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Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by tdubb, Sep 7, 2012.

  1. tdubb

    tdubb New Member

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    How do I know when to take the car in for service? Is there a onboard computer alert that will alert me?
     
    #1 tdubb, Sep 7, 2012
  2. spiderman

    spiderman wretched

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    Welcome aboard! There is a mileage based reminder (5K intervals), but that is about it. What is the mileage?

    Sign up with toyotaowners.com to see what the service records are like.
     
    #2 spiderman, Sep 7, 2012
  3. tdubb

    tdubb New Member

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    i bought the car used. i cannot sign up iwth toyota. i think because the vin was registerd under the previous owner.
    it has 14400 miles on it
     
    #3 tdubb, Sep 7, 2012
  4. rsgillmd

    rsgillmd Junior Member

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    The car generally alerts you to oil changes -- although it will likely be set to to the 5K interval, as opposed to the 10K miles interval that became standard after I bought my car. You can reset it at 5K miles and it'll pop up again. Find out when the last oil change was (month and miles), and go from there. I get mine changed once a year to be safe.

    Tire rotations are every 5K miles.

    There should be a booklet that came with the car which lists the maintenance schedule. Otherwise you can download it online.
     
    #4 rsgillmd, Sep 7, 2012
  5. spiderman

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    It shouldn't matter. Did you get an error message or something? If so, email toyotaowners and let them know the situation.
     
    #5 spiderman, Sep 7, 2012
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    I bought my '10 used with 40,000 miles and had no trouble registering at toyotaowners.com. Had it less than a year and now have almost 70K, the miles sure rack up fast.
     
    #6 milkman44, Sep 7, 2012
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