My brother works at a dealership. From what he’s told me, the people working on

Mar 17, 2025
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Your car aren’t anything special compared to mom and pop shop. In fact, when it’s a mom and pop shop they are more interested in you having s good experience because that’s how they maintain a working business model.

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Is there any reason to take my hybrid (Sienna) to the dealership for scheduled

Great38

Mar 17, 9:26am

My brother works at a dealership. From what he’s told me, the people working on

Powerbait DPM

Mar 17, 9:27am

Worst service and highest incompetence I've experienced has been from

IceBlue

Mar 17, 9:47am

I would ask your mechanic if you really do trust them.

JAGA97

Mar 17, 9:27am

Haha. Good point!

Great38

Mar 17, 9:31am

If resetting the maintenance lights is your goal, it's cheaper to watch youtube and DIY, especially on a Toyota it's

Bert609

Mar 17, 9:37am

Electrical tape over the dash lights for the win. Fixed my tire pressure sensor

Nakedbootleg

Mar 17, 9:45am

If you can find a good mechanic or shop

Cougrrrs Roll

Mar 17, 9:40am

I usually took my previous car into the dealership for that kind of regular

TheNerd

Mar 17, 9:43am

A lot of times, those are options that you can set. The salesman never tells you when you buy it, but you can

Bert609

Mar 17, 10:00am

Maybe the salesman should have told the mechanic about that feature.

TheNerd

Mar 17, 10:03am

You are right though, in my experience the salesman hardly know anything about the car other than “features that sell”

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