Check your tyre pressure!

There are always two things I check after the dealer services the car, tire pressure and oil level. They never get the tire pressure correct, and more than once they have overfilled the engine oil.

 

i certainly hope nobody can find a quote of mine where i say all techs are geniuses.

 

I totally agree with you.

When I took delivery of my Prii about one month ago, the first thing I did was to check tire pressure and oil level. All four tires were at 27 psi and my oil level was almost 1/2 quart overfilled .

I've always wanted to stay away from new cars because of the service that must be done at the dealer if something happens. I'm always really disappointed that the mechanics know so little even about their own products.

I work as a computer consultant and cars are my hobby. Still, I probably know a lot more things about cars than most of the mechanics I've met.

 

thanks, tideland

we like new cars because we know nobody's done something stupid to them yet or cars so old they're really cheap and make for a fun project restoration. (ie, our non-prius)

you don't HAVE to go to the dealer, SyCo. plenty of other options out there.

 

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Does anyone know what tire pressure trigger the warning light?

 

When I picked up my new Prius, the tire pressures were something like 27 on the left and 35 on the right. Fortunately I checked it before the 100 mile drive home.