Prius 2010 Oil Change Interval Revised? Not yet... (closed)

It is not yet official if it ever will be.

The following applies:

1. According to unnamed sources....

2. Speaking on the condition of anonymity.....

3. It is rumored......

 

SET may have some commercial latitude, but regarding warranties, specs, etc. it follows Toyota 100%

 

Well, you are right that it isn't official yet, but none of the rest actually does apply.

 

I just went in for a 1K mile oil change & asked my service manager about any changes and he hasn't heard a thing. This is a dealer in Maryland. I guess it's wait & see.

 

We'll all be hoping for the same!

 

Whoa..... Easy bud. I haven't said anything about your Momma. No need to take it personally. It's an oil change and will not define your life.

I posted in jest because this is going the way most new things go. Someone breaks the news, others say they know nothing about it, someone else says they heard it was true, someone says their dealer says they have heard nothing, official Prius team says says they know nothing about it...yet. Pretty typical. If I were a bettng man I would bet on it being officially confirmed by Toyota in the near future. Until then the verbal games will go on.

 

The most credible signs I see about this is that first A. The prius team did not "deny it" but said patience.
Second B. Danny posted it which makes me think he knows something too..... he doesn't post lightly unless he at least thinks its a go.. of course his sources could be wrong too... but at least his sources are better than most of ours!

The thing I question the most is that no one has produced a phone number for anyone to call and verify from these dealers that say its a go.... so until that happens, they are not a viable source. Seems it should be extremely easy to get a phone number as long as we know which dealer. But even they are not the voice of Toyota.

 

Whoa kids. If you won't play nice, I'll take away the toys for awhile

 

Which toys..... daytime or bedtime?

 

The shop manager at Koons was aware of the new changes but it's officials as yet in each part of the USA. It seems different regions will be official over the next several months. He didn't know why Toyota was doing it this way but until it's "official" in Virginia they still will change the oil according to the warranty. And that goes for everyone. Until it's official it's has to be done that way. He mentioned that it is that 10,000 between changes in Japan and has been from the start with the new Priuses.

Steve

 

Well, the name of the dealership was given so I doubt it would take long to get a phone number. But I don't blame the OP for not providing that, it's not his/her duty to do so and I doubt a bunch of random people from the forum flooding the dealership with calls would be either helpful to us anyway.

I don't really doubt the OP is correctly passing along what the dealer is saying. The question to me is whether the dealership correctly understands what they are being told.

 

You will have trouble taking our toys since we are all unidentified sources using screen names. Remember it took over 30 years after Watergate before we knew the identity of Deep Throat.

 

As always every thread has to degenerate into something related to s*x or end up with a reference to Hitler.

Been using the nom de plume below for 60 years....\/\/\/

 

Now this sounds very interesting, provocative and actually has the ring of good corporate infighting, which makes me believe it moreso.

Let's go back to the SET situation. SET is NOT in anyway related to Toyota except being the single biggest customer. It can do as it wishes in marketing the vehicles and often does to the chagrin of many buyers. SET is a very successful operation. SET due to its size has a lot of clout and a lot of direct contact. Maybe SET sees what Toyota requires in Japan on the new Gen 3's with 0w-20 and ....

SET says..."Hey why not do that in the US also?".
Toyota Corporate demures..."That's not the standard in the US....and besides we've already printed tens of thousands of Service Manuals".
SET says..."So...?"
Toyota Corporate: "Well that's not they way we do things, each market is independent from the others, JDM from NA from Europe."
SET says: "So...?" "So if you're not going to change the OCI's to match those in the JDM.....then we will."
Toyota Corporate: "Whoa, whoa...wait a second..let's discuss this and think about it for a while. There are other considerations [ such as all those dealers who do actually charge for and look to profit from the OCI's ] Are we stabbing this group in the back? Plus we don't have any input from any other region except SET."

In tomorrow's episode of 'Days of our Prius'.....

 

I think you've got it.... what would the world be like without politics?

 

The bedtime toys. Don't worry, I'll be sure to play with them too

 

Can I ask why a 1,000 mile oil change? I got my 2010 IV and was told 5,000 miles for the first oil change. Did i miss something? Thanks.

 

You didn't per se. It's just that some of the guys on here did an early oil change and had their oil sent out to a lab for testing. They were all coming back with very similar oil conditions that show that an early change to get out the factory oil with such impurities might be a good idea. I guess I am just being precautionary.

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