Toyota "care" ignores tire pressure requests & resets Trip A?

They reset the trip A meter 90% of the time for me too.

I use it to track miles driven between fill ups for Fuelly.

They always set the air pressures down to factory spec as well. Must be a liability thing.

 

I too asked for 42 psi in the front and 40 psi in the rear at my local Toyota dealer recently, they set the pressure to 35 psi!

 

mine didn't do anything. and i mean anything! not sure which is worse.

 

My dealer usually gets it right but sometimes they forget or the service guy just does not check or does not care how the customer wants things done. Then I have to remind them.

 

When getting service on an extended road trip, I had a tire pressure argument directly with the tech. Coming in highway hot, he found my pressure 'dangerously high', and wouldn't allow them to remain that high. We finally compromised at 40 psi. Which, after adjusting for overnight cooling and a 6000 foot descent the next day, left them underinflated. I'm very thankful I didn't allow him to drop the (hot, high altitude) pressure to the door label figure.

My selling dealerships delivered the cars at 40/39 psi, and never lowered them during service visits.

They reset only Trip A? At my first service, they reset Trip B too. Now I record numbers as the car goes in.

Tire rotations? The norm for that is every 5k miles. I'd make them put the wrong-way directionals back the right way.

 

This is why...

after 4 years and 62,000 miles, my 2010 has never been back to a dealer lot.

 

5000 miles service this week. had pressure up to 40 they lowered to 35 all around. Also asked about Entune up grade said they don't do up grade unless you are experiencing trouble with it. told Service adviser to write down I'm having trouble with Entune. They installed the up grade.

 

My 2010 was prior to Toyota Care but being my first Toyota I carried it to the dealer the first few service intervals "to establish a relationship". After lowering tire pressure and over tightening the oil pan drain plug, the oil filter and the tire lugs I gave up and have DIY ever since.

 

The only time I got the tire pressure I wanted was when we picked up the PIP. I asked for 41psi and the service manager got the hose out and checked them. They were already at 41psi. This issue is of special concern with Ecopia tires, because they seem to have flimsier sidewalls than typical non-LRR tires, and handle much better at 40psi and higher. 35psi seems to raise the chances for a flat, according to experiences with them by Leaf owners.

 

Guys, in order to shut off the maint. light, doesn't it require the trip meter to be pressed and held with another action being done? I'm reading this over with a vague recollection of how to get the main light off... or am I thinking of years ago? It's late. My service staff's gone. Just thinking the trip meter's reset isn't accidental.

 

The maintenance reset does involve pushing the trip reset button, but if done correctly, TripA and TripB are not reset. But flub it, and the Trip values are gone.

The techs have done it correctly on my cars every time since that first flub.

 

1) Set trip odometer to display A (not total miles, not miles remaining, but trip display A)
2) Power off the car
3) Press the MPH/KPH button on the dash and keep it pressed down
4) With the MPH/KPH button still held down, press the car's Power button normally, until the car starts. Keep the MPH/KPH button held down.
5) On the speedometer display, where the "nag" message appears, a Progress Indicator Scale will appear, with a message that says something like "Resetting Maintenance Indicator." Keep MPH/KPH held down until the progress bar completes and goes away.
6) NOW you can let go of the MPH/KPH button.


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anyone know if they reset your TPMS sensor via the button under the dash? There's probably no way to know, so I'll just have to redo my own TPMS re-setting again. I raise the tire pressures much higher so that a 25% drop from that point is effectively maybe 4 pounds or so under my desired running tire pressure of 42/40. When I got it their new I'll tires were plus or -40 pounds, so maybe they will leave my tire pressure alone, hopefully.

 

Thanks for tip to tell them my problem with Entune to ensure I get it.
When told they could not turn off seat belt alarm, I pleasantly asked if he would mind showing me the rule that they could not, because the alarm is so annoying. He came to waiting room and asked if I wanted both sets done. (yes).

He asked if I wanted 44/42 psi. I requested 42/40. He also noted my request not to reset the TPMS monitor.

 

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Good but I am surprised they will silence the seat belt alarm.

 

..." I pleasantly asked if he would mind showing me the rule that they could not, because the alarm is so annoying."
Maybe, not having an actual "rule" to show me why they could not do it, was the key, I don't know. But they turned off the sea belt alarm!

 

When I pick up the car, I check the tire pressure. If it is not right, I go back to the Service Manager inform him there is a problem, it's taken care of. I also give them a printed list in big font, of what I want done during this service visit!
It works for me!