2018 Sport maintainance question

My dealership is recommending some fairly pricey maintainance ....I get the need for changing the differential fluid and the transfer case fluids , do I treally need to change the brake fluid and do fuel induction service? thanks in advance

 

“Induction service,” no. The rest of it you can pretty easily do yourself. Brake fluid is a good idea. Paying the prices when the dealer suggests the work is not a good idea at all, I’ve seen those invoices and they are always ridiculous.

 

How many miles are on your rig? How do you drive it? Is it at a point that the service manual recommends it? Also if you don’t want to do the work yourself, there are places that specialize in fluid changes that could do it cheaper.

 

Shop around. Usually private shops will be less expensive. If you're not a DIY type of guy that is, which will be least expensive.

 

Dealerships can be crazy expensive. I got a quote from mine for changing both differentials and transfer case oils. They wanted $500.
I did it myself (Although I didn't really want to) but gear oil was a tad less than $200 and a bit of cussing on my part getting the drain/fill plugs loose.
But since I'm OCD on maintenance, I always always err on the side of 'There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Maintenance'.
I've yet to see anyone regret doing too much maintenance... But have seen some regret not doing enough.
My Rule Of Thumb is, Whatever Toyota's recommended maintenance suggestions are? Cut that in half and your truck will live a long and healthy life.

 

Ditto as mentioned above, fuel induction service is not needed. Going for a long drive on the highway like once a month will do the same job if not better. If you plan to keep the truck for every then yes get a brake fluid flush, if you plan to get rid of it in a few years then don't worry about a brake flush.

 

My '96 has 418,000 trouble-free miles on it and still has original differential, transfer case and brake fluids. Drives amazing, shifts great and very quite (no whining, grinding, etc). I have changed the oil every 5000 miles.
As far as "There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Maintenance", there's also "If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It".

 

Lucky guy, must be a commuter truck.

 

For it's first 12 years I actually used it as an auto parts delivery truck for my business. Multiple drivers, mostly in town driving, several kids learned to drive a stick on it. It was such a good truck that after I sold my stores I kept it.
It hasn't been driven much since I got my 2018 TRD Sport, which has 48,000 trouble-free miles on it. Neither trucks have been back to the dealership since I drove them off the lot.

 

I'm all for maintaining, there is a cost, but in the end, it doesn't cost more.
A lot of dealers sell wallet flushes. Stick with the book, or here is a great chart of legitimate maintenance.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/update-3rd-gen-maintenance-maps-get-300k-miles.789809/

 

Wallet Flushes, now that's a good one.

 

that's what the techs I know call em. He will text and say "come up, I am doing a wallet flush now, I will be done before you get here"