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At one time, the 2GR-FE engine had a 5k oil change interval. The maintenance minder was set up to begin flashing at 4500 miles, and go solid-on at 5k miles. A few years back they extended the oil change interval on this engine to 10k miles under normal conditions, 5k miles under harsh service or extreme environmental conditions. However, they neglected to update the dash software!

As a result, on our 2015 Limited the nice pretty center display locks into Maintenance Required!!!! at 5k, and you have to push buttons to get it to shut up each time you start the engine. Now you could cancel it out yourself and reset it for another 5k miles. Instructions to do so are in the owners manual. Or, what I do is return to the dealer every 6-7k miles and tell them that your usage and weather conditions justify changing it early (a compromise between harsh and ideal). In my case they've gone along and changed it for free.