Hey all

I haven't posted in ages but I could really use some input. I'm trying to figure out what to do, or what I actually NEED to do.

As the title says, I got a 07 Civic that is at about 33,000 miles. The car will be 3 years old in July and has NEVER had any service besides oil changes. What I am trying to find out is if the 30,000 service I hear about is really REQUIRED OR not. I'm confused because a Honda dealer I goto that is closer to home tells me it is, and that it will be about $400. (Yikes.) However for the hell of it today, I called the actual Honda I bought my Car at and they simply said they just tell their customers to go by the maintenance minder and come in when it tells you to.

I simply don't know how to do this stuff myself, so I need it to be done, but frankly money is tight right now and $400 could be saved for something else. But that being said, I want my car taken care of. I have a 6 year warranty and I'm also paranoid that if I don't get these services done it like voids my warranty or something. I believe I skipped my 15k maintenance recommendation, whatever it was. How long would it be ok to let the 30k one slip by...or do I need to even do anything until the maintenance minder pops up? It hasn't yet, though I am due for an old change soon, it's at about 30% now.

Is the 30k really even necessary? Anyway thanks for any input, I appreciate it.

 

I think the only thing that really 'needs' to be replaced are the spark plugs. Replacing the coolant, trans fluid, air fitler, and fuel filter could be beneficial as well.

 

We have over 50,000 miles on our 2007 Civic EX and all I have done is changed the oil when ever the oil minder tells me to do so.