| Item | Interval | Additional description |
| Change oil and filter | every 3k miles or 3 months | |
| Flush cooling system and replace coolant | every 15k miles or 12 months | Helps prevent thermostat and catalytic converter failure. |
| Replace spark plugs | every 60k miles | |
| Replace spark plug wires | every 60k-100k miles | |
| Replace timing belt | every 60k-100k miles (5-spd) every 100k miles (automatic) |
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| Adjust valve lash | every 60k-100k miles | Two special tools are required to compress the valve spring and then hold the shim guide down while the shim is popped out. Clearances are checked using a feeler gauge and by gauging the size of the shim needed to replace the original. The SHO Shop offers a tool kit "rental" basically for doing the 60K maintenance. This kit includes a set of different sized shims. |
| Control arm bushings | every 100k miles | Carefully inspect the front control arm-to-subframe bushing; it could be getting hard and cracked, and the ball joint on the knuckle-end could also be getting loose. No service parts are available for the control arms; they are replaced as a unit, ball joint, bushing, and all. Same for the rear control arms, inspect the rubber bushing at the knuckle end of the arm(s). Also give the upper strut mounts and the front strut bearings a good once-over. The front strut bearing can be disassembled and regreased. Pay attention to how everything goes together and don't lose any of the ball bearings. |