Price of 1st service?

what does that include? oil & filter, tyre rotation and inspections?

 

it's dealer by dealer, and we get everything free over here for 2 years/25k. do you have to bring it in once a year for an extended battery warranty or something?

 

The 5K mile service here is basically tire rotation & general inspections (including floor mat fit ), The 10 K adds oil & filter change.I just changed the oil and filter myself on my 2017. It is not very difficult with the correct filter wrench.

As a plus, you know it is done correctly. I remember reading about a poor user here whose oil drain plug came loose after a dealer change and he lost all his oil

 

Do some shopping, it might be cheaper at a dealer outside London.

 

Maybe look in your Maintenance Booklet, and post what it is that's to be done. Otherwise it's hard to say.

 

According to raspy their service interval is 12 month / 10K miles.
UK service schedule? | PriusChat

If this is the service that might be a good deal, looking at Toyota's pricing. They quote £335 for the Prius.
Full Service Details | Caring for your Toyota | Toyota UK

 

that wouldn't be the first service, though i must say, brake fluid every 2 years/20k is interesting.
i wonder if 'inspecting the spark plugs' requires removing them.

 

Not if your mechanic is trained in laparoscopy.

 

I tried searching for the Toyota UK "service booklet" and "warranty booklet" for about 10 minutes, something that simply/concisely spells out time/distance and required maintenance, but came up with a complete blank.

At the following link, mention of how they "love" to service your car. Also talk of "intermediate", "full" and "full plus" service. Talk about "booking a full service". There's an "essential care" pdf link, with "silver and "gold" levels (one wrench vs two). This is not some dealership drivel, this is the party line from Toyota UK.

Servicing | MOT, Servicing and Maintenance | Toyota UK

I'm getting the sense they've got a real cash cow, starting to appreciate @raspy 's dilemna.

 

two wrenches with one hand tied behind their back?

 

OK, £185 is the normal Toyota price for Intermediate Service.

Servicing | MOT, Servicing and Maintenance | Toyota UK

 

^ For sure they're:

1. Doing an oil and filter change

And I think they are, but they say everything but:

2. Rotating the tires.

And I'd surmise they're doing:

3. Visual-only inspection of brakes, just in the course of tire rotation.

All the rest of it, the myriad "checks", is pure BS imho. What they're actually doing, should be about $60~80 US.

 

they do generally top off your fluids for 'free', which may or may not lead to overfilling certain things, or different substances being spilled into the engine bay.

 

I would try to keep them the hell away from the brake fluid reservoir. A properly functioning brake systerm is one item that never needs topping up: level goes down as pads wear, and when they get replaced, comes back up to where it was at the outset. Coolant, I needed to top up both reservoirs once, after 6 years plus. Windshield washer reserivoir:, there's no way I'm going to pay a guy $100 an hour to top that off.

When that gets old they move on, to spraying copious amounts of white grease all over the door hnges and the general vicinity.

And after that they bleed air outa your tires, lol.

 

"Check steering wheel" Do they check that it has one or are they checking for peeling, replacing if needed?

For reference, see Steering Wheel peeling | Page 3 | PriusChat

 

^ I'd go with option A, lol. Wouldn't you just love to be a fly on the wall when they run through the check list.

 

They can get an actual leather steering wheel in the UK.