New owner of a 2015 Mirage DE CVT

[supesusuta]

Less than 3k miles on it, completely clean carfax, 1 owner. Black paint job. The car is pretty much brand new. 7 years with no car, full time school semesters and a busy work schedule has been brutal in a big city. The bus is miserable and I have paid my dues riding public transportation. Bicycling is usually a death wish so I avoid long distance commutes. So FINALLY! I have a car that is more or less new for the first time in my life and I'm stoked to own it.

Considering how much of a beater my old '99 Dodge Ram was, this is an upgrade any which way I look at it. Especially for my wallet. My Ram had piss poor acceleration (I think it beats any Mirage), and god awful MPG. I will be picking up the car within the next week. I am still in the 10 year warranty, but the 5 year/ 60k has expired.

I tried searching for an all in one post in regards to car maintenance but there's quite a few posts. What should I do to get that ball rolling!? Should I immediately take it for an oil change? Essentially, is there some sort of tune up/check up I should have done on it? I'd be taking this in to a family friend mechanic as I don't know how to work on cars. I changed the air filter in my old car and thats about the extent about what I know. However, if there are super beginner friendly things I can do on my own, please recommend.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. It's been a while since I've owned a car and I want to make sure this one lasts as long as possible! In the meantime, I will keep searching the forums.

See you Space Stars on the road.

[Fummins]

Welcome!

Is that a typo, a 6-7 year old car with 3000 miles?

If that's the case, if it hasn't been done lately I'd change at least the engine oil and maybe the tires. Make sure the brakes move freely then. At least check the air filter, and maybe cabin air filter too.

I'd change cvt fluid and maybe filters too at 30,000 miles. Engine oil, whatever floats your boat, some people are cheap asses and try to get as much life as possible from 3 quarts of oil. In Canuckystan the severe service schedule calls for 6000km/4000mile oil changes.

I could be wrong but I thought the 10 year 100,000 mile warranty only applied to the original owner in the US with subsequent owners only getting 5 year/60k miles?

Regardless, these are pretty easy to maintain and work on. Pretty much anything you'll need to know(and don't need to know) can be found around here, if not just ask.

[supesusuta]

Welcome!

Is that a typo, a 6-7 year old car with 3000 miles?

Thanks for all the info. It is indeed sitting at under 2600 miles on the odometer. Its in such great shape I couldn't pass it up. I hadn't even heard of a Mirage prior to seeing this one! As for the warranty - I didn't look too much into it but I now found this:

"Hyundai, Genesis, Kia and Mitsubishi have made 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranties a main selling point for their lines of vehicles. But they are non-transferable to secondary buyers. But all is not lost. These brands instead, convert the 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain coverage to match up with the standard transferable 5 year/60,000-mile warranty from the original date of purchase."

I don't necessarily know what that means for me, but regardless I already assumed It wouldn't transfer before buying so it's all good. It's in such great shape and runs perfectly. I plan on keeping it that way. I'll get started on all that ASAP.

[MirageRally]

Welcome to the Forum bud! Nice looking Mirage.

[MetroMPG]

Welcome!

It is indeed sitting at under 2600 miles on the odometer. Its in such great shape I couldn't pass it up.

Count me as another who wants to know the back story on your car!! That's unusual.

I also once bought a "nearly new old car". My 1998 Pontiac Firefly (Canadian market Chevy Metro) had just 2,500 km (1,500 mi.) on the odometer when I got it at 8 years old. It was originally bought by a little old lady who drove it to church & shopping for part of the first year, and then she moved to France. She parked the car in her daughter's garage (on this side of the pond), intending to have the car shipped overseas after she got there, but she unfortunately fell ill and gave up driving. She never did anything with the car, so it sat in her daughter's garage for 7 more years until after she passed away. I bought it from the daughter. It still smelled new inside after 8 years.

[supesusuta]

Welcome!



Count me as another who wants to know the back story on your car!! That's unusual.

Old person bought it for small time trips, grocery shopping etc, clocked in 2k miles in the first 2 years, then just stopped using it the last 2... Kept in a garage the whole time. It was maintained as per the Carfax so I don't think I'll need to do much, but we'll see! I also just ordered an I-drive throttle control kit for it as well. As for your story, that is seriously awesome. The Firefly is a super sexy car. Still got it?

[MirageRally]

Old person bought it for small time trips, grocery shopping etc, clocked in 2k miles in the first 2 years, then just stopped using it the last 2... Kept in a garage the whole time. It was maintained as per the Carfax so I don't think I'll need to do much, but we'll see! I also just ordered an I-drive throttle control kit for it as well. As for your story, that is seriously awesome. The Firefly is a super sexy car. Still got it?

Older people know how to maintain cars and it's great when you find someone who takes care of the car...I've come across many where the body of the car was great, but mechanically was not.

[Space Wolf]

so it sat in her daughter's garage for 7 more years until after she passed away. I bought it from the daughter. It still smelled new inside after 8 years.

It didn't move in this 7 years? I suppose the battery and tires were flat. Did you have to do a lot to get it running again?

[Mark]

Should I immediately take it for an oil change? Essentially, is there some sort of tune up/check up I should have done on it? I'd be taking this in to a family friend mechanic as I don't know how to work on cars. I changed the air filter in my old car and thats about the extent about what I know. However, if there are super beginner friendly things I can do on my own, please recommend.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. It's been a while since I've owned a car and I want to make sure this one lasts as long as possible! In the meantime, I will keep searching the forums.

Like Fummins said, the 10-year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty is for the original owners, but I wouldn't be overly concerned about that.

Fummins also gave you good advice. I would have the basic maintenance items (oil/filter changed, check engine air filter, check cabin air filter, have someone look over brakes & tires). If you have someone you really trust, they will give you better first hand advice than us.

Cabin air filter is easy to check yourself - see clip below -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsI1BI_62YE

Sounds like you found the perfect very low mileage car. It would be interesting to know if your car was used only for very short trips over that time period, or it has been sitting for long time somewhere?

It should serve you well for a very long time! Welcome to the forum!

[Eggman]

The maintenance schedule in the manual is a great place to start.