Prius 2010 Oil Change Interval Revised? Not yet... (closed)

[IraS]

The powerpoint presentation says the service interval is extended to 10,000 miles. It doesn't say that the first service interval stays at 5,000 miles.

Since I only have about 1,300 miles on the car, will I need to have it serviced at 5,000 miles or 10,000 miles?

Can we get some kind of official word from the Prius Team about this issue? I suspect most dealers won't know about this change, and I wouldn't rely on them for information anyway.

[DeanFL]

This is surprising, happy, and confusing news.

Surprising - did anyone here expect this? I mean we were all complaining, but... nice.

Happy - huge $$ savings. But UNhappy - dealer service departments.

Confusing - Doubting Thomas - sure would be good to get confirmation from Doug's team.

I only have 2800 miles on mine (9 weeks old). but already have the 0w20 oil and filter at the ready. Will probably do an early 1st change as some of you had done. Then go to 10K interval if the good news is true.

[LoraJ]

Would they re-word it to be 10k miles or 12 months?
It will probably take me 1.5 years to drive 10k.

I pick up my plates tomorrow, I may ask if they know about this.

[bwilson4web]

Hi,

Originally Posted by IraS

. . .
Since I only have about 1,300 miles on the car, will I need to have it serviced at 5,000 miles or 10,000 miles?. . .

The change interval should be:

• 5,000 miles - first change. This will remove the manufacturing left-overs; the initial initial 'lapping' by-products; and any leached elements from the case sealing compounds.
• 10,000 miles - the subsequent changes will remove the combustion contaminates; condensed water; and stress sheared by-products.

Bob Wilson

[dc202]

Originally Posted by LoraJ

Would they re-word it to be 10k miles or 12 months?
It will probably take me 1.5 years to drive 10k.

I pick up my plates tomorrow, I may ask if they know about this.

Same here. I always change my other cars every 12 months; I never get to the mileage limit.

[Sphyrna]

Originally Posted by bwilson4web

Yes, my first 5k ICE change will also include a 5k transaxle oil change and BOTH samples will go to my oil testing service. Depending upon some regression testing, I may choose to do another transaxle oil change at 15k.

Bob Wilson

I guess it's needless to say since you are so good about sharing info with therest of us but... please keep us informed as to the transaxle oil test results! That should be interesting!

[Prius978]

Will the firmware for the reminders be updated to 10K?

[Sphyrna]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

This is surprising, happy, and confusing news.

You can imagine how I felt when the svc mgr informed me, I actually said to him "No, no, I have a 2010, it's 5K miles." And then he showed me the document I posted above. (sorry about the quality, I did all that from my phone cause I was excited to share the news)

It blew me away. I definitely never expected this. If Dianne or any other dealer is out there who can corroborate this info, we'd all appreciate it!

[Sphyrna]

Originally Posted by Prius978

Will the firmware for the reminders be updated to 10K?

You know I didn't even think to ask, but I'll call tomorrow and see if they did anything to update mine in any way. I doubt it.

I was actually thinking on the way home that maybe the reminder was ALREADY set to 5k for the first and 10K afterward - the afterward matching the rest of the world - by mistake at the factory! And this change is to make the requirement match the notification system. Wouldn't that be something! Has anyone driven 10000 miles on a 2010 yet who can tell us one way or the other?

[Sphyrna]

Originally Posted by bwilson4web

Hi,

The change interval should be:

• 5,000 miles - first change. This will remove the manufacturing left-overs; the initial initial 'lapping' by-products; and any leached elements from the case sealing compounds.
• 10,000 miles - the subsequent changes will remove the combustion contaminates; condensed water; and stress sheared by-products.

Bob Wilson

This agrees with what the svc mgr told me (verbally) at Royal Palm Toyota. I know the document doesn't officially come out and say this, but I think it's a good practice.