1st oil change ; At what miles ? - Toyota Yaris Forums

Happy Little Pony · 01-16-2010, 09:45 PM

The warranty requires you to do it at 5000 miles. That's conservative and a good target. Modern oils are generally good for much more than that. If you change it that frequently conventional oils are fine, synthetic a waste of money. As far as brand, just about any will do, as long as it is the correct grade and meets today's API standards. Check your owner's manual.

For what it's worth, the only other car I ever bought brand new (besides my Yaris) got 4 month or 4000 miles oil changes, but that was only because if I planned on doing it at four, but procrastinated, I would still usually have it done by 5 months or 5 thousand miles. That car made it 230,000 miles before I got rid of it. I'm doing the same with my Yaris.

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01-16-2010, 09:45 PM	#17
Happy Little Pony Drives: 2007 Yaris HB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 83	The warranty requires you to do it at 5000 miles. That's conservative and a good target. Modern oils are generally good for much more than that. If you change it that frequently conventional oils are fine, synthetic a waste of money. As far as brand, just about any will do, as long as it is the correct grade and meets today's API standards. Check your owner's manual. For what it's worth, the only other car I ever bought brand new (besides my Yaris) got 4 month or 4000 miles oil changes, but that was only because if I planned on doing it at four, but procrastinated, I would still usually have it done by 5 months or 5 thousand miles. That car made it 230,000 miles before I got rid of it. I'm doing the same with my Yaris.