Prioritize recommended service

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Cee Mo, Jun 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM.

  1. Cee Mo

    Cee Mo New Member

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    The dealership is recommending service of almost $1400 on the 2021 L eco I bought in 2024.
    Can anyone tell me the order of importance of each one so I can budget for them?
    Please just give me the numbers if you don't want to spend time saying why each one needs to be done (like, 3, 2, 4, 1 if that's the order of importance in your opinion).
    If you have some reasons for your priorities and feel like sharing them, please do!
    THANKS in advance!

    1. MAF Cleaner $150
    2. "Platinum" Fuel System Service $360
    3. Throttle Body Service $146
    4. Hybrid Fan Clean/Filter Replacement $366

    (The other items I will get done elsewhere are Alignment and Brake Fluid exchange which brings total to $1382)
     
    #1 Cee Mo, Jun 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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    You don't need any of that stuff. You can ask the service adviser where in your owner's manual that shows you need those services. They won't be able to show you, cause they are selling you a bunch of nonsense on a 2021
     
    #2 JC91006, Jun 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    that’s it lol. Even then, if you want to save even more money, just buy the hybrid battery filter and replace it yourself (it’s under the rear seat on the passenger side).

    2 is definitely not needed. I’ve never needed 1 or 3 on any of my Prii (up to 100,000 miles on the gen 3 and 60,000 miles on the Gen 4).
     
    #3 Tideland Prius, Jun 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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    We have never needed anything even remotely similar on the older non-hyrids that we kept more than 200,000 miles either. And they spent most of their lives back when fuel has dirtier and had fewer detergents than now.
     
    #4 fuzzy1, Jun 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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