Hey guys.. My car is about to reach 100,000 miles.. I was wonderin what kind of services I should get done, what should get checked and replaced.. Also, I dont think I ever got a tune up, should I get that done also? Thanx a lot..

 

The obvious question is: how long have you owned the car and what was the mileage when you bought? What do you mean by "I dont think I ever got a tune up ...". WTF, either you did or you didn't. How you wouldn't know makes no sense whatsoever.

Why don't you do us a favour - list what you have done, the mileage at the time, and when it was done. Absent that information, I would recommend doing everything to your car. Does that help?

 

I'm assuming you just aquired the car since you have no previoius knowledge of tune up's. Now a days normal shops consider just a simple spark plug change a tune up, but I think there's a lot more to it.
-oil change
-spark plugs
-transmission oil change
-radiator fluid change
-air filter change
-throttle body cleaning
-fuel filter change
-check ecu (knock sensor code is hidden)



These two links will be a start...

http://web.archive.org/web/200111091...k_service.html
http://vbxmaxima.8m.com/maintenance.html

Most importantly, go through the sticky links they will get you through 70% of your problems with your max and/or questions about it

 

Flush radiator coolant, replace transaxle gear oil if manual tranny, flush power steering fluid, check all belts and suspension components as well as exhaust etc. etc.