My First Service Due

what did you do at 38k? 2675 is quite early for anything.

normally, a 40k would involve tire rotation, oil and filter, and some checking of fluids and systems.
depends on where you live, but maybe $150.?

edit: my mistake, i read 43k as 40k

 

You never had the oil changed or tires rotated? Those are maintenance required as well. Maybe you got them before the 5k interval warning came up and the dealer reset it before. Now you went over 5k miles.

 

Prius maintenance reminder is a simple 5,000 mile counter. Does not account for any driving style. There is a “normal” driving style, plus an “extreme” style (this may not be the word Toyota uses). Your “gig” use may fit the “extreme” style. In that case, you will want to change engine oil/filter, rotate tires and do some additional fluid checks—engine coolant, inverter coolant (two separate systems), engine air filter, cabin air filter. In a “normal” use situation, oil/filter changes can extend to 10,000 miles. Other items remain 5,000 miles. You can create an account on Welcome to Toyota Owners with your VIN and download/view the manuals. You’ll want to view the Warranty and Maintenance Guide for the maintenance schedule.

 

Sounds like the dash display is out of sync, and op's just following it. @NickData do you have the Toyota USA's Warranty and Maintenance Booklet, that came with the car? If no, you can download a pdf; one source is Toyota Tech Info, in the "Manuals" Tab. Check the miles and months, figure out what needs doing, go from there.

Attached is a summary of the US fourth gen schedule I cobbled, in a concise table, easier to read. Both Excel spreadsheet and PDF formats. The spreadsheet is handier; you can scroll left-to-right.

 

Copied from’22 Maintenance Schedule
40,000 miles or 48 months
■ Check installation of driver’s floor mat
■ Clean HV battery cooling intake filter5
■ Inspect and adjust all fluid levels1
■ Inspect wiper blades
■ Replace engine oil and oil filter2
■ Rotate tires
■ Visually inspect brake linings/drums
and brake pads/discs
Driving on dirt roads or dusty roads:
■ Inspect ball joints and dust covers
■ Inspect drive shaft boots
■ Inspect engine air filter
■ Inspect steering linkage and boots
■ Re-torque drive shaft nut (AWD)
■ Tighten nuts and bolts on chassis
and body
Driving while towing, using a car-top carrier, or heavy vehicle loading:6
■ Tighten nuts and bolts on chassis
and body

If you go to Toyota.com you can download the Owners Manual and the Maintenance Schedule for your 2022 Prius.

I would take a look at the 45,000 mile scheduled maintenance which has several more items and consider either having them do that now or waiting and doing the service then since you are that close in mileage.

The 40K service should cost around $150 (based on Dallas pricing a few years ago). The 45K will be considerably more.

However, you could probably do much of it yourself and save quite a bit of cash. FWIW

NOTE: Oil weight requirements for the 2022 are different than for the 2016 and the oil specifications are different to. Your 2022 requires the 6B type.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: The Maintenance Required Light is reset at each service and then comes back on at 5000 miles later (approximately). So when the dealership did the service they reset it. It is not malfunctioning. Your Owners Manual will explain this.

 

For various reasons, and not just laziness or corner-cutting, I doubt this is ever done. It would help if the repair manual had a dedicated section describing precisely what bolts, the torque values for each nut/bolt. I don’t think as-is it’s practical.

 

True. Yet I doubt it would apply to most (intelligent) Prius drivers in Dallas, Texas. And NickData seems to easily fall within that category (based on the apparent desire to care for his vehicle in a responsible way).

 

Yes we are dreaming if we think the oil change guy checks most of these things other than filters and wipers hoping for a sale. Particularly tightening bolts. But they do check off the 90 point inspection sheet every time.

 

I will say this though: when we were Full Time RVers we would often have the service for our F250 done at the Ford dealership in Columbia, KY where you could sit in the customer lounge and see the service bays across the drive. They actually did do it all AND never once (in the many times we were there (last time in 2019)) did they try and sell us something unnecessary. Plus their prices were very reasonable. So there are (or at least were) some great dealerships out there.

 

getting better. you might consider the air filters yourself