Psssst What Mileage You At?

I'm at 58,700 and the dealership just did the 60k maintenance on my 2020 off-road... or at least they did the inspections, fluids, and tire rotation, because everything else was insanely upcharged! (northern Virginia area) As a very inexperienced mechanic, most of it was super easy to do myself...

Dealer estimates and where I ended up:
$270 for an OEM replacement battery (could've matched this for $180, but instead I got a new yellowtop for about the same price they quoted me - props to advance auto parts for free install)
$770 for front brakes and rotors (instead I upgraded to powerstop Z36 for $200 plus about 5 hours of my time - this required more effort than I was ready for)
$780 for spark plugs ($60 at advance auto parts plus 1 hr of my time (mostly removing and replacing all the shit in the way, which was a bit frustrating)
$480 for both air filters ($50 for high quality ones at advance auto parts done at the same time as spark plugs, <5minutes, though they estimated 30min in their quote)

so instead of $2300 (which included 9 hours of labor), I paid about $600 and 6 hours of my own time (I'm sure they could be faster than me!). In hindsight, I probably would've still upgraded the brakes, but had someone else do the install. I was quoted $500 by a local mechanic and so the price would have still been cheaper than the basic brake change at the dealer. Hope anyone else around this mileage does not fall for the dealer shit either - especially the battery and air filters... my 3yo could handle those. Do them yourself!

 

Interested to hear why the brake upgrade was so tedious. Isn't this package just rotors and pads? Obviously there's something about our brakes I don't know yet...

 

like I said, im an inexperienced mechanic. Jacking the truck, removing wheels, taking off old brakes and rotors, reinstalling everything - I've changed a tire before so the first 2 steps were no problem... but everything else was new to me. New tools, new knowledge, lots of time in these forums and on youtube to make sure I did it right.

 

153k on my 17

 

98k on my 21' DCSB off road. Bought new in July of 2021.

 

'17 DCSB Off Road......just rolled over 193,000

 

86500. 2019 TRD OR DCLB

 

2023 with 12,900 miles, 2nd owner, just got it the end of August and loving it so far...

 

59k 16 Tacoma
36k 17 Tundra

 

I bought my 2017 Off Road brand new in April 2017. Right now it is right at 98,000 miles (+/- a couple hundred).

 

28,000 on my 2022, no issues at all. Do all my own maintenance, tried the stealership once and that won’t happen again.

 

15,600 on my '22 and she'll be hiding out in the clean garage soon as the salt hits the roads here.




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51000 on my 2021. Have had not a single issue.

 

Just broken in now.
2018 DCSB OR.
100k.

 

23 Pro, 6300 miles. @2000 miles I had a major timing cover leak.

 

112k on my 17 limited. No issues.

 

Drum breaks are a pain in the ass.

 

Drum brakes are on the rear of our trucks, fronts are disc brakes, did the OP have the rear brakes done while also upgrading the pads and rotors on the front??

Or did I miss something??


BTW: I just rolled over to 13K on Tuesday...

 

Oh I thought he mentioned he did all the brakes. The front brakes on the Tacoma is the easiest brakes I’ve ever done on any vehicle. The pads just slide right out don’t have to remove the caliper. Unless it’s time to change the rotors, of course