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- Plano, Texas, USA
In Europe you can use flexible setting if the vehicle is operated mainly where none of the following conditions apply:If you use Mazda's Oil/Filter you must follow their oil change schedule. Reading Mazda's user manual, Flexible OCI is very limited and it can not determine the correct oil change intervals under all driving conditions. I also checked the European Mazda CX-5 manual and it also has restrictions when to use Flexible OCI.
a) Purpose of vehicle use is police cae, taxi or driving school car.
b) Driving in dusty conditions,
c) Extended period of idling or low speed operation.
So basically you can use flexible OCI for most conditions!
Mind you that the standard OCI in Europe is 12,500 miles or 12 months whichever comes first! (boom08)