maintenance minder: what do service early?

D Shine said:

Hi there,
I'm giving my CRV to my daughter for the time being. Its a 2017 with 40k miles. The dealer recommended throttle body service, and coolant change. Normally I wouldn't bother till the maintenance minder flags them--- but.... my question. If I do the services early, does the maintenance minder get updated so my daughter doesn't get nagged to do the service too soon anyway (that's what I'm trying to avoid). Thanks

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I don’t think there is any MM code for throttle body, not sure what it is or if it’s needed before 100k plus miles. Resetting coolant change code should keep it from flagging again until it’s due.

Either way, your choice, to maintain the car, if its on the maintenance list and not, you'll be the one doing it. your choice. IMHO, I take care of what needs to be done, and that is not done on our V, yet at 50K plus asl me later if I done it

D Shine said:

Hi there,
I'm giving my CRV to my daughter for the time being. Its a 2017 with 40k miles. The dealer recommended throttle body service, and coolant change. Normally I wouldn't bother till the maintenance minder flags them--- but.... my question. If I do the services early, does the maintenance minder get updated so my daughter doesn't get nagged to do the service too soon anyway (that's what I'm trying to avoid). Thanks

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Honda doesn't recommend any service for the throttle body. You can always just look at it yourself and clean it off with a rag, but it's not necessary.

Coolant is MM code 5. Don't know when that normally comes up with a CR-V, but I know coolant is due at 7 years on my other car. So you may want to do that. And reset the code, as EXcommunicated said.

Original coolant is good for 10 years.
Throttle body does not require service unless you've ruined it with K&N oiled filter or similar voodoo.

Your dealer is trying to make money on you. It is unnecessary to do either of those maintenance items. Just follow the MM and you'll be fine.

What engine is this? I clean my throttle myself; dealers charge way too much.

D Shine said:

Hi there,
I'm giving my CRV to my daughter for the time being. Its a 2017 with 40k miles. The dealer recommended throttle body service, and coolant change. Normally I wouldn't bother till the maintenance minder flags them--- but.... my question. If I do the services early, does the maintenance minder get updated so my daughter doesn't get nagged to do the service too soon anyway (that's what I'm trying to avoid). Thanks

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Just monitor and follow the MM and the vehicle will be just fine.

Your generation CRV has a very smart MM, as it tracks miles based service intervals for all key systems, time based services (like brake fluid), and most importantly it can flag early service for severe driving conditions it records.

Dealers get a bit over zealous in recent years recommending early service or services Honda does not actually require or recommend. My observation with my dealer is they are prone to recommend fluid changes based on "severe driving". But your MM is smart enough to keep track of this and set the proper codes early for severe driving.

You people are good people! Thanks!

A coolant change at 40k? Sheesh; that hasn't been needed since the days of good 'ol Prestone Green. And TB cleaning has never been routine maintenance anywhere. It's something you do if you get a code complaining about it, or if you happen to have the intake pipe off for whatever reason.

You should probably not expect this dealer to ever have your best interests in mind.

If you want to lavish attention on a Honda, change the transmission fluid every other oil change. That is worth the money. I have sent a Honda to the crusher with 300K on it and only two coolant changes. Both with real Honda long life coolant.

D Shine said:

Hi there,
I'm giving my CRV to my daughter for the time being. Its a 2017 with 40k miles. The dealer recommended throttle body service, and coolant change. Normally I wouldn't bother till the maintenance minder flags them--- but.... my question. If I do the services early, does the maintenance minder get updated so my daughter doesn't get nagged to do the service too soon anyway (that's what I'm trying to avoid). Thanks

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Virtually all newer vehicles have throttle-by-wire, that is, no throttle cable from the pedal to the throttle body. It's controlled by the PCM and the PCM compensates for any build-up in the t/body so it's really not needed. In fact, some manufacturers don't recommend it because their t/body has a coating on it to reduce build-up and if you use the wrong chemical to clean it, it can damage or remove the coating thus creating a bigger problem later. The only issue with a dirty t/body is if you disconnected the battery and the PCM loses it's learned values, then it reverts to factory settings where the result would be a very low idle or barely can idle until the PCM relearns the proper position again, which shouldn't take too long anyway.

Some don't, most do in my experience. If you don't remove it (most do not), you can easily hydro lock for sure. Be careful!

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My dealer offers this extra stuff. I just say I'm staying with the MM. I wait till it comes up. Only exception, I change the air and cabin filters every other oil change. Lots of pollen in this area. They haven't argued about it yet.

egads said:

If you want to lavish attention on a Honda, change the transmission fluid every other oil change. That is worth the money. I have sent a Honda to the crusher with 300K on it and only two coolant changes. Both with real Honda long life coolant.

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If you want to just throw away money, by all means go ahead. There is no earthly reason to change the transmission fluid every other oil change on any car.

Getting tired of these MM threads which tend to culminate in the same merry-go-round responses.

Plenty of threads if they use the search feature to knock themselves out with for reading....

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