I just got a letter from my garage today suggesting that I was due a service as they estimated that I would by now have done 10,000 miles. I have actually done nearly 12,000 so I am overdue according to my manual. I am bemused - I would have expected such a sophisticated car as the plug-in hybrid to have been screaming at me from the dashboard that I was overdue a service (as my old Picasso did). What's going on? Is there really no built in service prompt or has it perhaps not been set up on my car?
Maybe you just ignored your screen, it's mileage driven and tells you about services due every 5 thousand miles-OOPS just looked at your address, sorry, haven't a clue about Euro spec cars.
Assuming your Surrey is not just down the road and over the Port Mann bridge from me: Maybe Brit spec Prius don't have maintenance reminders? Canadian don't. Have a look in the booklets that came with the car. Do keep in mind: the service interval are governed by distance travelled OR time, whichever elapses first.
Yep-Surrey, England. Why would Toyota choose not to advise some markets and not others? I would thought that miles,unlike gallons, are the same in all markets - except perhaps Rome!
Some markets do use kilometers. More likely it is just penny pinching in not having to program the interval in for smaller markets. Oil change intervals differ between. Europe is going to have longer ones than the US because of the lower sulfur in the gasoline.
even though we get a maintenance reminder on the dash every thousand miles, my dealer estimates how many miles you've driven, and starts calling when they think you've done 5,000. they're usually wrong of course, but if they get the first one right, you do think the plug in is sending out signals.
It is always good to read the owners manual; ALWAYS. I hate to say this but.......IF that really is miles and not kilometers AND they come from the factory in that area with conventional oil instead of synthetic AND the oil has never been changed since it was new........you might be WAY past the recommended change interval. Maybe 5,000 miles past or more.
Honda's got a service alert that's more advanced. It counts down in percent, so you know how far you're along between services. It's apparently not just counting distances; appears to monitor several factors. When a service is due it shows a letter/ number combo, which you can equate to various services, explained in the owner's manual. Maybe wishful thinking, but should cut down on service department upsells. (Off-topic, can't help myself. )
I suppose it just goes to show how much I take technology for granted nowadays. I just assumed that the dashboard would scream at me like my Picasso used to. The next thing I'll find out is that I have to measure the tyre pressures rather than the dash telling me to pump them up-or will it?! As an aside, since the weather warmed up here in England my mpg has increased from 80 to nearly 100 (imperial gallons) which is an astonishing increase.
yes, you should check your tyre pressures regularly until you get a feel for how much leakage you have. i have learned that mine are sealed well, and only lose a couple psi in a month. so i check and refill monthly from around 39-41 to the 42/40 i keep them at. the toyota tpms will let you know when they are way below spec, which is oky to prevent an emergency, but they don't tell you the pressure or which tyre is low.
