4 cylinder 2TR-FE Oil change at 5k,... or 10k? Dealer says 10k, ...Toyota says 5k .

Kids, dogs and old people love me. I am a magnet for them.

Often my peers not so much.

Which group do you have the most confidence in judgment wise?

Now lay off the praise. Folks are going to thing I hired you, or that I have dual accounts.

 

He's stalking you...

 

You do still pay in cash , right? Hahahaha!!!

 

Oil change, tire rotation, bled the brakes, toped off fluids, and "dealer style" detailed the the truck.

 

Toyota changes mine once a year.

 

Stop. Just stop with this whole "owners manual" logic.

OP: just read up on forums, spin around 3 times and throw a dart at a number chart. Whatever number you hit, that's the interval.

You're welcome.

 

or do like me.... one dealership near me does the oil change every 10K for free. The other dealership a few more miles away does it every 5K for free .... they both call me and remind me to get the oil changed. The 5K dealership actually makes me an appointment a head of time and texts and calls to remind me.... problem solved.

 

Not this shit again. Information in the OP is/was good, but it's outdated. Check the warranty card that came with the truck, the 2TR-FE has since been approved by engineering to have 10k interval.

 

im glad to see this thread when I got my Tacoma 4x4 2.7 the salesperson said 10k between oil changes I was like realy hows that possible im at 3600 miles now gues I got to find the website print it and bring with me I no there going to tell me no way at 5k without proof thanks for this thread

 

With the latest update to entune, I get a notice to change oil every 5K miles.... I have the V6

 

http://www.toyota.com/owners/faqs Then under synthetic oil there's an interval question that spells it out.

 

thank you Kellyjoe was on there just before your post I wouldn't have gone past 5k anyway

 

I have been trying to figure out whether or not synthetic (vs regular) oil is "required" for my new 2017 SR5. The manual calls for 0-20w, but I do not see a specific mention of synthetic (which is required for my 2016 Outback). I am thinking it is optional, but not sure - any idea?

 

My understanding (although I have no knowledge as to 'why') is that once a vehicle has had synthetic oil in it, you don't want to go back to regular oil. Also, I'm not sure you can get 'regular' 0W-20, thought that only came in synthetic.

EDIT - Looked into it a bit. Couple oil vendors say that it's fine to mix (as in, you're not actively going to hurt anything in the short term, if you're in a pinch), but that it could hurt the oil's performance in the long term. I figure I'll just stick with synthetic, and 0W-20.

 

0W-20 is synthetic.

You can use regular oil, but the interval becomes 5k as opposed to the synthetic's 10k interval.

Source: Page 56

http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/omms-s/T-MMS-17Tacoma/pdf/T-MMS-17Tacoma.pdf

 

Okay, I didn't realize 0W-20 meant "synthetic" - thanks!

 

I just went through this unpleasantness with my dealer yesterday, for the second time.

My truck is a 2015 2TR-FE.

ToyotaCare is 2 years of scheduled service at no cost. The 2015 maintenance guide specifies 5,000 miles or 6 month oil change intervals. This is found on schedule B, page 54, of the manual downloadable from Toyota.

I have had to argue about the 6 month service interval twice now. The first time, in spite of what my 'maintenance guide' says the service manager had to call Toyota. The second time, I rather threw a tantrum. They changed the oil, charged Toyota, and were quite pleased to see me to the door.

This confusion results from poor communication by Toyota to their customers and dealers. It is most unacceptable.

A few minutes on the Toyota website will reveal that starting with the 2016 model year, the 2TR-FE is now approved a 10k mile 1 year interval. The FAQ page remains unchanged (18 months now) and the owners of previous models years have NOT received any service bulletins changing their OCI from Toyota.

The bad fact is that for warranty claims on the 5 year powertrain warranty, the maintenance guide will certainly be controlling. Have an engine failure at 4 years with a 2015 vehicle and not be able to document the required oil changes and see how that works out for you. It will not matter who said what or when. Your improperly done ToyotaCare records would in fact hang you.

Toyota should hang their head in shame on this one. Instead, they send ads for ToyotaCare+ where I can pay $299 for two more years of arguing with the dealer service department about what the OCI is.

Phoey.

 

My truck will never see a dealer , especially for " toyota care"...pffft.

 

Its easy, when the maintenance light goes off, I will put off changing the oil for many more 1000s of miles. By the time I get to it, its around 10,000.

 

Same here!