Servicing

[oodee]

i picked up my Sportivo last friday night (YAY ) and the dealer told me that the first service (oil and water checks) is now at 5,000km instead of 1,000km.

now i have seen some posts on here from people that have picked up their sportivos in the last week too and they are talking about the 1,000km service....

does anyone know the real km's i have to take my car in... im on 850km atm and dont want to try and squeeze in my car for a service this week.

Cheers

Donna

Edited August 3, 2005 by 11SXi

[Teknoman]

i've had my stivo for abt 3 weeks now and i had a 1000km service for it back in its first week... try calling up and booking in a 1000km service and see what they say

[oodee]

just had a look at my owners manual and it has a voucher for a 5,000km service... doesnt mention anything about the 1,000km. i think i might ring my local service department and see what they recommend.

[mick0082]

Check your service manual that should have been supplied with the vehicle.

If the detail in there has changed then I guess you cant argue. You can however request that the oil and filter be changed and vehicle be checked at your cost.

Although, if the service manual stipulates a 1000km service, then the dealership needs to honour this and it should be complimentary (except if you request an oil change and they supply oil).

NOTE: (was already typing my reply when the above post was published).

Edited August 3, 2005 by mick0082

[Rolla Boy]

Thats strange... But the books always have the 1000km service tear out in them...

Check the book to see if the hole page has been ripped out...

[oodee]

it apppears to be a re-printed book.

there is no 1,00km tear out, but there is a 5,000km one...

im calling around today to see how much a door handle is so ill check it out then too

[MR22ZZ]

doesn't matter how much a door handle is it should be fixed under warranty!!!

[mick0082]

Does anyone know if the door handles come painted?

If so then they should be fitting a brand new replacement. Mucking around with panel beaters is just dodgy.

[MR22ZZ]

Nothing wrong with outsourcing to a panel beater, they are the professionals after all, I actually prefer it to Toyota handling it themselves and doing a half @rsed job as they do not deal with body repairs and paint issues. If it is a Warrany job it is also a Zero outlay on your part (Toyota foots the bill) and I'm sure they want it done well first time so they don't want to keep dealing with it. But of course some times things do not go 100% to plan but a majority of cases run smoothly.

[mick0082]

What I was suggesting was that if the handle come painted as a spare part then they should just swap over. The panel beater should remove the handle to respray it anyway.

Never seen a job come out of a panel beaters 100% right. Always colour matching, spray quality and overspray issues.

Bottom line, they dont care enough or have too much on to do it properly.

Only ones I've ever seen done right are the ones when the painter does his own car or cars that ppl pay big bikkies to have full resprays done.

Thats my own personal experience...

[Rolla Boy]

New handles come painted...

Or see if the new Camry ones fit as the highest Model comes with chrome ones now...

[themoneysh0t]

Just been thru the servicing threads and couldn't find one for a 100k service. Any ideas on what it should cost for this service, because i think i should start saving

btw i have a 2003 corolla conquest auto hatch

thanks

[Rolla Boy]

Your 100,000km service is just an oil and filter change basically... Should be around the $250 mark at a Toyota Dealership...

[themoneysh0t]

Your 100,000km service is just an oil and filter change basically... Should be around the $250 mark at a Toyota Dealership...

no need to change timing belt?

[Hiro]

Your 100,000km service is just an oil and filter change basically... Should be around the $250 mark at a Toyota Dealership...

no need to change timing belt?

ZZE Corollas have a timing chain, not a belt, and this doesn't need to be changed

[themoneysh0t]

Your 100,000km service is just an oil and filter change basically... Should be around the $250 mark at a Toyota Dealership...

no need to change timing belt?

ZZE Corollas have a timing chain, not a belt, and this doesn't need to be changed

sweet, thanks for the heads up