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Your owner’s manual is the maintenance schedule. Anything the service advisor recommends that is not in it needs a reason. Frequent offenders: engine flushes, fuel-system cleanings, throttle-body services, ‘lifetime’ fluid changes on a schedule the manufacturer does not require, nitrogen in tires, and cabin filters at triple the parts-store price.
Legitimate and worth paying for: brake fluid every 2–3 years, coolant and transmission service at the manual’s interval, differential and transfer-case fluid on AWD vehicles that tow or see snow, and anything tied to a recall or technical service bulletin (those are free or discounted; ask).
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