It absolutely blows my mind how they recommend 10k intervals for an oil change. I baby my Camry heavily so I err closer to 3k, but never go more than 5k without an oil change. It just doesn’t sound right to go more than that, even if it’s “ultra supreme machine amazing”.
I crossed 100k on the odometer a little bit ago so I inquired about a coolant flush and transmission fluid drain and fill with the nearest dealership, and they quoted me $800 for both services, then slid it up to $950 because given my mileage, a trans flush is recommended at this point. I was totally baffled. Decided to watch CarCareNut and talked with a few other Toyota master techs and they said they were absolutely trying to rob me and very well could have fucked my transmission since they usually like to flush if you’ve flushed at both 30k/60k services, but otherwise just drain and fills to keep from any internal damage.
So I said fuck em and did both myself. Clocked another 5k miles since both and he’s running just as smooth as he was at 50k miles when I had it serviced regularly at the dealership under prepaid services when I bought the car. My records don’t show anything done on my transmission at all over the years, not even a fluid change, so it’s made me way skeptical about having any of my cars serviced by a dealership beyond standard initial <50k mile services.
It absolutely blows my mind how they recommend 10k intervals for an oil change. I baby my Camry heavily so I err closer to 3k, but never go more than 5k without an oil change. It just doesn’t sound right to go more than that, even if it’s “ultra supreme machine amazing”.
I crossed 100k on the odometer a little bit ago so I inquired about a coolant flush and transmission fluid drain and fill with the nearest dealership, and they quoted me $800 for both services, then slid it up to $950 because given my mileage, a trans flush is recommended at this point. I was totally baffled. Decided to watch CarCareNut and talked with a few other Toyota master techs and they said they were absolutely trying to rob me and very well could have fucked my transmission since they usually like to flush if you’ve flushed at both 30k/60k services, but otherwise just drain and fills to keep from any internal damage.
So I said fuck em and did both myself. Clocked another 5k miles since both and he’s running just as smooth as he was at 50k miles when I had it serviced regularly at the dealership under prepaid services when I bought the car. My records don’t show anything done on my transmission at all over the years, not even a fluid change, so it’s made me way skeptical about having any of my cars serviced by a dealership beyond standard initial <50k mile services.