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2026. 6. 30. 작업

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My new car was driven almost 100 miles without oil

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What should I do? Hope for the best. If the oil light was red, not yellow, it's not the "check oil" light. It's the "stop driving immediately, oil pressure low!" light. There's a risk of imminent engine damage with low oil pressure. If the light was yellow (which it probably wasn't given that it turned off automatically and wasn't "sticky") then you probably haven't suffered engine damage. However, the 2 vs 5 quarts was somewhat worrying, I'd bet the car doesn't have 3 quart difference between "low" and "full" marks (my car has only 1.5 quart difference). This sounds like the dealership didn't put enough oil in the 5000 mile service, if the problem happened immediately after it. However, the oil light made this problem your responsibility. You can't demand them to change or overhaul the engine just because you ignored the red oil light. The correct action upon seeing the red oil light would be to have the car towed back to the dealership and demand them to put more oil in. So, that's w