Check the tyres regularly as one has a slow leak, the car also has a sensor for that so its hard to miss. I understand the point everyone is making and hopefully now my wife won't neglect the car while i'm away. But it does get checked every time i wash the car, usually every 4-6 weeks and it was ne...

So to clarify a little more. This is my wife's car that i barely touch. I do check the oil level every few months and had never noticed anything out of the ordinary. I'm military and was away for 7 months and so it had gone unchecked since May. The problem started while i was away but my wife never ...

Stupidly not, it was forgotten in the mad rush to get packed and the kid ready etc.

The problem had started long before that trip though so it was not the cause.

Hi, So we recently took our car to the local Nissan dealer garage to have a look at it after developing a rattle. He found low oil, topped it up and told us we may have ruined the engine. We had no oil level warning, no engine temperature warnings and had recently done 2x600+ mile trips at Christmas...