Toyota Corolla (E120) 2002–2008 Repair Manual / Maintenance / Outside vehicle
Toyota Corolla (E120): Outside vehicle
General maintenance
Performing these maintenance checks on the vehicle in the owner’s responsibility. The owner may perform the maintenance or take the vehicle to a service center.
Check the parts of the vehicle described below on a daily basis. In most cases, special tool are not required. It is recommended that the owner perform these checks.
The procedures for general maintenance are as follows.
1. General notes
- maintenance requirements vary depending on the country.
- Check the maintenance schedule in the owner’s manual supplement.
- Following the maintenance schedule is mandatory.
- Determine the appropriate time to service the vehicle using either miles driven or time (month) elapsed, whichever reaches the specification first.
- Maintain similar intervals between periodic maintenance unless noted.
- Failng to check each vehicle part could lead to poor engine performance and increase exhaust emissions.
2. Tires
- check the tire pressure with a gauge. Make adjustments if necessary.
- check the surfaces of tires for cuts, damage or excessive wear.
3. Wheel nuts
- check for nuts that are loose or missing. Tighten them if necessary.
4. Tire rotation
- check the maintenance schedule in the owner’s manual supplement.
5. Windshield wiper blades
- check the blades for wear or cracks when they are unable to wipe the windshield clean. Replace them if necessary.
6. Fluid leaks
- check under the vehicle for leaking fuel, oil, water and other fluids.
- if you smell gasoline fumes or notice any leaks, the cause and correct it.
7. Doors and engine hood
- all of the doors and the tailgate operate smoothly, and that all the latches lock securely.
- when the primary latch is released, check if the engine hood secondary latch prevents the hood from opening.
Other materials:
Automatic transaxle assy (atm)
Precaution
The automatic transaxle is composed of highly precision–finished
parts, necessitating careful
inspection before reassembly because even a small nick could cause fluid
leakage or affect
the performance. The instructions here are organized so that you work on
only o ...
Precaution
1. Precaution of headlight bulb replacement
if even a thin film of oil is left on the surface of the halogen
lamp, its service life will be shortened because
the lamp will be burn at a higher temperature.
handle any halogen lamp with great care. Dropping, hitting or
damagin ...
Using the steering wheel switches
The steering wheel switches can be used to operate a connected cellular phone
or portable digital audio player (portable player).
Operating a Bluetooth® phone using the steering wheel switches
1 Volume
The voice guidance volume cannot be adjusted using these buttons.
2 Off-hook switch
Turns ...