[fitmiss1010]

Has anyone purchased Toyota Care Plus with their 2022 RAV4? It extends Toyota Care for an extra 2 years or 45,000 miles. You are essentially pre-paying maintenance. What was the cost?

 

[CanuckPT]

I just purchased the service plan for my 2020 XSE for $399.99

 

[Rav4Outdoorsman]

So essentially 2-3 oil changes and 4 tire rotations? Maybe an air filter and cabin air filter as well? If it's listing at near $400, i'd opt to DIY for a quarter of that price. Maybe $200 if you need tools. $400 seems ridiculous for such little maintenance.

 

[JFox562]

I just had my 30K visit which was actually at 10K but they use up tickets based upon time.

Even though I had the K&N cabin filter sticker visible, they took it out and put in a disposable one. Thankfully, they place the K&N on the passenger floor.

They were supposed to replace the engine filter but they were out of stock which means I indirectly paid for something that they didn't replace.

Personally, I don't think I would do this prepaid service on my next purchase. I was coming off of having a BMW where I didn't want to touch it so they did everything. I was in that mindset when I was purchasing the RAV4 to replace the totaled BMW.

I bought mine in Feb 2019 so the price I paid, which I would have to find the paper work, would probably not be valid since I bought before Covid.

That, and when I did bring the RAV4 in for this service, it took over 4 hours to change the oil and filter, rotate tires and replace the cabin filter. They even knew I was waiting and they didn't appear to be that busy. I was told upfront that it was going to take about that amount of time so they must have been shorthanded.

 

[Freeman]

I would pay $400 to escape (at time of vehicle purchase) any contractual obligation forcing me to subject myself and my vehicle to a Toyota Service Department.

 

[lesz]

Pre-paid maintenance plans are just one more high mark-up add-on that dealers will try to sell you when you buy a car.

If you look at the maintenance schedule and figure out the cost of all of the items included in that schedule, the cost of having those items done at the dealer's service department is likely to be about half of what the pre-paid maintenance plan will cost. If the dealer can sell you a few add-ons, such as an extended warranty, a pre-paid maintenance plan, a wheel a tire protection plan, etc., that dealer can turn your deal into one of its biggest profit makers, even if the dealer sold you the car for minimal profit.

Plus, why would you want to pre-pay for things that you won't be using for 2 1/2 years? Just put the cost of the pre-paid plan into a savings account and withdraw from the account whenever you need maintenance done 2+ years down the road.

 

[Rav4Outdoorsman]

Pre-paid maintenance plans are just one more high mark-up add-on that dealers will try to sell you when you buy a car.

If you look at the maintenance schedule and figure out the cost of all of the items included in that schedule, the cost of having those items done at the dealer's service department is likely to be about half of what the pre-paid maintenance plan will cost. If the dealer can sell you a few add-ons, such as an extended warranty, a pre-paid maintenance plan, a wheel a tire protection plan, etc., that dealer can turn your deal into one of its biggest profit makers, even if the dealer sold you the car for minimal profit.

Plus, why would you want to pre-pay for things that you won't be using for 2 1/2 years? Just put the cost of the pre-paid plan into a savings account and withdraw from the account whenever you need maintenance done 2+ years down the road.

Bingo. Nailed it! Someone knows a thing or 2 about personal finances.

 

[Freeman]

For anyone that values their time as well as quality work, it may at first blush, seem counter intuitive, but doing modest PM items yourself is a win/win. Bigly.