It's a not uncommon response from dealerships, who are familar with other, more conventional automatic transmissions in Toyota's lineup. ^ Addendum regarding the transaxle fluid change: if they're asking $234.85, it really makes me wonder if they have any clue how to do the it on a Prius, how simple it is. It's something that should be done early on in the vehicle's life, say at the one year mark, and then you can stretch it, say every 3 or 4 years or 30K miles. You shouldn't be paying over $100 for that. The transaxle fluid change is WAY overpriced: it is about the complexity of an oil change, with around $40 worth of fluid (4 quarts/liters of Toyota ATF WS). This IS noted in Toyota Canada's schedule. It's worthwhile to do every 3 years or 30K miles. $130 for the brake fluid is not bad, hopefully they are competent. NOT mentioned, but still worthwhile, are the brake fluid change and transaxle fluid change. Read up what maintenance IS required, and when, in the Toyota warranty and maintenance booklet. Hopefully you have others, a little less larcenous and pushy. That's a terrible excuse for a dealership. what do you all recommend? Have any of you had luck with smaller/local mechanic shops and fluid changes for your Prius like this? Should I just suck it up and go to the dealership to have these things done? I don't have $600, so it would have to be done in increments. It seems to be really difficult to find mechanics who are trained to work on Priuses. I then called several local mechanics, and they all scoffed at me about working on a hybrid car. The costs at the dealership would be: $234.85 for automatic transmission fluid change, $265.77 for coolant flush, and $129.95 for brake flush, with a total of $663.32. They are as follows: Automatic transmission fluid change, coolant flush (with inverter), and brake flush. I usually take it to the dealership for oil changes and when I recently took it, they gave me a list of "recommended" services that the car needs for its mileage. I have a 2012 Prius hatchback with 119,000 miles on it.
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