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Originally Posted by biosurfer1 View Post
This reminds me of why I won't use Toyota's dealerships to wipe my ass let alone touch my cars. Made the mistake of taking the wife's Highlander in for service since it was free (first 2 years). Went to do an oil change since they will only do it every 10k free, and her car has a cartridge instead of the spin on filter. I have the correct wrench and it took both feet against the wall with a breaker bar and extension and all my 250+ lbs pulling on it to get that thing off.

Know what TOYOTA recommends for the oil filter cartridge torque??? Just past hand tight!
A week after the Toyota dealer rotated the wife's tires, I found two lug nuts spinning loosely and one missing. On the left front wheel. To their credit, the service manager did freak out when I brought the car back in. He personally loosened every lug nut and tightened them with a torque wrench.
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