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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:30 PM
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I can't seem to find my manual, nor the answer online. What are the general maintanance/miles that should be performed on the car? ie;

1) Air Filter replaced every ? miles?
2) Oil every 3k miles?
3) Spark Plugs every ? miles?
4) Cabin Filter every ? miles?

What am I missing besides these four?
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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oil change every 5000 miles
air filter, i personally do it every 15k
cabin filter, i do it every 15k too
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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the recommended maintenance schedule is available via Owners Resources on lexus.com
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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What about the Spark Plugs?
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Mistaspakl

1) Air Filter replaced every ? miles?
2) Oil every 3k miles?
3) Spark Plugs every ? miles?
4) Cabin Filter every ? miles?

What am I missing besides these four?
Here is what I do.
1. air filter: annually
2. cabin filter: annually, unless an odor develops in the A/C system sooner.
3. oil and filter: every 5000 miles.
4. fuel system treatment (Chevron w/Techron) every other oil change.
5. brake fluid flush: every two years or 30k miles.
6. wiper blades: every 6 months (New England weather kills wiper blades)

7. Spark plugs. The irridium spark plugs should last at least 90k miles. On my 02 ES I took a chance and changed them out at 60k. They were textbook perfect. I could have waited until the 90k service.

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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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So is the Cabin filter only "used" when the AC is on? What about the using heat? I would assume that anytime you use the fan that the filter would be "used", am I wrong?
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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Mistaspakl
So is the Cabin filter only "used" when the AC is on? What about the using heat? I would assume that anytime you use the fan that the filter would be "used", am I wrong?
I believe anytime the air is pulled in from the outside or when you use that "depollenation" button on the dash board, the filter is used.

Shortly after I changed the filter last June, a mouse weed in my air ducts so the urine odor impregnated the filter and I had to replace it again even though the urine itself never touched the filter.

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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 02:04 PM
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^ are you sure it was a mouse that 'weed' in your vents . . .
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Old Sep 18, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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^ are you sure it was a mouse that 'weed' in your vents . . .
I have to assume. The service tech said the droppings he found under the hood were too small to be from the neighbor's cat.

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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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If you car has a in cabin air filter I would guess without knowing the car change plugs every 90k if they are iridium.
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