why does the change oil light comes on after 2000 miles?

Asked by franks1025 Oct 07, 2020 at 10:05 AM about the 2009 Ford Escape XLS FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

change oil light comes on after 2000 miles. this is the third time it has
happened. oil level is fine and I use fram oil filters. It shows 10% life left on oil.
vehicle has 40K miles and i've had it since new

2 Answers

F_O_R answered 4 years ago

The type of filter has nothing to do with the light as this is not a measurement of the oil quality. This is the computer calculating the engine use to estimate the oil condition. If you idle a lot of do a lot of stop and go driving the computer could calculate that you need an oil change.

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F_O_R answered 4 years ago

Incidentally the orange Fram filters are junk. Use the silver or gold ones which have a good filtration rating.

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