I bought a 2012 Toyota Highlander a little over a year ago. It was a very low mileage lease. All maintenance bad been done by the dealer. I have the documentation. I also got a couple of free oil changes. SO, today I changed the oil for the first time and noticed that the hatch/cover that goes over where the oil filter canister is missing. As it has only had oil changes done at the dealer it had to have been the dealer that failed to reinstall it.
My question to everyone is this: how big of a deal is that little plate? The canister is fairly far up so I'm not sure it needs protection. Is there any other purpose? I'm trying to decide whether to make a fuss, but a new part, or just ignore it. Thoughts?
PS. Thus was my first canister oil change and I can say I'm not a fan. Oh well. It is a good car, anyway. I used M1 AFE 0W20. It had had TGMO 0W20 up to this point (52K miles).
My question to everyone is this: how big of a deal is that little plate? The canister is fairly far up so I'm not sure it needs protection. Is there any other purpose? I'm trying to decide whether to make a fuss, but a new part, or just ignore it. Thoughts?
PS. Thus was my first canister oil change and I can say I'm not a fan. Oh well. It is a good car, anyway. I used M1 AFE 0W20. It had had TGMO 0W20 up to this point (52K miles).