I'll stick with the 10k major intervals and oil changes as necessary. I'm not a oil change every 3k guy, haven't been since my last list of recent cars went every 10-12k per manufacturer. Heck even my work Ford Escape suggests every 7500 using standard oil.
Sorry.. couldn't help it. Advice and a graph is helpful, but you are comfortable with waiting for the full 16,000 KMs (10,000 miles) put on before you'll do a oil/filter service?
That is the absolute maximum regardless what the oil life meter has recorded. It is recommended that you change it at shorter intervals if you are putting the engine through severe duty. Exceeding Warranty Parameters gives FCA the right to deny warranty coverage. That should be every 350 hours of run time (Fleet recommendation but valid.), NO MORE than 10,000 miles, or every 12 months, whichever happens first.
If the van is operated in dusty or off-road environment, or is operated at idle or very low engine RPM, that is considered Severe Duty. It is printed in the maintenance schedule that the oil should be changed at 4000 miles if used in severe duty daily. The oil life indicator would not know the environment you are driving in. It is a calculation for recommendation as the max time/miles to get an oil change. Frequent short trips, trailer towing, and extremely hot or cold ambient temperatures will influence when the "Change Oil' message is displayed and can be displayed at as low as 3,500 miles. Get the oil change sooner than 500 miles once the Change Oil light goes on. (This is mostly printed in all caps and bold in the maintenance schedule.)
You can do it quicker. Just look at your daily driving environment and decide if you should protect your 40 grand plus investment.
Now this is the sentence that echo's the standard advice everyone will suggest that if you are having it (The oil change.) done elsewhere than a dealership, be sure to keep all work order records of what was completed. Not just a receipt for some oil (But that will still help.). Those documents may be required if the dealer is audited, checking for weak warranty requests. After the warranty period has passed you can do anything you want. You will still have warranty on some parts from the oil changes.
Paying $150 is more in the range of a diesel oil change. That IS over priced unless you had it done on a Sunday night at 7 pm and the mechanic had to be paid extra to make the trip to the garage.
