Scheduled Maintenance - Lexus RX 450h Owner's Manual

454 6-2. Maintenance

Scheduled maintenance

Perform maintenance by the schedule as follows:
Maintenance schedule requirements
Your vehicle needs to be serviced according to the normal maintenance schedule. (See
"Maintenance schedule".)
If you mainly operate your vehicle under one or more of the special operating con-
ditions below, some of the maintenance schedule items need to be serviced more
frequently in order to keep your vehicle in good condition. (See "Additional mainte-
nance schedule".)
A. Road Conditions
1. Operating on rough or muddy roads, or
roads with melted snow.
2. Operating on dusty roads. (Roads in areas
where their pavement rate is low, or a cloud
of dust often arises and the air is dry.)
Maintenance schedule (except for South Africa)
Maintenance operations:
I = Inspect, correct or replace as necessary
R = Replace, change or lubricate
T = Tighten to specified torque
C = Cleaning
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B. Driving Conditions
1. Heavily loaded vehicle. (For example,
using a car top carrier and so forth.)
2. Repeated short trips less than 8 km (5
miles) and outside temperatures remain
below freezing. (Engine temperature will not
reach to normal temperature.)
3. Extensive idling and/or low speed driving
for a long distance such as police, profes-
sional/private use like taxi or door-to-door
delivery use.
4. Continuous high speed driving (80% or
more of maximum vehicle speed) for over 2
hours.