Repair recommendations after a $30 oil change at the dealership

Why do you think they offer a 29.99 oil change? They certainly won't be making any money on that! As for the "fan cleaning", I cleaned the filter (wasn't very dirty) on my 2015 and didn't bother with the fan at all.
Also people here will tell you to always run your AC to help keep your hybrid battery cool. I never use my ac (live in NC) and my hybrid battery is doing well. I also haven't cleaned my EGR circuit yet at 102k so I'm sure my head gasket is about to blow at any moment. Sometimes you just need to use your own good sense despite what others tell you. They mean well but most here go to the extreme...I think they probably even clean out that little filter at the foot of the refrigerator every month like the manual tells you! Right guys? Don't you?

 

I've replaced many hybrid batteries and inspected many fans. The fans that usually need cleaning are in cars where owners carry pets very often. The others typically just have a thin layer of dust which really has no impact on airflow. If anything, buy an OBD device and get the hybrid assistant app. You can use it to manually change the cooling fan speeds. Hold some tissue to the cooling fan intake and go through each fan speed to see how well it's sucking in air. Very low speed is barely noticeable flow, but if it's clogged, there will be very little air being pulled in even at top speed.
Pretty sure you can also remove the trunk floor and storage tray to see how much air is coming out of the HV exhaust duct as you go through the fan speeds. $50 for a really good OBD device and app, or a few hundred to have a shop clean the fan, whether it needs it or not.

 

On top of all the things mentioned above, why change only 3 tires? lol.

You just going to end up with an unbalanced tires and then when that last one goes, a real mechanic will tell you to change all them in pairs or all 4 together realistically and then you'll have to change them again

 

I purchased a 2013 because I drive a 2012 for work which has 428,000 MI I discovered that one of the problems with the head gasket is at least to some extent the failure of the water pump impeller I started using an app it keeps an eye on the coolant temperature and even though my head gasket is blown I've been driving it for over a year and a half but just keeping an eye on the temperature and adding coolant as necessary these vehicles were very well designed they're not perfect but if you pay attention they won't leave you hanging dry

 

I used to change oil at 10,000 miles but switched to 5000 because of the low tension oil rings. It could prevent excessive oil burning.

 

i really think you're good to go, have a great trip!

 

that's smart thinking. if anything needs to be done, it should be done before a major road trip.

 

agreed, i think you're good to go

 

I replaced a front fender liner with a part from Amazon and some new plastic rivets...cost was about $30 5 years ago.

 

Why do you need to replace the front fender? Certainly not because of the fender liner....is it dented of something?

 

Yeah those plastic covers can be frustrating, especially when you can't find the correct plastic fasteners.

If there's any entrepreneurs out there, you'd make a LOT of $$ selling model-specific plastic fasteners for vehicles, especially since they are so darn cheap (pennies for one).....the hardest part would be putting them together for each model.

I just have a few assorted bins and I'll root through them to find the best fit. Amazon has them pretty cheap. I have three sets but these two seem to be the best:

I like to watch mechanics working on various vehicles on YouTube and saw a couple Yahoos just grab the plastic cover underneath and ripped them right off....made me so angry! Would you do that to your own vehicle, jerk???