Synthetic Oil Change Prices At Dealer

My last 10k service at the dealer was listed as $77 for 0W-20 oil, filter, tire rotation and "inspections".

It sounds like your dealer has the right idea advertising at the lower rate. I know my dealer Service Advisor has said that the 10k OCI has really hurt their service business.

 

WOW, our dealer an oil change is $29.95 with coupon and synthetic is $10 more

 

Our dealer charged $54.95 for a Synthetic Oil Change. I paid for this change at 5K, and Toyota paid at 10K. I wanted to do the first oil change at 5K, and not wait for the free one at 10k. I feel that this is a little extra insurance.

 

My local Toyota dealership (Tacoma, WA) charged me $79 for full synthetic on their $25 coupon...yes, that's $54 more for full synthetic vs a regular oil change. You can bet I'm in the market for a new place to go.

 

To give you a baseline: I changed my own oil. I paid $25 for 5 quarts of Mobil 1 0W20 and $7 for the oil filter. I don't know if the dealers use Mobil 1, which is pretty expensive, but that's what it costs. My dealer wanted $50, which seems pretty reasonable, but they add tax and an oil recycling fee. If you add their charges for changing the engine air filter, cabin air filter, and tire rotation, which I also did, I would have been at $150. Changing the oil was by far the hardest; cabin air filter and engine air filter changes on this car are ridiculously simple.

It seems wasteful to change such good oil every 5,000 miles.

 

My dealer is One Toyota in Oakland. But I bought the oil at a Wal-Mart.

 

Yeah, I think my dealer wanted about $135 for the 10k maintenance, or somewhere around $100 for just the oil change. Instead, I spent $130 or so on oil, filter, jack stands, funnel, drain tub, etc. It takes me a while to get it done, but at least I know it's done carefully...

 

I'll tell you the old saying you get back what you give is sometimes true. I just got back from my local dealer (Halterman's Toyota) and got a synthectic (0-20) oil change with tire rotations for $24.95. They had an add on the radio that said "mention you heard this add and get an oil change with tire rotations for $24.95, all makes and models". So I told the service advisor (who is a great gal) that and she said no problem, but you know the 0-20 is extra charge. I figured that but I said nicely to her, well on the ad it did say all makes and models. So when I went to pay she said she checked with her boss and said they would honor the $24.95 price. They always make me feel like they appreciate my business so that's why I keep going back there. So there are good dealers around after all.

 

my oil alone costs me 55€ here in greece stop the whining allready!!!!!! lol and a litter of gas is 1.62€ on the cheap side!!!!

 

Just for a cost comparison, the AMSoil that I got over summer was $8/qt so if you can get it for $3/qt cheaper at Toyota, that's not a bad price for the 0w20 synthetic Signature Series (the supposed 25k mile stuff) or you can get the XL variety for around $6/qt. Since I tend to do 10k oil changes, I'll probably switch to the XL when I use the final quarts of the other stuff. The XL is listed as 10k/6 month, but I would expect you could push 12 months if you needed.

Their "low end" oil is the OE which is just under $5/qt.

I use AMSoil in my motorcycles, so the shipping costs averaged out are usually less than $1/qt depending upon what I order (it's weight based, I believe).

That could provide some comparison costs vs dealers and savings. I do my own, as it's quicker than driving to the dealer, waiting, and driving home.