Toyota Maintenance: First 5,000 Miles or 6 Months

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August 28, 2007, 1:51 pm
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My Toyota maintenance book recommends replacing engine oil and oil
filter and rotating tires at the first 5K mark.  Actually, it's the
lesser of 5k miles or 6 months.  

It will be 6 months next month but I've only driven about $3k.  I will
get my oil and filter changed at a Dealer's service shop.  But do you
think I should rotate my tires after having driven about $3250 miles
(my estimate by next month)?  

Thanks for everyone's reply and consideration.

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August 28, 2007, 1:53 pm
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BTW, my Toyota is Yaris 2007.

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September 2, 2007, 6:47 pm
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Personally, I dont care about the 6 month rule. I change oil at 5k
miles.



 

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September 2, 2007, 8:42 pm
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You'd care if you drove 2 miles per trip, and 500 miles/year.

Never change your oil under those conditions?  Bad, bad idea.


 

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September 2, 2007, 10:38 pm
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That's right, that's a severe condition. Too make myself clear, many
times my 5k oil change  would last me 7-8 months.
I havent kept track of my old oil changes but for my 07 4cyl Camry
0-5k miles 7 months
5k-10k - 5 months
10k-15k - 4 months



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As usual, it depends on the driving conditions.  I usually get the oil
changed once a year on my wife's car.  Last time it was at 4500 miles.  She
does not drive it often,but each time it is for a minimum of 10 miles,
usually more like 20 miles.  It is 5 miles from our house to the nearest
store.  Good paved roads and no dirt roads.



 

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August 28, 2007, 2:01 pm
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My mechanic has an interesting approach to this. He knows which customers
are obsessive about checking tire pressure once a week and actually
correcting it if necessary. For those customers, he's OK with rotation every
10K miles. For the rest, he nags them every 5K, and reminds them of how much
tires cost.

Which group are you in?



 

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August 28, 2007, 7:42 pm
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If you look at the cost of normal tires on most cars, rotating them is a big
waste of money.




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August 29, 2007, 10:25 pm
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Rotating is free.


How can it be wasting money?

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August 29, 2007, 9:26 pm
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Rotating is NEVER free.

You pay for it one way or another...



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Please...don't start, OK? There are people who can't do it for one reason or
another. That's just how it is. Let's stick with that idea for purposes of
this discussion.



 

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August 28, 2007, 9:51 pm
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Toyota Tommy < wrote:

Wow! That must be the payments? (You don't want a '$' in front of the 3k.)


If you change your oil every six months and you put on about the same
number of miles, then you will have around 6500 miles your tires when
you rotate them.



 

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August 28, 2007, 10:31 pm
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I drove 25,000 miles and my front tires were worn.  My back tires were still
like new.  I rotated and drove another 25,000.  Then I bought new.  If I
just replaced the front tires every 25,000 my back tires might last forever.



 

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September 2, 2007, 5:44 pm
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Pat wrote:


No, the sidewalls will give out somewhere between 50K and 60K
regardless of treadwear.

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August 30, 2007, 6:37 pm
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I rotate the tires at about 6k and change oil every three months (about 3k
miles) - Engines are a bit more costly than tires!  I have the dealer
"lifetime" service plan (oil/filter 4x year or 3k miles)  As we generally
keep the cars 5 years, it does pay for its self.  these are 3.5's and take 6
quarts of oil.


 

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