Dealer maintenance painful

[ZtoSupra]

When I get oil changes at the dealer it takes Forever, and the reason they tell me is resetting the "maintenance due" light. I asked & the tech said the mechanic was unable to reset the light on the car, so they had to use the computer. They don't see many Supras, so the dealer's computer needs a software update when they use it to reset the car's light. (Please note, I'm not talking about a software update for the car). Anyone else? Why don't they update their computer when they see I'm coming the next day?!
I'm in there 4-6 hours each time!

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[STV3]

They're just morons and don't know how to use Google. All you have to do is press the start stop button 3 times with your foot off the brake and that puts the car into diagnostic mode. Then long press the trip odo reset button until you see a menu on the gauge cluster come up. Scroll through that with the same trip button until you find the oil reset option. Then I believe it's just another one or two long presses of the trip reset button to reset the oil maintenance due message.

 

[QWISPY]

This is a common theme among Toyota Service departments with this car... and people genuinely believe they're going to put ANOTHER high performance BMW engine into these cars... it would be an absolute comical shit show for Toyota techs trying to discern and correctly troubleshoot between the b58 and s58. ??

 

[MisterSkiz]

I took my supra to the toyota dealership to have the brake booster recall done on it - I got there when they opened at 6am and by 2 they came to me waiting and said sorry it will be longer lets get you in a loaner - they called me at 5pm telling me to come pick it up.

Dont take your supra to the toyota dealership.

 

[Timmy_Jones]

I actually can't wait, I did once when I bought a brand new FRS and waited hours for an oil change. NEVER EVER again. Just do it at home. Hell, its easy enough to buy the stuff you need and do the oil change in a parking lot and walk the oil to an Autozone or something. Dealer wait times are asinine.

 

[J29DB03]

Why are people still taking these cars to Toyota for anything at this point?

 

[djf]

Why are people still taking these cars to Toyota for anything at this point?

Free services

 

[type-964]

I passed on the “free service” to avoid the hassle of dealing with incompetence. Other than the brake recall (software), I’ve only gone to my indy BMW shop for maintenance and upgrades.

 

[razorlab]

Free services

6 hours of your time is not free.

 

[djf]

6 hours of your time is not free.

You don’t have to stay and wait at the dealership

 

[razorlab]

You don’t have to stay and wait at the dealership

I can do an oil change in under 30 mins.

Driving to the dealer, getting a ride back to wherever and then back to the dealer will easily take a lot of your time. What is your time worth?

Plus the added anxiety of having some buffoon at the dealer touching/driving/wrenching on your car.

 

[djf]

I can do an oil change in under 30 mins.

Driving to the dealer, getting a ride back to wherever and then back to the dealer will easily take a lot of your time. What is your time worth?

Plus the added anxiety of having some buffoon at the dealer touching/driving/wrenching on your car.

Everything you mention is subjective. A few hours of my time and a $20 round trip Uber vs doing the work myself for ~$80 is a fine compromise for me and I know the bmw tech that works on my car. If it wasn’t free and I didnt trust the tech then I’d never go to them

 

[razorlab]

Everything you mention is subjective. A few hours of my time and a $20 round trip Uber vs doing the work myself for ~$80 is a fine compromise for me and I know the bmw tech that works on my car. If it wasn’t free and I didnt trust the tech then I’d never go to them

Of course. If everything works for you, then more power to you. Not everyone has that same setup though.

 

[omfgzilla]

Jesus christ, i'm pretty sure i just developed a brain tumor

 

[Dannyvandelft]

When I get oil changes at the dealer it takes Forever, and the reason they tell me is resetting the "maintenance due" light. I asked & the tech said the mechanic was unable to reset the light on the car, so they had to use the computer. They don't see many Supras, so the dealer's computer needs a software update when they use it to reset the car's light. (Please note, I'm not talking about a software update for the car). Anyone else? Why don't they update their computer when they see I'm coming the next day?!
I'm in there 4-6 hours each time!

Is your car the only one back there? There's not 15 guys anxiously waiting till you get there. They take the car back, and when it's your turn, they'll get to you. They don't start on it the second it drives into the bay lol.

And the reset you can do yourself. Takes 10 seconds.

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