40, and maybe $80 for synthetic.

All this stuff is very simple to do yourself with a bit of research. Parts can be ordered online as they're very basic maintenance item. Might be worth it to learn how right now and not have to pay this kind of money. Obviously not easy when you're on a road trip though.

But to answer your question - I don't think an additional 750Km is going to void your warranty or harm your car. How would they know anyway? (I do maintenance myself so I don't even have service records besides my Amazon order history of parts & oil).

With synthetic oil I have no worry running 8000 miles. Even up to 10k isn't an issue. Do you have synthetic in right now?

 

[7Andrei7]

We have slightly stricter rules here in the sense that you can't service your own car. It has to be done by an authorised Kia service and they always keep digital records and a physical record which you keep in your car. So they will know exactly when each oil change is.
In terms of oil, they've always put in fully synthetic 0W30 or 5W30.
For 330 EUR I get only the engine air filter, not the cabin filter. But that one I'm allowed to change myself and I bought a bunch for 15 EUR/piece.
In my city, Bucharest, this service would cost around 200 EUR. I was hoping for about 300 EUR in Vienna because it's a super expensive city. But the 750 / 640 really shocked me.

 

[jthrelf]

Interesting to learn about those regulations.

In that case seems like 330 EUR isn't bad in the circumstances. And with synthetic I wouldn't be worried about the additional distance driven. Can't answer more specifically about getting "in trouble".