Maintenance Rip-Off?

agreed, boat payment time. did they mention the required wallet flush?

only thing you need to keep in mind is that you have a lot of years, so you need to follow the time schedule, not the mileage.

for now, take it to an inspection station and see what they say.

 

Yap, I smell "Rip-Off" for sure. Your car is very low mileage, so even if you go with 7 years, which would be equivalent of 70K miles, none of the services listed are required by your manual. And I can't see failure to perform any of those "services" would make your state inspection to fail automatically, though I don't know for sure what rules are in your state. Your are correct that the tire tread 2/32 is the legal limit, and that would be the only thing I can think of being a base for inspection failure. But you said it has plenty of tread on them?

 

Some of this may be because this is a REALLY low mileage Prius.

The Prius has two separate coolant loops One for the engine, one for the inverter. if what they describe as Inverter service is just a drain and fill of coolant, That is real

Transmission service seems early (in miles) to me I recommend 30,000, 100,000 and then every 100,000 miles. But you need to consider time as you are not driving the car. i am not saying they are wrong, I just have no experience with a garage queen Prius.

HV Fan service has to do with YOUR environment: do you carry dogs? llamas? Dusty roads? Open windows?

Tires do age even without mileage, especially in sunlight. How Old - and Dangerous - Are Your Tires? | Edmunds

 

Ditto. I also recommend assessing the health of your 12V battery, as it could be toward the end of its life.

 

Was this a dealership?

Assuming yes: you're at very low miles, I'm not sure if they would be considering the service based on miles or months. The attached is a transcription of what's in the US Warranty and Maintenance booklet.

 

Yeah but in the US schedule, even by months, engine coolant drain-and-fill is at 10 years, and the inverter at 15 years. Sometime in 2022 at the earliest, for the engine coolant?

 

the only things i see are at 10 years

oops, you beat me mendel

as for tires, that's a personal decision. i have never replaced old low mile tires unless i see serious sidewall cracking.
others feel differently, and mfg's want to sell tires

 

When someone trots out an esoteric expression, and you don't know what it is: ask what they mean, something like "what exactly does that entail, what are you going to do?"

Just going by miles, if they're proposing an inverter coolant change, that's about 130,000 miles early. Going by years, it's about 8 years early.

 

Sound very familiar. lol I had a car fail inspection because of rust on the brake line, not corroded or leaking brake line, just rust on the surface of the line. Well, it would be hard to find a car in our area without any rust on the brake line that has operated more than 1 winter. They wanted a big $$$ to replace it and pass the inspection. I took the car to a different shop for inspection and passed without any problem. Your dealer could be very, very expensive "FREE" inspection. Do you have different place to take your car for an inspection?

 

sort of takes the free out of 'free'

same for the 'free' donuts

 

Visible cracks are not the only indicator of deterioration due to age.
The general consensus is about 7 years, regardless of tread wear.
Being inside most of the time is a plus......but even with that, you are approaching the maximum recommended life.

The story about "Not passing inspection" is a big scam.

 

I see multiple yacht payments in there.

Blacklist this shop and find someplace else.

 

just watch my video if you want to learn how to do it yourself. If you don’t want to, you can bring it to an independent shop and show them my videos on what you want to be done to your Prius.

all dealerships try to up sell you things that you don’t need, that’s how they make money and rip customers off. If you’re equip with knowledge, they can’t rip you off if you question them why. Service writers are notorious of trying to up sell because they have a quota to hit.

 

While it's still on your mind, call Toyota USA (800) 331-4331 and share your experience with them. It's going to be a black-eye for that dealership. Find yourself a different one.