A: Honda service literature specifies using a 5W-20 motor oil and changing it at 10,000-mile intervals under “normal” driving or 5,000-mile intervals under “severe service” conditions.

Typically, the indicator for an oil change lights up every 5,000 to 10,000 miles in Honda and Acura vehicles. Owners of late-model BMWs can go as many as 15,000 miles between oil changes ...