40,000 miles service

[numbness4sound]

Just wondering if this is a scam? My car has the A1 code showing, but the dealership says factory service at this mileage will cost me $179. Does that sound right? What would need to be done at this mileage?

[jcbesq]

a is oil change
1 is rotate tires

you can get it done anywhere for 1/2 the price

[numbness4sound]

So if you just follow the codes you should be good? I guess I'm just worried something might be missed like brakes.

[Willie Williford]

I believe your owners manual states what should be done at the specific scheduled "codes".
Use that as a basic guideline. To save the precious coins, you can do most of the tasks yourself.
HTH
Willie

[insightfulone]

A1 means only an oil change and tire rotation. There is no other '40,000' mile service mentioned at all in owner's manual. I suspect if you ask for details they are probably changing the air cleaner and cabin filter as part of this service and have a laundry list of items they will check. I found a dealer that offers a '15 point check' with an oil change that covers the items that are listed in the 'B' service indication, so I would look a dealer that does this. As far as the air cleaner and cabin filter, these are a piece of cake to change, much easier that many other cars, and they don't need to be done until the MID indicates a '2' which happened around 30K along with a '3' for the CVT fluid change. At 40K your OEM tires may be close to worn out, I would check them, and if they are close to the wear indicators, skip the rotation since you'll be buying tires soon enough.

[numbness4sound]

Yeah, I actually got new tires a few weeks ago, so I skipped the rotation and just got an oil change. So the codes cover everything you would need done on your car, right? So if you just follow them, you are set, unless of course something unexpected happens? Basically, I just want to make sure I can skip all the extraneous stuff the dealership says they want to do.

[Cobb]

You can never go wrong checking stuff anyways. I bleed my brakes once a year and change my cvt fluid and or filter every other oil change. I rotate tires every 5 thousand and when I do the brake bleeding I also adjust the rear brakes.


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[numbness4sound]

Originally Posted by Cobb

You can never go wrong checking stuff anyways. I bleed my brakes once a year and change my cvt fluid and or filter every other oil change. I rotate tires every 5 thousand and when I do the brake bleeding I also adjust the rear brakes.


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Unfortunately, I am completely useless when it comes to doing my own work on cars. I can, however, refill the windshield fluid

So I'm just not sure if by strictly following the car codes, I might be having something overlooked.

[egads]

Changing the engine air and cabin filter is really easy. If neither has been done, you should either do it or have it done.

About tire rotation: Having that done for an extra charge at the dealer is kind of silly. Many tire stores will do it for free. It's almost always a part of their lifetime balance warranty. That said, the tire rotations done at the dealer will allow them to check the brake pad wear. Anyone had a 2nd gen long enough to need brakes? At what mileage and type of normal drive do you do? i.e. long highway/freeway commutes or surface street in town driving? Does the regenerative braking save on pad wear? I guess this car has rear drum brakes? It's been so long since I had a vehicle without rear disks I can't remember how you check that wear.

[mank]

A1 code... hmm...

I need an oil change soon and I get the B1 code. Is there a list of codes somewhere?