We’ll put it upfront: you should take your Toyota to your Toyota dealership for all of its maintenance and repairs. This is not some push to rack up dealership service revenue. Instead, it is meant to point out that your dealership’s service center is, by far, the best equipped to minimize the day-to-day cost of operating your vehicle and to maintain the longevity of your car’s life (and its resale value).
1. Minor Maintenance Including Oil Changes and Tire Rotation
Though there are countless quick-turn shops that will provide each of these services separately, getting these services performed at your dealership ensures two things. First, you get the exact parts and supplies (like oil and other fluids) Toyota recommends for your vehicle. Second, services performed are automatically logged in Toyota’s maintenance-tracking database to ensure you have a maintenance record for the entire life of your vehicle.
2. Brakes
Because they are arguably the most important safety system on your Toyota, brakes should be checked at regular intervals. In addition to ensuring the use of authentic Toyota parts, your dealership will connect your car to Toyota diagnostic computers that can diagnose any anomalies your vehicle’s own computers have logged during regular operation. This ensures you catch any issues while they are still minor, saving you from major repairs later.
3. Major Service Intervals
Every Toyota is engineered to operate as intended for many years. A key part of the manufacturer’s design is that the most wear-prone parts are inspected and replaced at regular intervals. This ranges from minor maintenance already mentioned to the major inspection intervals involving timing belt and related part replacements.
Your Toyota service team is the best equipped, trained, and most up-to-date on these procedures. This means you get exactly the right service and during these intervals, which keeps you from paying for unnecessary procedures or parts.
4. Collision (and Other Non-Routine) Repairs
It happens to even the best drivers and the most well-cared-for vehicles: the rare, but occasional significant repair. But we return to the theme that the company that engineered/built your car also knows the best techniques for sorting out any major issues that occur and how to remedy them.
This can be as straightforward as knowing the right tools and paints for restoring your car’s body to like-new condition. It can be as complex as troubleshooting issues with major parts, electronics, and systems.
6. Glass
Since we have gradually stepped from minor maintenance to major repairs, it may be surprising that we step back to window repairs. They seem minor. However, glass repair is one specialty your Toyota service center is likely to outsource to another vendor. In many cases, Toyota can send a glass repair service to your home or workplace to complete the job.
This saves you having to shuttle your car to the dealership. However, the glass repair vendor will be vetted and certified by Toyota to ensure they have the same training, tools, and parts Toyota itself would use. You get Toyota piece-of-mind.
Visit the dealership to get the right repairs from technicians who have the training, experience, and most current Toyota-wide knowledge of your vehicle. Additionally, their ability to track your vehicle’s maintenance through its entire lifespan will both extend longevity and increase resale value. Even if you haven’t been using your dealer service center, contact Rochester Toyota to find out how you can start today.
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