Just picked up our Odyssey last Monday and finally spent some time last night getting "friendly" with the owners manual. I have always done my own maintanence on my vehicals so I was very happy to see half the manual dealt with this. There were three things that I found rather unusual though...
1) Among the items listed which cause the vehical to be maintained at "Severe" level is an outdoor temp of >90F. What's the scoop with that, wouldn't that cover most of the US (and wouldn't the cold extreme ensure almost the entire *world* be "severe")? Is this for real? No car I've ever owned has had this requirement, and other than temp we'd be fine at normal intervals. What does everyone else maintain their vehicle at?
2) ATF change...I've never owned a car that required a transmision fluid change. Why does Honda specify this? How difficult is it to do? How do you dispose used ATF?
3) Just about all the fluids say to use Honda fluids only...I knew Honda had special fluids (which is one reason I've stayed away from them in the past) but I had no idea it was this extensive of a list. Is this just scare tactics or is it for real?
Thanks.
1) Among the items listed which cause the vehical to be maintained at "Severe" level is an outdoor temp of >90F. What's the scoop with that, wouldn't that cover most of the US (and wouldn't the cold extreme ensure almost the entire *world* be "severe")? Is this for real? No car I've ever owned has had this requirement, and other than temp we'd be fine at normal intervals. What does everyone else maintain their vehicle at?
2) ATF change...I've never owned a car that required a transmision fluid change. Why does Honda specify this? How difficult is it to do? How do you dispose used ATF?
3) Just about all the fluids say to use Honda fluids only...I knew Honda had special fluids (which is one reason I've stayed away from them in the past) but I had no idea it was this extensive of a list. Is this just scare tactics or is it for real?
Thanks.