Cost of 15k scheduled maintenance?

[goe]

Hi,

I have 2010 Corolla S manual.

I called my dealer today and asked for a cost of the 15K scheduled maintenance, to my surprise they told me $325!!!

Did you pay similar money for your 15k or are they trying to overcharge me here. Normally I used to pay $92 for the fully synthetic oil for 5k and 10k.

I assume if I go to some other (non-toyota) place for this scheduled maintenance I will void my warranty, correct?

[mcdawgg]

Originally Posted by goe

Hi,

I have 2010 Corolla S manual.

I called my dealer today and asked for a cost of the 15K scheduled maintenance, to my surprise they told me $325!!!

Did you pay similar money for your 15k or are they trying to overcharge me here. Normally I used to pay $92 for the fully synthetic oil for 5k and 10k.

I assume if I go to some other (non-toyota) place for this scheduled maintenance I will void my warranty, correct?

Please spend some time reading the owner's manual and the maintenance guides. They will tell you what needs to be done at each time/mileage interval. At 15,000, only oil and filter, and maybe a cabin air filter, which is VERY easy for anyone to do, and tire rotation. So do NOT pay $325, just tell the dealer to do ONLY what is required to be done, which I just listed. No, you can go to a non-toyota place and it will NOT void the warranty - again, all this stuff is in the owner's manual and/or the other books that came in the glove box. I would stick with Toyota OEM parts, but that's me. You can even do the stuff yourself and that will not void the warranty. Just keep receipts for the parts, oil, etc. and keep records of what you do, miles, and date.

All this stuff is in the forums also. You should spend no more than $100 at the most. And read the manual and it tells you how to change the cabin air filter - just buy the part at dealer, and do it yourself - I heard dealers like to rape people for this!

[saltydog]

i paid zero. rotate my own tires. change my own oil. can't think of anything they can do at 15k worth $325. i have 35k now on my odometer and just the basic maintainance.

[rallykid]

I think the 15k is the same as the 5 and the 10 other than the possible cabin air filter mentioned above but I am not 100% positive as I don't have the manual in front of me. I bought mine in November 2010 and the maintenance for the first 2 years/25000 miles is included so I am not sure what the service runs.