2012 Camry w/ 125K Miles: What Preventative Maintenance Should Be Performed?

OK, this car is now eight years old with 125K miles.

The usual stuff done:

• Oil and oil filter every 10K (Mobil 1 0W-20 full syn)
• Engine and cabin air filters every 15K
• Tires rotated and balanced every 5K (Pirelli Cinturato P7 A/S Plus are great tires)

Recently Completed:

• Front rotors and pads replaced
• Alignment checked; 100% OK

Planned Very Soon:

• Replace Fuel Filter, Spark plugs, coil packs
• New fan belt (added on edit)
• Water pump/thermostat (?) (added on edit)
  
• Change Transmission Fluid/Filter (? Should I? Appears to be PITA procedure)

What other tasks should be considered?

TIA.

 

Time to drive the fucker.

 

60K+ miles in the last two years. Similar use from now on. And I want it to last a bit.

 

You’re lucky there doesn’t appear to be a timing belt!

 

Nope, but I added fan belt to the list.

What do you call this belt when the fans are electric?

 

My Sis owns one with 350k or more on it and it's been a dream for her.
She does timing belt (chain?) and water pump every 100k. So like I said...

 

serpentine belt?

 

LSx swap.

 

Does Toyota still make the Solera Camry?

 

Do you really need to replace the coil packs for a tuneup?

 

I’d pull the valve cover and check the valves if it were mine also and throw a new gasket on it.
Definitely change the trans fluid.

I’d push the pistons in the calipers, pull the brake fluid reservoir and then bleed new fluid through the system. I’d also grease the caliper pins while I was at it if you didn’t when you swapped the front brakes.

Wouldn’t be a bad Idea to clean the throttle body and put a new PCV valve in it if it is the type that screws in the valve cover either.

 

A fresh coat of paint wouldn’t hurt...

 

Take it to a good Toyota only repair shop for the transmission service.

 

Can get OEM replacements cheap on eBay. I figured why not.

It will receive this soon, compliments of Toyota. :--)​

Ah, no. I've read charges of $200-300 for the fluid change procedure alone. Why so expensive?

 

The coil packs on my wife's Toyota Echo lasted 150K. The auto parts store (Chinese) replacements last about 1 year. I would keep a couple OEM ones around but don't replace them if they don't go bad....

 

This. It prolongs caliper life and you'll be shocked at how much better your brake pedal will feel.

 

Can't feel much better than they are at the moment. I'm very aggressive on the brakes, and the new Wagner rotors and pads are fantastic (other than unexpected dust buildup on the wheels - not an issue on my Explorer with identical part types).

 

Some vehicles need to get hooked up to a machine to completely flush the transmission fluid. Pay a pro, a good transmission shop is worth it.

 

Also, the WS transmission fluid is expensive. I'm looking at doing the same thing on my 2010 RAV4 V6 (and adding a tranny cooler at the same time). Some folks on some forums have reported success using Valvoline Maxlife transmission fluid, but that is still $18/gallon.