First oil change after 1 year

i do about the same mileage as you and change my oil every spring. don't know about the free change.

 

I think the rule is 10K OR 1 year ... Toyota should do it for you under Toyota Care.

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I never make it over 2 months before I change based on mileage, but it really is 10,000 or 1 year for you, so Toyota should agree.

 

...especially the first refill I like to do early as possible.
After that I would procrastinate.

 

Yes the Toyota Care is 6mon/5K, 1yr/10K, 1.5y/15K and 2yr/20K whatever comes first.

 

Read your owners manual instead. ALL service is determine by time or miles whichever occurs first.

 

Your maintenance coupons should indeed state 10,000 miles or one year.

 

This may be counter intuitive, but driving fewer than 10,000 miles per year may call for a different set of rules where you change the oil more frequently. Oil change intervals are based upon a combination of viscosity breakdown and contaminant build up. Some contaminants like "dirt" are relatively benign, but others such as acids should not be left there to chew away at you engine. I suggest that you consult your service adviser at Toyota.

Oil changes are rather inexpensive in the grand scheme of things, and the oil is recycled anyway.

 

It doesn't... our new Rolla came with Care but it wasn't until we got a mailer telling us we missed our 6 month/5K did it even mention the time interval. Slight over-site on there part.