Revised 10K oil change letter & New Warranty & Maint Guide

Yep. i think pretty much everyone got this.

 

my smart has always been 10K

 

This letter has been the subject of so much debate and speculation, yet I haven't seen where anyone has scanned and posted it, just to but this to bed!

 

I'm not sure how to post the letter, but I got a letter and new warranty book Friday about the oil change interval to 10000 miles.

 

I got mine on Friday. I did a lot of searching, and discovered that on the Care and Maintenance thread, they've been discussing this for months. There's a scan of a letter just like ours except it mentions all the affected models. Our letter makes us think we're the first but it looks like there's a whole group.

I think the big news besides the 10K interval is that Toyota now recommends synthetic oil for the engine. I've always wondered, if it was so good, why the manufacturers don't switch or recommend it. So here we are. (I'm assuming it didn't come with the car, but I have to hunt down my paperwork to find out. I could just be behind the times.)

Still waiting for a recall letter, though! Maybe they hope I'll stop by to have the oil changed and then they'll just happen to apply the update

 

Haven't gotten anything here yet. Then again I am in the land of SE Toyota so they are just as likely to change it to 2,500 miles as they are to go to 10,000.

 

Here is my copy scanned.

 

THANK YOU for the letter-copy
Just traded to 2010 on Friday
Will ASK the dealer tomorrow
when I get another item corrected
Regards, Jan in Michigan