Toyota 2003 MR2 Spyder Owner's Manual page 262

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Maintenance requirements
Your Toyota vehicle has been designed for
fewer maintenance requirements with lon-
ger service intervals to save both your
time and money. However, each regular
maintenance, as well as day–to–day care,
is more important than ever before to en-
sure smooth, trouble–free, safe, and eco-
nomical drivings.
It is the owner's responsibility to make
sure the specified maintenance, including
general maintenance service, is performed.
Note that both the new vehicle
emission control system warranties specify
that proper maintenance and care must be
performed. See "Owner's
Information Booklet" or "Owner's Manual
Supplement" for complete
information.
General maintenance
General maintenance items are those day–
to–day care practices that are important to
your vehicle for proper operation. It is the
owner's responsibility to insure that the
general maintenance items are performed
regularly.
These checks or inspections can be done
either by yourself or a qualified technician,
or if you prefer, your Toyota dealer will be
pleased to do them at a nominal cost.
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Scheduled maintenance
The scheduled maintenance items listed in
the "Scheduled Maintenance Guide" or
"Owner's Manual Supplement" are those
required to be serviced at regular inter-
vals.
For details of your maintenance schedule,
read the "Scheduled Maintenance Guide"
or "Owner's Manual Supplement".
It is recommend that
Toyota parts be used for maintenance
and
or for the repair
control system.
Warranty The owner may elect to use non–Toyota
supplied parts for
warranty poses without invalidating the emission
control system warranty. However, use
of replacement parts which are not of
equivalent quality may impair the effec-
tiveness of the emission control sys-
tems.
You may also
maintenance, replacement, or repair of
the emission control
system performed by any automotive
repair establishment
without invalidating this warranty. See
"Owner's Warranty Information Booklet"
or "Owner's Manual Supplement" for
complete warranty information.
Where to go for service?
Toyota technicians are well–trained spe-
cialists and are kept up to date with the
latest service information through technical
bulletins, service tips and in–dealership
training programs. They learn to work on
Toyotas before they work on your vehicle,
rather than while they are working on it.
You can be confident that your Toyota
dealer's service department performs the
only genuine
best job to meet the maintenance require-
ments on your vehicle—reliably and eco-
of the emission
nomically.
Your copy of the repair order is proof that
all required maintenance has been per-
replacement pur-
formed for warranty coverage. If any prob-
lems should arise with your vehicle while
under warranty, your Toyota dealer will
promptly take care of it. Again, be sure
to keep a copy of the repair order for any
service performed on your Toyota.
What about do–it–yourself maintenance?
elect to have
Many of the maintenance items are easy
devices and to do yourself if you have a little mechani-
cal ability and a few basic automotive
or individual tools. Simple instructions for how to per-
form them are presented in Section 7.
2003 MR2 from Aug. '03 Prod. (OM17511U)