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2001 MR2 (OM17482U)

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  and
emission  control  system  warranties  specify
that  proper  maintenance  and  care  must  be
performed.

See

“Owner’s

Warranty

Information Booklet” or “Owner’s Manual
Supplement”

for

complete

warranty

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.

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  only  genuine
Toyota  parts  be  used  for  maintenance
or  for  the  repair  of  the  emission
control  system.

The  owner  may  elect  to  use  non–Toyota
supplied  parts  for  replacement  pur-
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

elect

have

maintenance, replacement, or repair of
the

emission

control

devices

and

system performed by any automotive
repair

establishment

individual

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
best  job  to  meet  the  maintenance  require-
ments  on  your  vehicle—reliably  and  eco-
nomically.

Your  copy  of  the  repair  order  is  proof  that
all  required  maintenance  has  been  per-
formed  for  warranty  coverage.  And  if  any
problems  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?

Many  of  the  maintenance  items  are  easy
to  do  yourself  if  you  have  a  little  mechani-
cal  ability  and  a  few  basic  automotive
tools.  Simple  instructions  for  how  to  per-
form  them  are  presented  in  Section  7.