Purchased 2008 CPO certified SR5 with 57k miles. Do I still need to do 60K service?

RafRey

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Hey all, I recently purchased my 2008 SR5 from a dealer with 57k miles. It is a Toyota Certified vehicle and came with the standard checklist of service that is done to get the truck certified and ready for sale.

I will be hitting 60k miles soon. Do I need to do the whole 60k service? I would think not, since just about all of those things were done before I bought it.

If not, do I just get the oil changed at 5k and then do the minor services until the next big one, which I think is 75k?

The salesman at the dealership told me conflicting information, so I wanted to see what others are doing.

Thanks and happy holidays!
 
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In my opinion, the CPO program borders on a scam and only serves to justify higher selling prices for used vehicles. The program itself is only as good as the integrity of the dealer that certified the vehicle.

That's not to say you got scammed or got a bad deal - I'm only saying do not count on the 60K being done simply because it's a CPO vehicle. Ask for a maintenance history and if it can't be confirmed to be done, have it done.

I've told my Camry CPO purchase in other threads....short version is even though it was CPO'd, it was due for an oil change as it sat on the lot. Even though the salesman denied it, the oil condition and receipts (from the same dealer) left in the glove box indicated otherwise. When we went in and pulled the maintenance history, it confirmed an oil change with the date and mileage reflected on the glove box receipt and showed no record of being changed before the dealer returned it back to inventory and put on the lot for resale. (I believe it was used as a demo or an employee vehicle).

We also found a couple of other minor items that seemed a questionable as far as actually being checked and wanted corrected as a condition of sale.

The CPO checklist is mostly a series of checks; a person with average mechanical inclination can probably do it themselves in a few hours. With exception of the oil and filter, they don't really do any maintenance as part of certification - and in my case they didn't even do that.

Since you have a V6 its especially important to change the spark plugs to protect the emission warranty, unless you have record of it being done. The dealer charges a pretty penny for this fairly simple procedure and I highly doubt they would just do it unless they factored it in to the selling price.

You probably already have this, but the entire list is here:

http://smg.toyotapartsandservice.com/guides.php?xv=0&xy=0&xint_id=0&v=1&y=2008&int_id=12


Just my opinion.

And for what it's worth, we still purchased the Camry after having it inspected by our own, trusted mechanic following the CPO checklist and everything checked fine mechanically. We made sure the dealer threw in an oil change and the next periodic maintenance. It is a 1997 model that we bought in 1998 with 16K miles on it. We will have had the car 14 years this coming April. I can honestly say that 151,000 miles later it's still a very reliable car.
 
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