With the warmer weather that summer provides, there are plenty of great opportunities to load up your Toyota vehicle, grab your friends, and head out for a great, fun road trip. However, there are a few housekeeping items you’ll want to take care of to ensure that your journey is safe and enjoyable. We want to help you out, so our Toyota Palo Alto team has put together a summer maintenance checklist for your Toyota vehicle – come inside today to see what you should be keeping an eye on before you roll out!  Read the rest of this entry >>

Owning a car is a huge privilege and comes with great responsibility. A vehicle is an investment, so it’s important to take care of it and do what you can to make is last as long as possible. There are a number of milestones your vehicle will hit that will require your attention. To help you remember these benchmarks, we’ve put together a list of car owner milestones to remember. Read the rest of this entry >>

No matter how diligent you are with getting your vehicle’s oil changed and other routine maintenance, your vehicle’s check engine light will still probably go on at some point. We all dread that moment, but it doesn’t have to be the thing that ruins your day. It could be a simple fix, so don’t panic just yet. Today we’re going to help you by answering the question, “Why is my Toyota’s check engine light on?”. Read the rest of this entry >>

Donate Toys and Save at Toyota Palo Alto

Owning a vehicle is a lot of responsibility. You have to keep up with regular maintenance as well as take it in for service whenever things aren’t operating as they should. It can be expensive to keep your car in perfect condition, but that’s where dealerships like Toyota Palo Alto come in. Our dealership provides service coupons to help to keep your service appointments as painless at possible. Right now, we are even running a program where you can bring toys to donate to Toys for Tots and we will give you a discount on Toyota Service. Read the rest of this entry >>

How to keep a car feeling brand new

Keeping your vehicle spick n’ span is one of the easiest, most difficult tasks there is. We would bet unless you seriously clean and detail your vehicle at least once a week, it will eventually look “lived-in.” That doesn’t mean messy or tattered necessarily, it just means that you can tell someone drives the vehicle often, and with many drivers in Palo Alto driving to and from work every day, or into the cities frequently, it is easy to understand how your vehicle could get dirty.

There are a number of ways how to keep a car feeling brand new, besides cleaning that is, and sometimes the most important and easiest one is to take it in for routine maintenance that is recommended both by the service department as well as the vehicle manufacturer. Read the rest of this entry >>