Re: New dealer policy?

they would say 300 miles if they could,

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mark Ransley
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Jack wrote: > For the last 35,000 miles I had my 2002 Camry oil changes done by > local Toyota dealer, each time the widow sticker suggested that the > next oil change be done at 3,000 miles intervals and I did it. >

This morning I had my oil changed and the window sticker suggested > that the next oil change be done at 5,000 miles interval, is this > change from 3,000 to 5,000 miles is a policy change or only a > mechanic addition mistake ? > > Jack. >

Jack, all Toyotas are going to the 5,000 mile intervals within the next few years, it will be phased in with some 04 models and finally, all in

  1. Its supposed to make it easier with all the intervals being in multiples of 5000 miles, ie 5, 10, 15K etc. I think they are doing this to help those that tend to forget (Charlene) and looks like no more severe or normal, all will be 5K. Now this isnt retroactive to older models, but your OK with the 5K, in fact, thats conseidered severe for your Camry now.
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MDT Tech®

Let me tell you what I do:

I do the oil change myself every 2 months, no matter what.

You can change the oil yourself, no need to take the car to the dealer or another place, it's very easy.

I do it on Saturday mornings, this way almost all the oil goes to the pane during the night; then, I leave it draining for about 1 hr.

About your question, it depends on the use you give to your car, if you do a lot of stop-go city driving, well, 5,000 seems to many miles to wait for another oil change.

Mine is a 1996 Camry V6.

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FORY

Probably neither. What does the owner's manual say? Probably 5K ... Both the Totota's we have say 4 months or 5,000 miles. CU's tests suggest that even that is too frequent, but there are questions about how well taxi engines correlate to our "real life" situation.

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Brian Gordon

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