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Clarification on maintenance items

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Zach Kapphan, Aug 22, 2024 at 3:01 PM.

  1. Zach Kapphan

    Zach Kapphan New Member

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    I am new to this forum as a member but have gotten lots of great tidbits when needed over the years. My wifes car is a 2014 Prius V gen 3. its a great car and we love it. its over 100K miles and we are noticing some typical things that wear. I'm about to delve into shocks and struts but more importantly i'm getting into changing important fluids. I change the oil and filter every 5000 miles so that's not an issue but I want to do all the other fluids. is it my understanding that the only fluids that need changing like the oil is the transmission fluid and the inverter fluid? I figure I'd do both at the same time while I have the lower panel off. remedyiing the weak headlights is going to be my next big investigation, haha. thanks for your insight
     
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  2. bisco

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    You can get a maintenance schedule at Toyota.com/owner
    Engine coolant and some recommend brake fluid.
    Don’t overlook egr circuit cleaning, very important at your mileage
     
  3. Andy Pants

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    Things that I would change at your mileage/age:
    Engine coolant
    Inverter coolant
    Transmission fluid
    Brake fluid
    Spark plugs
    Clean EGR circuit

    As far as the headlights go I changed ours out with LED and now we can actually see more than 15 feet in front of us at night lol