You got one of those service writer/service technician boobs
who either (1) is not staying up to date on Honda
technology; (2) is trying to sell you things your car does
not need; or (3) likes to act like he knows the truth when
he's actually guessing; or (4) a combination of the latter.
These guys have a lot of good experience to offer, but they
can still be off the mark.

At least he's not telling you to change the oil every 3000
miles. This represents improvement.

You are reading the manual correctly. This one-year interval
or when the MM light comes on, whichever is first, has come
up here in the recent past.

"Butch Haynes" <butch@huntsville> wrote
> Took my '07 Accord V6 back to the selling dealer for its
> first oil change. I bought the car just over 11 months
> ago, the maintenance minder showed 5% oil life left with
> 6570 miles on the odometer-- I don't drive much...
>
> The service writer starting chewing my ass for going
> beyond 6 months for the oil change. I showed him the
> Owner's Manual where it says to change the oil the first
> time at one year if the oil life minder didn't call for a
> change yet. I also mentioned that I had been concerned
> about going so long on the oil and had called American
> Honda around 6 months ago and they said to leave that
> first oil in there until the minder said to change it or a
> year was up.
>
> So what's what?
>
>
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