Don't you just love TheCarCare nuts channel? As a DIYer, I've learned a TON of great stuff from the master mechanic! I need to ask him if my AWD motor has gear lube I need to be draining/filling periodically. (I'd assume it does...I'll have to look next time I have it up on a lift.) I did NOT know that strange device on the rear leaf was a sensor to let the car know the rear has extra weight and, automatically, adjusts the headlights....wow! I remember seeing it when I had the car on the lift and wondered what in tarnation IS that thing! He told me he's, already, seen 2016-2017 Prius' in his shop for service with over 200,000 miles and were solid...no issues at all.
He mentions (at 17:00) that for 2022 the tpms sensors are revised, more easily detachable, and they program themselves with a bit of driving.
Excellent! I'll have to add that to my list of things to do at the 3-year mark. Glad it's using WS fluid. In my daughter's 2016 Mazda CX-5, I wanted to change our her rear differential fluid and found you can ONLY use the stuff from Mazda and it's $30 a quart....what a rip-off. At the Mazda stealership, they charge $21 for an oil filter....outrageous! Mendel: Yes, those new TPMS sensors are great!!!
That's not as bad, Mendel, but charging for a drain plug gasket is a little on the side of "nickle-and-dime!" My daughter's Mazda was bought used last year and only came with one key fob. I got an OEM one on-line for under $20 (I didn't even bother asking our Mazda dealership what they charge.) Anyway, I'm having a hard time programming it with my automotive scan tool (it has that feature). A mechanic said Mazda's have one of the most difficult electronic key systems out there. So I called Mazda and priced out a program job....$170! So I called my Toyota dealer and they are going to do it Saturday morning for $65. I love the CX-5 but starting to hate the dealership.
My dad owned a 1998 Mazda MPV van which I drove on occasion until 2016. He said that, instead pf a kit for replacing the intake gasket, Mazda charged him for the gasket and the 16 sealing washers separately. That's really nickel and diming it.
