Toyota Oil Change and Recommended Service Intervals

Have you always wondered when you should bring in your new Toyota for service and/or oil changes? Take a look at what Jon Medeiros has to say about when and what you should get done in your brand new Toyota.

[LG-zdum]

Sure a 10, 000 mile interval will get your car through the warranty period then the cost of your new engine is on you. It won't last 300, 000 + miles like it would with a 5, 000 mile interval.

[fredbarnes]

Bring the car to the dealer for maintenance and don't change the oil?

[dietandwellness]

10, 000 mile oil change is so wrong, you will damage your engine with time. Especially the engine cylinder walls.
5000 miles or 6months is the ideal with full synthetic oil.

[georgefelix]

The Dealer never shows what type of oil they use, in my experience the has a large tank of really, really ship oil. Guys never ever take your car at the Dealer for the oil change, do yourself a favor.

[johnmicallef]

Is for the hybrids (CHR) still 10k km pls??

[blackjesus]

Can I change transmission fluid at 80000 miles

[JuanDePan]

Of course a dealership wants you to go 10k miles, why wouldn’t they want you to be a repeat customer after spending 40k plus every decade or so.

[jdogtag]

10k is garbage. Almost no one meets the requirements of driving to get a 10k oil change. Get em at 5.make sure you're vehicle laats.

[lucine]

Don’t confu$e fully synthetic oil with 100 sure synthetic

[alstevens]

I have a notice in my windshield its 20, 000 miles

[seethingsclearlyawaken]

Is that what you are telling your customers? Change your engine oil at 10, 000 miles? I am an ASE Certified Master Mechanic for almost 34 years and I would never tell a customer to let their oil change go for 10, 000 miles. That's insane! For normal usage vehicles, I tell customers 5, 000 miles on their full synthetic proper viscosity engine oil recommended by the factory. However, on severe usage vehicles, such as vehicles that are driven on a daily basis in Florida, (for example), in heavy traffic, lots of idling in traffic jams, etc., I recommend to them 3, 000-3, 500 miles. I guess the reason Toyotas are receiving lower reliability ratings than they have in the past is because service people like yourself are giving out poor maintenance information!