Dealer required maintenance concern

Hybrid fan: no
Throttle body: no

Only the engine coolant at 100k miles: yes

Might want to change your transmission fluid and brake fluid at 100k as well.


iPhone ?

 

No excuses, we have members here in their 80s.

Coolant is the only thing you need to change around the 100,000 mi mark besides engine oil and filter change. Make sure it’s the right coolant that is changed.

 

Your service writer is hoping for a Christmas bonus from you. Quit going to that dealer at all.

If you have large long haired dogs (or large long haired children) you might need a fan cleaning, you would hear it if you did. can you hear your Hybrid fan? Can your back seat passengers?
This is the similar Gen 3 Prius

If you suffer from obvious hesitation and throttle sticking, you may need to spray down the intake, that is all he is going to do. If you can't feel it, it isn't a problem.
www.amazon.com/CRC-05078-Throttle-Air-Intake-Cleaner/dp/B000M8PYO2

Just like any car, you need to change the coolant as it ages, 100,000 is the right time, but nothing is special.
www.amazon.com/Toyota-Scion-Coolant-Antifreeze-Genuine-00272SLLC2/dp/B018Y2WQRK

 

Toyota USA recommends an in-depth brake service every 3 years or 30K miles. That's more involved than just the cursory "visual" inspection, at each tire rotation.

Both dealerships and owners seem to enable each other, ignore that one.

Spreadsheet of the US maintenance schedule attached.

 

If you still have it.....check the seperate maintenance book with your owners manual.
That will show everything needed..

But @Mendel Leisk did also provide you with the details

 

You may not need a new dealership but avoid that particular service advisor. His manager might want to hear about your experience.

 

Do not concur.

The “change dealer” light just came on

 

Making a spreadsheet summary of the US book (and Canadian), is pretty much necessity, if you want to get the overall picture, see what all's involved, and at what frequency.

Toyota Canada's now using the same format, except: they don't even print it out anymore. If you want to know what service you need, you have to go online, and plug in your miles/months.

And then there's the Brit's: if I'm not mistaken there is no published schedule.

 

...There are handful of guys on Prius Chat that lives close to PDX and worked on these generation Prius. When I bought the 07 Prius as a used car at the dealer with a 98k miles. (heck what do I know about newer cars. I was just looking for an everyday miler) So confidently I bought he Prius since its a Toyota dealer. After a few days I found out that park light was busted one on rear and one on front, 1 backlight is out, 1 license plate is out, there is an "intermittent" winding sound at the front wheel, clunking when you shift reverse and a slight surge on steady driving. I went ahead and replace all the exterior light bulbs which is not a big deal. I took the car back to the dealer and I told them about the winding sound and the surge and after a few minutes they went back an told me there was a penny stuck on the wheel and they even showed it to me. According to them, the surging is not quite obvious just a sign of being a used car. Took it home, seems like fine and the next day that winding sound is still there. I pulled out both front tires and I found out that on the right brake caliper "bracket" housing the lower bolt was not there anymore. If that was the upper side , it could have been a disaster. As you can imagine if your driving and the caliper housing lean forward towards the wheel rotating forward.. I don't know and I don't wanna imagine.
I replaced the bolts, add a red lock tight on both sides, both wheels, I replaced the lower dog bone motor mount. That got rid of the brake winding noise, brake pulsation, no more surging on cruise even shifting reverse. Bottom line is these are all safety check that they need to perform and fix before selling whether its a used car with no warrantees.
The only place that will do this is a Joe-Blow Fly by Night Used Car lot.
So I joined the Prius chat and I learned a lot of things about Hybrid cars and (still learning a lot more). Thanks to the guys that helped me out here, I ended up replacing all the pumps, trans fluid, flush my radiator, 100+ mile service. Etc. Its the peace of mind knowing what's needed to be done "first" and atleast you have a better chance before it becomes a surprise. If your car was only a generation 2, I wouldn't mind helping you. The list that Mendel handed you comes very handy. That's a start.

 

Since you've been having Toyota service the vehicle, all the service records would be easily accessible online at Welcome to Toyota Owners. You'll need to join if you haven't already and then you can type in your car's VIN and compare what's been done with the list provided by @Mendel Leisk or with the one in your car's maintenance & warranty guide.

And I agree that that service writer is one to avoid and maybe see the service manager about.

 

As a fellow PDXer, which dealership was this?

 

PDX is airport code, Portland (Oregon, USA) International?

For us out-of-towners.

 

Yes. We've adopted it as an abbreviated way to say "Portland." That we've abbreviated a 2-syllable word with a 3-syllable word should tell you everything you need to know about our local government's effectiveness.

 

Bought the car at Beaverton Toyota Dec. 2018.

 

Oops, sorry for the ambiguity in my question. I'm particularly curious of OP's dealership as well.

 

That's okay. I'm not saying anything bad at all. I just told you what really happen and that was all true. In fact Beaverton Toyota is a good dealership we bought my wife's 2018 Prius there no problem at all. It can be a just coincident that it happen to me. Its a good thing that I know how to work on cars for I use to work with GM. I kinda have an idea how the dealership works.
But its all good now. I got everything covered and I'm on my own.

 

which side of town in Metro Portland do you live?