expensive service???

Sounds pretty right to me. 80K is usually one of the bigger services on a cruiser. Look in the book and you will probably see it includes tappetts and a repack of wheel bearings.

The old Live axle ones used to cost closer to $1,000 if everything was done correctly.

Brad,

I just got a 40k service done at Toyota on my '04 100s T/D - about $540....

Now I'm really looking forward to the 80k service........

I just did 200,000km service on my rodeo cost me $40. Why don't you blokes learn how to turn a spanner?

On page 39 of the warranty book is a list of the time Toyota charge for each service. HDJ100 80,000km= 4.9 hours.
there is also a list of all the items needing replacement and inspection.

For all Toyotas overcharging etc for parts, at least the dealer can assure you of the hours taken to do a service.

That's about the same for a Patrol for the major service.
But Giant Nissan in Perth went one further; $1100 for the 80,000 service. Nearly choked.
Now that it's out of warranty, Nissan don't do it any more for me. That $1100 sealed it.
Gerry

that's a pretty reasonable price.... i had my 2001 4.5ltr done in sydney .. $1260.00 and the current 2004 V8 done recently for $940.00 in melbourne...

At a glance Brad, no one above raised the issue of "and was everything on the schedule done ?". Highly unlikely in my view - the $700 odd is reasonable in today's terms, but not when they skip time consuming service items (and most of them do).

Brad,
I got an 80k service on a 1HZ 100s and it cost me a bit over $900
The only thing out of the ordinary I got done was to change the g/box - transfer oil.
This is not in the normal service schedule anywhere (up to 200k).I think $706 for TD is good.

Since my vehicle has been out of warranty I have used TLC in O'Connor - The 80,000km cost $641 - 18 months ago

I am continually amazed at how many of you blokes that still take your cars to the factory dealer for a rip off service, after all the most time consuming job is the oil change of the engine, diff and gearbox /transfer case, then greasing.

You'll find that the hourly rate will be more like $90 to $110 an hour from a stealer.

Go to a mechanic and get the same service for half the price and better quality service too.

I am also constantly amazed by the number of people who just take their vehicle in and then get surprised by the size of the bill. LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING. Ring around and get some quotes 1st then front your dealer/stealer and tell him "I can get it done for this much", he'll come to the party pretty quickly.
Regards Andrew.

You can take your car to any Mechanical repairs workshop

All Warranty is covered so long as the service log book is stamped and signed by the mechanic

My father is a mechanic and none of his customers have ever had an issue with warranty claims during the warranty period

The only time you wont be covered by warranty is if you miss the first service or you dont get the service book stamped and signed !

The Dealers won't tell you this !

Just make sure to use Quality oils and service on time you wont have a problem guaranteed !

I have my 79 series serviced at 4WD Hire in Queensland. I don't know if they are in SA, however they only hire out Toyotas and naturally that's all their mechanics work on. I had a service and some additional work done a couple of years ago for $1200. As I had the rest of the afternoon off I got a quote from Toyota for the same work - just over $3000!!. 4WD Hire may not use all genuine parts however they do a good job. For them to replace parts with cheap and shoddy parts would be counter to their keeping their vehicles on the road. Highly recommended and have not had a bad experience with them in three years.