Owners Manual Maintenance ??'s

Let's see...I will omit the lists of "inspections" that are supposed to occur, but broadly speaking, the rest of the thing goes like this:

oil and filter change, every 5K
tire rotation, every 5K
cabin air filter replacement, every 20K
underhood air filter replacement, every 30K

The coolant is the 100K-mile stuff, and the plugs are due for replacement at 120K. No transmission oil/fluid replacement is recommended at all for routine use, and I remember from my '03 there is actually a sticker on the auto trans dipstick that says that too. Now of course, there have been many skeptics on these boards that have said you'd be crazy not to change it, but the manufacturer has not said you need to, so you be the judge. As for me, my new car is a manual, and I will probably change the transmission oil somewhere along the way before 100K miles, even though it isn't called for in the schedule.

Finally, these are NOT the dirt road/towing intervals. If you do either of those regularly, you need to do other stuff as well (including transmission fluid changes every 30K if you tow).

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goredmatrixgo (Feb 02, 2007 1:13 pm)

#4 of 9 Re: No timing belt Has Chain just learned. [nippononly] by goredmatrixgo

Feb 02, 2007 (1:13 pm)

Replying to: nippononly (Feb 01, 2007 8:38 pm)

Thanks Nippon
I was losing faith in some1 responding.
It sounds like Toyota has an easy service maintenance plan.
I will prob. flush out the coolant and trans (Auto) b4 100K miles. Why not be on the safe side.
My Kia Sorento plan is crazy
Timing belt change

40K and again

80K
Trans Fluch

60K
Diff. Fluid

20, 40, 60K
Very expensive to maintain the warranty on it.
Thanks again for the info

#5 of 9 You're welcome! :-) by nippononly

Feb 02, 2007 (4:01 pm)

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tedd66 (Jan 08, 2008 11:45 am)

#6 of 9 Re: You're welcome! :-) [nippononly] by tedd66

Jan 08, 2008 (11:45 am)

Replying to: nippononly (Feb 02, 2007 4:01 pm)

Matrix uses a timing chain, not a belt, so Toyota eliminated that costly service on this model. You can go to Toyota.com and look up the service recommendactions for all their models (I think it goes back to 03).

#8 of 9 2005 Matrix XR - Timing Belt vs. Chain by biggseal

May 01, 2010 (5:48 am)

From what I've read here, it looks as though this vehicle has a timing chain vs. a belt. does this mean that since I'm at 107K miles I don't need to worry about changing it? Thanks... BIGGSEAL OUT!

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circuitsmith (May 02, 2010 4:03 pm)

#9 of 9 Re: 2005 Matrix XR - Timing Belt vs. Chain [biggseal] by circuitsmith

May 02, 2010 (4:03 pm)

Replying to: biggseal (May 01, 2010 5:48 am)

If you change your oil regularly the chain itself will in theory last the life of the engine.
In reality the sprockets and chain tensioner typically get noisy ~200-300K miles.

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