service maintance light

[io3]

Its written in the car manual book that oil should be changed every 15,000km.
As I said I bought the car with 26,000km on it and shall change oil now at 30,000.
Since the car still has new car guaranty I want dealer to do whatever they do(or not) and put me dealer stamp in service book.
On cars I had before I used to change oil myself at every 10,000(this would be once a year). Shall do the same with this after new car guaranty expires.

I read in the manual book that light for oil change will come on when car feels its time. I understood it like this. Light for oil change is not bound to km or time or something.

I was not waiting for the light to come ,I was just thinking that it will come on at 30,000km because thats service time. Now I know that light don't come.
Thats kinda stupid ,a lot of other cars have warning light bound to mileage.Why not this one I wonder?


Anyhow to conclude ,service maintenance light don't come.
Oil change light comes when 'car feels its the time for oil change'.
Smart car I guess...
On 25.10 the car is going to dealer for service.
Service costs (also repairs and similar stuff) is really expensive here in Norway.
Prices for 30,000km service from 5 different Toyota dealers in Oslo range from 4800nok(820usd) to 5500nok(940usd).
I have Sweden an 1 hour drive from home and price there is 2600nok (440usd).
Guess where I will go...

[supmet]

Originally Posted by io3

Service costs (also repairs and similar stuff) is really expensive here in Norway.
Prices for 30,000km service from 5 different Toyota dealers in Oslo range from 4800nok(820usd) to 5500nok(940usd).
I have Sweden an 1 hour drive from home and price there is 2600nok (440usd).
Guess where I will go...

Holy crap. I have 73000 miles (117,000 km) and I think I've spent around 1450 dollars total on maintenance throughout its life.

50 for a k&n filter
20 for a k&n recharge kit
600 on tires(changed them twice already)
400 on brakes (changed and turned them a lot....)
360 for 12 oil changes

I know oil is more expensive in europe, but can you do your own oil changes?

Honestly unless there is some major difference between the US and European yaris that I'm not aware of, the things I listed should be all you have to worry about until you get to around 100,000 miles (160,000 km). At 100k you check/change belts, spark plugs, and possibly transmission fluid. Transmission fluid can be done earlier, as I did because I live in a area with a lot of hills.

Out here almost everyone who goes in for regular maintenance is getting ripped off by the dealers. If you search, someone posted about the dealer switching out a dirty air filter for their clean one, and telling them they needed to replace it. Dealers will try anything to overcharge you for service.

Really the yaris should be one of the cheapest cars to maintain out there.

[CASTREX]

Originally Posted by io3

Its written in the car manual book that oil should be changed every 15,000km.
As I said I bought the car with 26,000km on it and shall change oil now at 30,000.
Since the car still has new car guaranty I want dealer to do whatever they do(or not) and put me dealer stamp in service book.
On cars I had before I used to change oil myself at every 10,000(this would be once a year). Shall do the same with this after new car guaranty expires.

I read in the manual book that light for oil change will come on when car feels its time. I understood it like this. Light for oil change is not bound to km or time or something.

I was not waiting for the light to come ,I was just thinking that it will come on at 30,000km because thats service time. Now I know that light don't come.
Thats kinda stupid ,a lot of other cars have warning light bound to mileage.Why not this one I wonder?


Anyhow to conclude ,service maintenance light don't come.
Oil change light comes when 'car feels its the time for oil change'.
Smart car I guess...
On 25.10 the car is going to dealer for service.
Service costs (also repairs and similar stuff) is really expensive here in Norway.
Prices for 30,000km service from 5 different Toyota dealers in Oslo range from 4800nok(820usd) to 5500nok(940usd).
I have Sweden an 1 hour drive from home and price there is 2600nok (440usd).
Guess where I will go...

The car has no way to know when the oil is ready for a change!!

That is really subjective!! as it depends on the kind of oil you are using and the kind of driving you are doing... If you drive your car really hard you might need to change your oil very often.

I would say 10K kms oil changes are fine if you are using a high quality Syntech such as motul, mobil1 etc...

If you are using regular dyno oil then every 5K kms

$440 for a service is crazy! I have never taken my TS to the dealer...