I would change the filter over the synthetic oil at 5k miles. The longer you run an oil filter, the more clogged and dirty it becomes. You have a greater chance of oil starvation, from a clogged filter, killing a motor than changing synthetic oil at 15k intervals.

I bought a 2019 TRD Off-Road in August. Just took it in for an oil change with a little over 5,000 miles. The change is covered under 2 year, 25,000 mile maintenance warranty that came with it when I bought it. I thought that was a standard maintenance warranty being offered by Toyota on these. Am I wrong and just lucky in where I bought it?

Just out of curiosity....I’ve done some searching and no answers....do Toyota’s come from the factory with synthetic oil/diff fluid or conventional?

Hopefully you get that with no strings. When I bought mine a month ago I was offered a 150K mile warranty all maintenance included as long as it is in the SE Toyota dealer network. It will be interesting to see how this plays out for me.

I seem to recall when we bought ours that the first two years maintenance is covered as standard now. Basically, up to 4 oil changes every 6 months for first two years and whatnot. I have to take mine in at the end of March for its first one at 6 months. I may get push back though because the mileage is sitting at 798 right now. We'll see. I will do the oil changes myself after the Toyota package runs out more due to time than mileage. Typically, you want to do the oil at least once per year if you don't hit the mileage and preferably right before the car is going to sit for a while. On classic vehicles, this is right before winter storage typically.

Well, you’ve experienced early on what so many of us have: lots of dealer oil change “techs” are incompetent and don’t give a damn about your vehicle. Buy yourself a high quality tire air pressure gauge that can accurately read one psi increments. Check the tire sidewalls, the max cold pressure is probably 44 psi for the OEM tires. The driver side door jamb sticker probably lists the Toyota recommended pressure as 32 psi. Most people seem to run about 34-36 psi for all weather OEM tires.

Check your tire pressures and adjust accordingly. Also buy a torque wrench, learn how to use it, and check the lug nuts. Toyota dealer techs are famous for over tightening everything they get their hands on.

Do as much of the routine maintenance as you are comfortable with. This forum has lots of how-to info.

I have a good air pressure gauge and a torque wrench, along with many other tools. I just wanted to give them a chance to do the free maintenance. I didn't know if the factory tires had a higher load rating or something. Figured I'd ask you guys.

Don't just trust the free maintenance, not all dealers are equal. Verify that they are doing everything, including greasing the ujoints and slip yokes. Verify what oil they are using.
Also, good chance they will strip your skid plate bolts.

Also, I change mine every ~5k.

My 2019 ORP had a little over 3,000 miles on it when I took it in for the first 6 month free service. All they did was check fluids and rotate the tires. I'm not scheduled to go back in until August. If I hit 5,000 miles before then I'll pay for an oil change if they won't do it free. Our other cars are Lexus and the dealer changes the synthetic oil at 5,000 mile intervals. I just can't, in good conscience, go 10,000 miles between oil changes on one of my cars. I may be out of step with modern methods but that's just me.

I decided to check my air pressure before I left for work this morning and they were at 45 psi, cold. I dropped them down to 40 psi and went on to work. The ride was smoother, not as bumpy. I might drop them to 38 in the morning and see how that feels.

Fully agree with this and if you do your own maintenance, leave a big note in the car of what you have done (for the mechanic to see). Never rely on your service writer/adviser.

My brother had a 5th gen and learned the hard way. Stripped skid plate bolts, cracked filter housing, over filled oil, etc.. I changed my own and relied on the adviser and they still changed the oil and screwed up my truck. (stripped skid plate bolts and leaking out of a new aluminum filter housing, not to mention wasted Amsoil) Never rely on the service department for proper maintenance. Find a friend or pay someone to help you learn (if you dont have the skills) and do your own maintenance. It will be cheaper in the long run and you have the piece of mind that it is done correctly.

Depending on how long you had your truck you can ask them to do the oil even at 5000 miles. My 2017 had 900 miles and I had them change the oil because i had it 12 months by then.

Follow up...I lowered the air pressure down to 38 psi and thought I'd check the lugnuts with a 4-way. First wheel felt ok, I loosened the lugnuts and re-tightened them...just to make sure they didn't feel over-tightened with an impact or something. Got to the second wheel and those were loose! Took very little force to loosen them up. On top of that, the center cap was about to fall off! I touched it and it fell off the wheel. No clue how it stayed on there. I snapped it back on and went on to the 3rd wheel. That wheel felt good, like the first one. Then got to the 4th wheel and those were loose like the 2nd one. I'm gonna probably torque them this weekend. Can't believe I found more things wrong with a simple tire rotation! What do you guys torque your 4runner lugnuts to?

Look at what my 2020 shows with less then 5000 miles. My dealer said no oil change till 10k so
I showed them the pic and why does it say “oil maintenance”. He couldn’t explain why it says that but said not due till 10k. I paid for the oil change myself. Was going to anyway just for piece of mine for break in period.


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If anybody is seeing 48 - 50 lbs of pressure in their tire, it means that the delivering dealing never did a proper PDI on the vehicle. What's even worse is the tech is noting that level of pressure during a service and not properly correcting. If a tech can't correct for proper specs I'd run before I'd let the person change my oil.

Only reason a vehicle on the lot would be at ~50 lbs regardless of tire specs is for shipping purposes (I know first hand in my business). Over inflated tires limit "bounce" when on ships and car haulers as well as minimize flats spots during storage. This is generally OK as cars typically are in "transport mode" and speeds tend to be limited to under 30 MPH and distances are short.