Toyota Prius Hybrid Maintenance Required

Toyota Prius hybrid drives with "Maintenance Required" light on. Disaster brewing as ten thousand engineers hold their breath and wait for hybrid engine to die. Instead, car silently calls auto-abuse hotline.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Toyota
• Prius
• oil
• change
• void
• warranty
• 2007
• emergency
• access
• denied
• scorpion
• faced
• service
• manager
• dealer
• seized
• engine

[todbrilliant]

Hilariouis. Driving a Prius to help the environment yet drinking bottled water. Talk about clueless.

[LordSamuelJ]

grrr I was hoping the car would blow up or something.... Im disapointed

[gwalia4]

@todbrilliant No one is perfect. Try to do what you can instead of judging people. Bottle water is a great idea if you cannot find clean tap water. Bottle water any day over soda and sugar drinks.

[edcoondog]

@RobertGary1 it's lubricated by poly-chlorinated biphenyl.

[bobsixtyfour]

@RobertGary1 No. standard 5w 30 engine oil.

[RobertGary1]

@bobsixtyfour Is it special electric oil?

[mysqueeker]

ARE YOU FOR REALZ? maint req light is for oil. it means you need to get your oil changed.

[bobsixtyfour]

1) READ THE MANUAL. That's what its there for!

2) That light turns on every 5k miles and reminds you that you need to CHANGE THE OIL.

3) The manual also tells you how to reset the reminder light.

[johntaheri]

yah i change my oil in my car around 8000 mil you know why they say change every 3k cuz they need your old oil to recycle and sell again.

[Sreewtyui]

My wife has one of those 'maint req' on her forhead to remind her to get her shit back in shape every 3 months

[MauField]

3k miles for an oil change they say, well that was 40k miles ago and 3 years and still not changed the oil in my car, trying to prove the industry wrong about how long it will last. so far so good.

[ripper3200]

That is a 5,000 mile maintenance light telling you to go spend $20.00 and change the oil. I have checked it at 5,000 miles before and notice that the oil isn't black yet... hell it hasn't even gotten dark yet. I change it anyway. Its only 4 qts, 3.7 to be precise.