I never used to until An alert came up one day as I was in heavy traffic on 95 on a road trip. My car doesn’t have a dipstick. So for the first times in 25 years I found out that you can check the oil from the nav.

If you are going into trouble of checking oil levels check coolant levels as well, it is often too low and not topped off during service

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Anonymous wrote:Not really a concern unless you are just overly paranoid or drive an older leaking vehicle, or never change your oil, only top it off.

But at least you learned how.
ow check your blinker fluid also! That's the important one! Don't want to get into an accident because your blinker fluid was low and your blinkers didn't work.

blinker what? i have never checked that. no wonder my turn signals are not working.

Yeah many people overlook it. Cause of so many accidents.

Anonymous wrote:I would check your tire pressure more often than your oil, especially at this time of the year. Even if you have a TPMS.

I can absolutely get behind this advice. I have found that the TPMS doesn't kick in unless the tire pressure in one tire is substantially lower than the other three and it doesn't generally alert if the pressure goes down in every tire because the weather is cold.

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Anonymous wrote:Back when I had my first [used] car in the 1980s, I had to regularly check the oil level and even top off the oil if it was too low. Cars these days rarely leak oil like that, and even if they do, the little oilcan light comes on to let me know. So, no, I do not check the oil level of my 2020s car.

If the oil light comes on, it is a critical situation and your engine could soon or has already been damaged.

If you dont check your oil regularly and that light comes on, you failed as an owner.

Welcome to the 21st century. Cars are now filled with little computers monitoring the status of every system. I literally get a text message when my tire pressure is low. If there's even a hint of a problem with the oil level or the engine, it lets me know before any damage has occurred. We are long past the days of daily oil checks on your hand-me-down Chevy Impala.

I would check your tire pressure more often than your oil, especially at this time of the year. Even if you have a TPMS.