150,000mi Scheduled Maintenance - All necessary?

You can do it all yourself since they didn’t mention egr circuit maintenance which they don’t do and cvt fluid replacement

 

you can do as much as you are willing to tackle.
that's not aa bad list or price, but i would double check against the maintenance schedule that came with your car. if you didn't get one, log on to the toyota owners website, and research past maintenance performed as well.
as tank mentions above, search here and educate yourself on the egr circuit and tranny fluid.

all the best!

 

First, here is the URL to all of the videos which show how to perform every maintenance item there is on your Prius:
Nutz About Bolts Prius Maintenance Videos | PriusChat

Second, let's look at the tasks:

1. Inspections: The dealer will usually perform inspections for free..
2. Oil and filter change
3. Engine Coolant Change
4. Inverter Coolant Change
5. Replace Engine Air Filter
6. Replace Cabin Air Filter
7. Rotate Tires

The Engine and Cabin air filter changes are super-easy. All you need is a Philips screwdriver and the new filters. Easy-peasy.

Doing the oil and coolant changes are very basic tasks: You open a drain bolt, the oil or coolant comes out, close the bolt. Add the new fluid. That's about it; you have to jack up the car to do it and there are a few additional steps covered in the videos, but that's basically it.

Rotating the tires just takes a jack and jack stands. Quite basic.

All of these things are pretty low difficulty, and if you watch the videos, I'd say foolproof. You don't need to do them all at once. Do the two filters and maybe the oil change, and then the next weekend the two coolants.

What does it cost? Here... the $500 isn't too bad. I've seen many worse. If you do these yourself, you'll spend about $150 on the filters and fluids (that's my guess), and you'll want to pick up maybe ten belly pan clips (plastic rivets) from your dealer because the ones you have will be pretty thrashed. They're like a dollar each.

THEN: There are other maintenance items that your dealer didn't list. They aren't on the standard list of items, but we recommend them. Namely, replace the transmission oil and clean the EGR valve/cooler. The transmission oil is only a little more difficult than the other fluid changes. The big difference is that you need to jack up the car and keep it level while it's jacked up.

The EGR cleaning is a lot more work, and you'll probably want to swap the spark plugs while you're at it. The spark plugs need replacement every 120K miles, I believe. Try to find the car's service records to see if the plugs have been replaced. The plugs are iridium and quite expensive -- about $40 for a set -- and difficult to access, so it's a pain to just remove one and inspect. But you'll access them when you do the EGR project, so it's good to combine them.

 

A non-DIY option that saves money also exists. I’d suggest that the average neighborhood mechanic could do everything on that dealer’s list for about $350. Nothing on that list is beyond the capability of a smalltime garage.

 

Have you got the Toyota USA publication Warranty and Maintenance Booklet? I think it goes up to 150k miles; haven't got it handy at the moment to verify. Anyway: what they handed you might be a dealership publication.

You can download a PDF of the aforementioned booklet, from Toyota Tech Info, for your specific year/model, and compare.

All that said, looking through your list, they might be on the money. I do know the US schedule calls for inverter fluid change at 150k. Still, a little overpriced, and I would at least DIY the filter changes. And, just inspect the filters, only change if warranted.

The visual brake inspection is nothing, and what's left is basically:

Oil and filter change
Tire rotation
Inverter coolant change

That shouldn't be over $250. Even up here in CDN $'s.