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I want to avoid unnessary expense and do ONLY what is required to maintain warranty on 2008 Camry. My car is not driven in any extreme conditions, just normal highway driving. Most dealerships do more and charge a lot.
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Not to bad. Outback is a good vehicle. With so many miles and it only being a 2008 I am inclined to think this was a highway traveled vehicle more than in town. This is good because highway miles is far better on a vehicle than in town miles. Some maintenance you need to either confirm has been done or inspected to see if it needs to be done. May also have some warranty with it to but warranties often do not cover preventative maintenance.
Transmission flush - 20,000 miles
Transmission Filter - 50,000 miles
Radiator flush. - 30,000 miles
Air filter. - As needed.
Oil change. - 3 months or 3,000 miles - usually right away with new vehicle.
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The maintenance required light is there to remind you that your oil change is due. This light needs to be reset after the oil ic changed, it is manually reset. If you just had your oil changed, the light will not go off by itself. The light is designed to illuminate after 5,000 miles since the last reset procedure.
The maintenance required light lets you know its time for an oil change. Once the oil is changed the light can be reset. The light will usually blink for a few seconds as you approach the 5,000 mile mark and then stay on steady as the 5,000 mile mark is reached or surpassed.
Most of that is not scheduled maintenance items. I would have your fuel filter replaced, if not done yet, it should be done every 20,000 miles. Alot of these places get a small commission for selling added services. I would go by the maintenance schedule in your owners manual.
Yes it needs to be replaced its already time for that.
IntervalsHere is what I recommend for maintenance intervals. There are exceptions to all of these including severe duty, which most northern cars fall into.
Change Transmission filter-30,000 miles, 90,000 and 150,000 miles and fluid at 60,000, 120,000 and 180,000 miles.
Change oil every 3,000 miles or 3 months, unless you use Mobil One, in which case 6 months/6,000 miles.
Chassis lube every 3,000 miles, assuming there are fittings.
Spark plugs: Conventional plugs: 30,000 miles, Double platinum: every 50,000 miles (100,000 mile plugs are best to be changed well before that, although some can reach it).
Fuel filter: 35,000-40,000 miles. Unless it is in the tank. But if the tank is ever dropped, do it then
Ignition cap, rotor, wires: 60,000-80,000 miles. (if it has them).
Timing Belt, if applicible: 60,000 miles on many but check with gates or dayco or the manual or dealer, as many different intervals are now present.
Coolant flush -- green: 2 years/24,000 miles.
Coolant flush -- dex-cool or long life: 5 years/50,000 miles.
Tire rotation: 5,000-8,000 miles.
Alignment: 15,000-20,000 miles., unless tire wear is not a problem and car goes straight.
Brake fluid flush and power steering fluid flush: 2 years or when dirty or discolored.
Air filter, pcv valve and cabin air filter: as needed.
Professional fuel injection service: 40,000 miles.
Throttle bore plate cleaning: 20,000 miles.
Air induction service: 20,000 miles.
MaintenanceEvery auto manufacturer lists their required maintenance on their web sites and in the owners manual the maintenance service intervals vary between manufacturers.
Your car is a moving piece of machinery, it needs maintenance, if you want this car to last you need to service it. Do not just do the minimum recommended services that are listed in you service manual. Make sure you service your cooling system which prolongs the life of the radiator and water pump, and the power steering system, which will extend the life of your cars power-seeking pump and gear box or rack. It will cost you much more than you want to spend when you fail to maintain your car and larger problems surface. I recommend that you review your owners manual and get acquainted with a reputable auto repair facility. A good relationship with you car and your car's mechanic will benefit you in the long run, providing you with a long lasting and safe car.
At 30,000 miles you should also service your cooling system, transmission, fuel system and power steering; this should be repeated every 30k miles. I recommend flushes of the later mentioned items to prolong these systems' life span.
Difficult question with all the variables involved. I'll start by saying the Santa Fe is a decent vehicle, and has the potential to last a long time (many miles). However, as with any vehicle, how has it been driven and maintained? If you purchased it new, drove it 'gently' (no racing, wild off road driving, starting it on a 0 degree day and revving the engine to high rpm, etc) maintained it well (fluid and filter changes on a regular basis, topping off fluids (not letting the oil go down a quart before adding- top it off when its only down 1/2 qt at most), fixing anything that starts to go (before a small problem becomes a big one), you could probably get 200k miles or more out the vehicle. What kind of driving do you do? Highway mostly? The # of miles over the life of the vehicle would be highest, if you do short drives around the city, that is tougher on a car, total miles of the life of the vehicle would be less. If you bought the car used, there is the big unknown factor--how did the previous owner(s) take care of the car? Was it owned by a little old lady that only drove it to church on Sunday, resulting in 1k miles driven a year? Sounds great, but letting a car sit w/out driving is actually bad for the car. Has the car been kept clean? If it's driven in an area w/ snow, is the vehicle washed often to remove road salt? Some cars sheet metal fails before the engine and tranny do because of corrosive road salt. So, to answer your question, 'it depends..." Good luck.
its under warranty take it to the dealer now!!! they are having problems with egr valves and turbos and particulate filters plugging , get a paper trail stated now. the repair for plugged particulate filter after warranty will set you back about 3 to 4 grand. your friend dan.
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