Toyota "care" ignores tire pressure requests & resets Trip A?

For the trip A reset, I'd suggest to use your odometer, for calc of mileage. Bulletproof!

 

Agreed. I've always used the Fuelly option to enter current odometer reading rather than distance traveled. This can be changed using the Edit Car link on the car's profile page.

FAQ: What's the difference between tracking with Trip Miles vs. Odometer? | Fuelly

 

Good to know, I'll have to keep track of odometer readings now. Just have to get my wife to learn to do the same.

SCH-I535

 

The other good thing is that if you continue to reset the trip odometer when you fill up, you can always backtrack to the odometer reading if you forget to note it at the time. I've done that more than once.

 

It is my "opinion" that "included" Toyota Care was done for at least 3 reasons. 1. To increase sales of new cars. 2. Give the individually owned Dealerships the opportunity to up sell services. 3. Keep folks from screwing up their vehicles, thus preventing bad press.

If they can not or will not follow your simplest instruction regarding tire pressure (within sidewall limits) tell them politely they lost your business. My Dealership has no problem doing exactly what I require of them...that is when I do use them.

 

Good luck with that

 

Prior to giving the detailed list to the service writer, I taped a big note with the same list on the dash. Better safe than have to go back. I just checked my pressures for my requested 42/40. They were a half pound high*. There gauge must be off.

*car has been sitting for many hours, but I will set them to 42/40 after sitting all night in the garage. That is my base line reading time.

 

Some dealerships have no problem with this. My dealership called it out on their shop list of things that can be customized. When I checked the box to disable only the backup beep, they even verbally confirmed to make sure I hadn't accidentally left the seatbelt beeper box unchecked.

 

Interestingly, the next morning,after dropping the dealer set pressures by about half a lb to get an even 42/40 after my 5 k service, the TPMS warning light came on. I was told they did not reset the TPMS ( which should not cause this anyway). Since our cars do not report 'which' tire is low, I did not think that swapping tires front to rear would cause a TPMS warning light. Maybe so?

 

You are correct, it should not make a difference.