Is this necessary at 70K

Funny how the 2010 through 2015 year models are essential the same car using the same fluid too. Now if they would just fess up to the WS ATF fluid exchange oversight.

 

That will happen if and only if they start having to pay significant numbers of warranty claims due to unchanged WS.

 

Yeah it's good that they come around on issues like this. The other approach is to listen to your lawyers, dig in your heels, in the mindset that any revision would be an admission of past neglect. Yeah, I hope they do introduce the transaxle fluid change.

 

I am of the opinion that most Prius driver/owners are the wait until it breaks kind anyway...but it would be nice.

 

One Toyota dealer told me it would do more harm than good to change the brake fluid. I just don't change it but I am not saying that is the right thing to do but I have not had any problems by not changing it.

 

me neither, but my '04 only has 135k. not sure what will happen down the road...

 

BS. It will harm nothing...except maybe their future repair profits.

 

when i was driving german back in the 80's and 90's, it was every year with the oil. maybe it was the carpy materials they used.

 

certainly, even less is needed except toyota's recommendations.

 

Thanks. Got back from the dealer today and they gave similar recommendation.

wiper insert
cabin filter
fuel injection service
air mass sensor service ???
brake flush

i'll do the wiper, cabin filter, fuel injection serivce myself . i'm 2011 60K. Brake flush on the fence

 

You used fish oil in them yearly?

 

Yeah. Those darn Germans and their fish-based products.

 

there was something fishy, that's for sure.

 

Brake fluid is hygroscopic. That means it can absorb water from the air (humidity). That can lead to corrosion in the brake system. You don't want that. But, at 70k miles and what five years old? I would do whatever Toyota says, not the dealer.
A tune up with fresh spark plugs? Not until 100k miles. Dirty air filter, buy one and do it yourself.
Throttle body cleaning is straight upsell. To really do any good, the air flow sensor or meter needs to be removed and cleaned. I have done mine twice in 155k miles.
You know, if its getting great fuel mileage, then why spend the money. Don't fix it if it ain't broke.

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Toyota is now saying something like 3 years or 48000 km for the brake fluid. In the 2014 reg Prius maintenance schedule, Canadian version that I downloaded.

 

On flushing the brake system, I've not worked with a Prius system, but I know people who have used a "vacuum bleeder" to "suck" out the old fluid. Supposedly, it would work with a brake system turned off. Once you power on, you'd have to apply the brakes a few time to ensure the lines are pressurized and pads seat properly, but you'd do one last top off of the reservoir and be done.

Anyone know if this is so or do I really need to go to Toyota.

 

Prius hydraulic brake flush is one of the few things I let the Dealership do...but this is a choice.

For anyone that thinks the Prius has some kind of magic brake fluid, know this. It uses DOT 3. Do your own thorough Googling and if you think you know more than the rest of the world, so be it. At least Toyota finely came around. The same applies to the Toyota WS ATF.

 

We had a thread a few months ago (started by me) on the third and fourth items and the consensus here was they only thing those do is clean out your wallet and that if a procedure isn't in the maintenance schedule and there's nothing wrong with the car, then don't do it.

 

When I took my 2010 in for a brake recall last year the dealer replaced the brake fluid. Small bonus for the inconvenience of a recall.