OIL CHANGE on a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu LS

[@GaryInHell]

Can I do oil change without the ramps? Just jack the car up?

[@Kpk8]

I would not see why not. Just make sure you have some safeties. Chevy malibus sit low.

[@emmettturner9452]

@@Kpk8 My friend was borrowing my ramps forcing me to use jacks and jack stands and, unfortunately, I can now see “why not.” :( Somehow I managed, but there is no good place to put your jack stands when your jack is on the jack points. A long-reach low-profile jack can reach a part of the subframe that goes across the front but the bottom isn’t flat and they put plastic over the front. It’s almost like they deliberately designed it to stop you from changing your oil with jacks and jack stands. Everything is covered with plates of plastic or thin, bendable, metal. I tried suspending it from suspension parts at the wheel and not only did I catch/bend some nearby plates but the jack stand was starting to fall over when I jacked from the other side. 2020 Malibu here (same generation).