First Car & First Maintenance.

[mdm]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Be interested in seeing that one. If it is indeed part of the schedule then it should be built into that service price not a $30 upcharge.

OK, I was partially wrong. It's a 2007 booklet, covering Avalon, Camry, Camry Solara, Corolla, Corolla Matrix, Yaris, and some trucks and SUVs. And "re-torque drive shaft bolt" was required only for Corolla and Corolla Matrix (and 4WD RAV4 of trucks and SUVs) every 15,000 miles. Or more often under "special operating conditions", basically when towing all the time or something like that.


Also, in most trucks and SUVs (except Highlander and RAV4) one should retorque propeller shaft bolt every 15k. Didn't know these trucks could fly

[Bman117]

To answer the OP's question, no, you should be expecting to pay that much for regular maintenance. Always follow the manual and always ask what the techs are going to be doing to your car before hand. The service desk is always going to try to "upsell" you on crap that you don't need to increase their revenue.

I have a lot of stories, and my companies VP recently purchased a Hyundai. His service desk tried to get him to pay $400+ on his 10k KM maintenance, part of which was an alignment check....