Do I need to have 1 year service to maintain warranty?

[catnap]

Hard to believe but I will have had my Versa SL for a year on July 16. The thing is I only have about 5900 miles on it. Do I have to shell out big bucks for a service to maintain the warranty?

[XterraVersa]

no. Just follow what the book says for mileage. You have atleast changed the oil once? If so you are good.

[PB]

Just like xterra mentioned just follow the book,Oil changes are the most important.

[Ever Victorious]

And other than oil changes, there's not a whole lot you need. Air filters every 15k or so (depending on how they soil up in your area), and then the 30k/60k/90k services, which if you're not mechanically inclined would probably be best to take your car in for.

[Deke40]

Hard to believe but I will have had my Versa SL for a year on July 16. The thing is I only have about 5900 miles on it. Do I have to shell out big bucks for a service to maintain the warranty?

I need to give mine a rest. It is 3 months old today and has 6100 miles on it.

My rule of thumb is either 5K or 6 months on the oil change and stick with the mileage on the filters.

[catnap]

Thanks all for the advice. And yes, I have already had the oil changed. I did just receive the recall notice for the seatbelt tension sensor. Mine seems to be working just fine but I guess I will take it to the dealer eventually to have it checked.

[brandeegirl]

got mine switched out today. Just do it. It takes a whole hour and you don't want to mess up the warranty in case something happens.

[sk547]

Which book do you guys follow for the scheduled maintenance? There is the manufacturer's manual, but the dealer also gave us a book. This book as rediculous amounts of maintenence procedures, like one every 3 to 5000 miles.

[Ever Victorious]

I generally follow the "severe" maintenance schedule, partly due to my car being a work vehicle and partly due to... well, it's cheaper to maintain than to fix.

For me, I do oil/filter changes every 3k (5k if using synthetic), then factory reccommended services (not necessarily by the dealership, however) for 15k services and the usual 30/60/90/120k services.

Brakes are addressed as soon as I start to have a problem with them (squeaks, vibrations, etc.), regardless of mileage.

The only thing I usually don't regularly worry about are suspension components, but they've got such a huge gray area between "working" and "broken" that I usually just don't care.

[catnap]

Regarding sk547's ? - this is my question too. I have a Nissan Service and Maintenance guide. They want you to have service at 3month intervals - ridiculous:3750 mi or 3 months7500 mi or 6 months11250 mi or 9 months15000 mi or 12 months

My Versa is a year old and is just up to 6000mi. I have already had 2 oil changes - the last one at 4259 mi. I'll be ****** if I'm gonna do all these services. But maybe I should have the tires rotated at 7500 mi???

[Ever Victorious]

tire rotation helps you get the most total miles out of your tires. Since the fronts wear quicker than the rears, you switch them around periodically to end up keeping the wear even. Otherwise, you go through a set of fronts in like 20k miles, but still have another 20k worth of life in the rears.

With regular rotation, you end up getting 30k out of both sets, so that both sets will need replacement at the same time.

This is kind of important because you want to make sure all 4 tires are the exact same brand and model. If you have different tires on the front and the rear, it CAN cause handling problems (since manufacturers make their tires a little differently, a 195/65/15 by one manufacturer is NOT the exact overall diameter or width of the same sized tire as another manufacturer).

If the Versa was AWD, it would be even more important because having different branded and modeled tires would actually destroy the AWD system over the course of a few thousand miles.

[achr]

tire rotation helps you get the most total miles out of your tires.

I rotate my tires EVERY time I drive. Hard to get anywhere if you don't.

The rear tires on a front wheel drive vehicle barely wear. They carry less than 50% of the vehicle weight, take no part in acceleration, accomplish only about 30% of braking duties, and absorb little abuse in steering. In short, the fronts do all of the work. I generally run through a couple of winters with the OEM tires left as they are and then switch back to front before the 3rd winter. Can't say as I've ever actually noted ANY increase in overall tire mileage of a vehicle where I carried out regular tire rotations. Certainly not enough to justify the added cost of doing this procedure. For me, it's just another way to take money from my pocket and add it to the Dealer Profit Center.

[Ever Victorious]

That still doesn't address the point that all four of your tires SHOULD matchfor handling purposes (particularly in the rain!), and in some cases, your tires MUST match (AWD, or any 2WD using winter or 3-season directional tires) to prevent damage to either the tire or car.

If you don't rotate your tires, your fronts will wear out FAR faster than your rears. You can extend the life of the fronts (and shorten the life of the rears) by rotation.

And you only take a car to a dealership for rotation if you're lazy. Rotating tires yourself is easy and free. All you need is a jack, a jackstand, and a lug wrench.

The only reason the dealership I use does my rotation is because they include the service free every 3 oil changes. Also, MOST tire companies will give you free rotations if you buy tires from them, so on your 2nd set it shouldn't even be a question.

[KimberKenobi]

what about the little balancing thingies... if you rotate yourself, will you still be balanced?

(I realize that this is a naive question)

[Bstrd240SX]

they will still be balanced

after a tire is put on a wheel, they balance them,as not all wheels are perfectly round, and all tires have an overlapped section of tread

sometimes its not a bad idea to have each wheel rebalanced when they are of the car, but the simple act of rotating the tires doesn't make that necessary

[Ever Victorious]

Indeed. the only time I've ever had to have a wheel rebalanced AFTER the tire was put on was last year after I mud-bogged my last Subaru, and couldn't get all the mud off the insides of the wheel. Driving an imbalanced set of wheels for 60 miles at freeway speeds kinda threw things out of whack, but that was where the nearest tire shop was.

[KimberKenobi]

Thank you both!