Air Induction and Fuel Injector Service

the only thing those services will clean out is your wallet.

look in your owners manual for toyota's service recommendations, and throw in a tranny oil change if you're gonna keep it over 150,000 miles.

 

Ask if they also offer greenback vacuuming service to keep the reticule empty of any possible loose shekels.

 

Yep, someone needs to make a boat payment, and you are being asked to contribute.

At 150,000 miles it may well be needed. Although Toyota warns that it may do more harm than good.

 

I don't know if the OP's engine needs an induction cleaning service or not, but there have been several threads and reports of clogged EGRs and intake manifolds on this site so it should not be arbitrarily dismissed as not needed. A BG induction system cleaning is a legitimate and effective solution for these problems. If I ever have symptoms of these problems, I will have an induction system cleaning done rather than dissemble and manually clean those parts. The BG induction service can be done by any shop that offers the service, for a lot less than $360.00, probably less than $150.00, depending on the severity of the clogging. I now have about 74,500 miles on my Prius engine without any such symptoms and don't plan to do this service at this time.

As far as cleaning injectors, an $8.00 bottle of Chevron Techron fuel system cleaner, or equivalent, poured in the gas tank every 7,500 miles as preventive maintenance will keep them clean and operating properly.

 

I do.
It doesn't.
This is (yet) another case of a dishonest dealer trying to pad a bill.

It goes something like this:

Maintenance: Anything that's on the schedule of maintenance.
a.k.a. Upkeep.
Maintenance is performed to 'maintain' the ability of the car to operate normally. For most cars, it's filters, fluids, and some wear items out to 100,000 miles.

Repair: Anything related to restoration to normal operation following a failure, damage, decay, neglect, etc. This, for me, would cover anything that the dealer wants to do to my car that's not on the schedule of maintenance as set forth in the owner's manual.

If the customer takes a car in for regularly scheduled maintenance, then one presumes that the car is operating normally.
I'm just guessing here, but intake systems and EGR valves that get FODDED out usually result in overt symptoms......most notably (for Prius drivers) a reduction in fuel efficiency. If you drive a Camaro? You might notice other symptoms like a reduction in smoke from a WOT launch or an idle flutter.

I arbitrarily dismiss ANY dealer repair recommendation until I get an explanation and/or a second opinion.

For a Prius, the only deviations that I would recommend from the schedule of maintenance would be an increase in engine air filter replacements and proactively replacing the transaxle fluid about every 60,000 miles.

Good Luck!