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Opel Frontera B 1999-2004 Maintenance Plans

This schedule shows key service items and indicative intervals. Actual intervals depend on driving conditions, exact engine specification and manufacturer recommendations. For full details of all operations, sub-tasks and technical specifications, see our technical manuals.
2.2 16V Petrol (X22SE (LA9))
< 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 60,000 km/48 months
  • Renew the spark plugs every 60,000 km
  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V Petrol (X22SE (LA9)) · < 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001)

Task 15,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/24 months 45,000 km/36 months 60,000 km/48 months 75,000 km/60 months 90,000 km/72 months 105,000 km/84 months 120,000 km/96 months 135,000 km/108 months 150,000 km/120 months 165,000 km/132 months 180,000 km/144 months 195,000 km/156 months 210,000 km/168 months 225,000 km/180 months 240,000 km/192 months 255,000 km/204 months 270,000 km/216 months 285,000 km/228 months 300,000 km/240 months 315,000 km/252 months 330,000 km/264 months 345,000 km/276 months 360,000 km/288 months 375,000 km/300 months 390,000 km/312 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
> 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 60,000 km/48 months
  • Renew the spark plugs every 60,000 km
  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V Petrol (X22SE (LA9)) · > 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001)

Task 15,000 km 30,000 km 45,000 km 60,000 km 75,000 km 90,000 km 105,000 km 120,000 km 135,000 km 150,000 km 165,000 km 180,000 km 195,000 km 210,000 km 225,000 km 240,000 km 255,000 km 270,000 km 285,000 km 300,000 km 315,000 km 330,000 km 345,000 km 360,000 km 375,000 km 390,000 km
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
2.2 16V Petrol (Y22SE (LA9))
< 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 60,000 km/48 months
  • Renew the spark plugs every 60,000 km
  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V Petrol (Y22SE (LA9)) · < 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001)

Task 15,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/24 months 45,000 km/36 months 60,000 km/48 months 75,000 km/60 months 90,000 km/72 months 105,000 km/84 months 120,000 km/96 months 135,000 km/108 months 150,000 km/120 months 165,000 km/132 months 180,000 km/144 months 195,000 km/156 months 210,000 km/168 months 225,000 km/180 months 240,000 km/192 months 255,000 km/204 months 270,000 km/216 months 285,000 km/228 months 300,000 km/240 months 315,000 km/252 months 330,000 km/264 months 345,000 km/276 months 360,000 km/288 months 375,000 km/300 months 390,000 km/312 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
> 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 60,000 km/48 months
  • Renew the spark plugs every 60,000 km
  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V Petrol (Y22SE (LA9)) · > 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001)

Task 15,000 km 30,000 km 45,000 km 60,000 km 75,000 km 90,000 km 105,000 km 120,000 km 135,000 km 150,000 km 165,000 km 180,000 km 195,000 km 210,000 km 225,000 km 240,000 km 255,000 km 270,000 km 285,000 km 300,000 km 315,000 km 330,000 km 345,000 km 360,000 km 375,000 km 390,000 km
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○○○●○●○●○●○●○○○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
(2002 - ) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Renew the timing belt every 60,000 km/48 months
  • Renew the spark plugs every 60,000 km
  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months
  • Check the body for corrosion and damage every 12 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V Petrol (Y22SE (LA9)) · (2002 - )

Task 15,000 km 30,000 km 30,000 km/12 months 45,000 km 60,000 km 60,000 km/24 months 75,000 km 90,000 km 90,000 km/36 months 105,000 km 120,000 km 120,000 km/48 months 135,000 km 150,000 km 150,000 km/60 months 165,000 km 180,000 km 180,000 km/72 months 195,000 km 210,000 km 210,000 km/84 months 225,000 km 240,000 km 240,000 km/96 months 255,000 km 270,000 km 270,000 km/108 months 285,000 km 300,000 km 300,000 km/120 months 315,000 km 330,000 km 330,000 km/132 months 345,000 km 360,000 km 360,000 km/144 months 375,000 km 390,000 km 390,000 km/156 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Renew the air filter ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Check the exhaust system ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
2.2 16V TD Diesel (Y22DTH (LL9))
> 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V TD Diesel (Y22DTH (LL9)) · > 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001)

Task 15,000 km 30,000 km 45,000 km 60,000 km 75,000 km 90,000 km 105,000 km 120,000 km 135,000 km 150,000 km 165,000 km 180,000 km 195,000 km 210,000 km 225,000 km 240,000 km 255,000 km 270,000 km 285,000 km 300,000 km 315,000 km 330,000 km 345,000 km 360,000 km 375,000 km 390,000 km
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
< 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V TD Diesel (Y22DTH (LL9)) · < 30,000 km/year, ( - 2001)

Task 15,000 km/12 months 30,000 km/24 months 45,000 km/36 months 60,000 km/48 months 75,000 km/60 months 90,000 km/72 months 105,000 km/84 months 120,000 km/96 months 135,000 km/108 months 150,000 km/120 months 165,000 km/132 months 180,000 km/144 months 195,000 km/156 months 210,000 km/168 months 225,000 km/180 months 240,000 km/192 months 255,000 km/204 months 270,000 km/216 months 285,000 km/228 months 300,000 km/240 months 315,000 km/252 months 330,000 km/264 months 345,000 km/276 months 360,000 km/288 months 375,000 km/300 months 390,000 km/312 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the air filter ○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●○●
Check the exhaust system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check the body for corrosion and damage ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
(2002 - ) Standard interval

Additional operations (specific intervals)

  • Braking system: renew the brake fluid every 24 months
  • Check the body for corrosion and damage every 12 months

Service intervals · 2.2 16V TD Diesel (Y22DTH (LL9)) · (2002 - )

Task 15,000 km 30,000 km 30,000 km/12 months 45,000 km 60,000 km 60,000 km/24 months 75,000 km 90,000 km 90,000 km/36 months 105,000 km 120,000 km 120,000 km/48 months 135,000 km 150,000 km 150,000 km/60 months 165,000 km 180,000 km 180,000 km/72 months 195,000 km 210,000 km 210,000 km/84 months 225,000 km 240,000 km 240,000 km/96 months 255,000 km 270,000 km 270,000 km/108 months 285,000 km 300,000 km 300,000 km/120 months 315,000 km 330,000 km 330,000 km/132 months 345,000 km 360,000 km 360,000 km/144 months 375,000 km 390,000 km 390,000 km/156 months
Engine
Renew the engine oil ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Renew the oil filter ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Check for oil leaks ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Renew the air filter ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Check the exhaust system ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Cooling system: check for leaks. Check the level and anti-freeze strength; correct if necessary ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Transmission
Manual transmission: check for leaks ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Manual transmission: check the oil level; top up if necessary; check for leaks ●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○●●○
Steering
Check the steering assembly for damage, leaks and wear ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Brakes
Check the brake fluid level; top up if necessary ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Check the brake lines, hoses and connections for leaks and damage ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Suspension, wheels and tyres
Check the tread depth and wear pattern on all the tyres, including the spare ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Suspension: check for damage and wear ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Check the tyre pressures; adjust if necessary ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●
Exterior
Check the windscreen wipers and washing system ○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●○○●