Tenken is “legally required”, but not enforced. There are plenty people who only do the shaken.
I do it for my current car because I want to keep it for a while and they might catch something before it gets expensive. For my previous car I just said “eh” and never did it.
You know that big round colorful sticker on your windshield with a bunch of numbers on it? That’s what that is.
My local mechanic basically told me not to bother and save myself some money.
A tenken is just an inspection with maintenance, if required. I’ve missed a couple over the years that I’ve had my cars and so has my husband. I’ve never heard of anyone incurring a penalty for skipping a tenken. I usually have them done, though, for the sake of keeping my car in good running order.
Technically it’s a legal requirement, but for normal drivers (not commercial etc.) there’s no punishment for non-compliance.
That said, having a complete maintenance record can be worth something if you’re trying to sell later on.
There’s no penalty for skipping tenken but the fees are so nominal it doesn’t make much sense to cheap out on it. You should be more worried about invalidating your car warranty. Lexus told us we needed to do tenken at an authorized dealer to keep our warranty valid. I’m pretty sure it’s the same for most, if not all domestic car manufacturers. Foreign car manufacturers are more varied. Volvo placed the same tenken condition to keep our warranty valid but Tesla did not.
For a new car first shaken should be at three years, then every two years following that.
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Tenken is “legally required”, but not enforced. There are plenty people who only do the shaken.
I do it for my current car because I want to keep it for a while and they might catch something before it gets expensive. For my previous car I just said “eh” and never did it.
You know that big round colorful sticker on your windshield with a bunch of numbers on it? That’s what that is.
My local mechanic basically told me not to bother and save myself some money.
A tenken is just an inspection with maintenance, if required. I’ve missed a couple over the years that I’ve had my cars and so has my husband. I’ve never heard of anyone incurring a penalty for skipping a tenken. I usually have them done, though, for the sake of keeping my car in good running order.
Technically it’s a legal requirement, but for normal drivers (not commercial etc.) there’s no punishment for non-compliance.
That said, having a complete maintenance record can be worth something if you’re trying to sell later on.
There’s no penalty for skipping tenken but the fees are so nominal it doesn’t make much sense to cheap out on it. You should be more worried about invalidating your car warranty. Lexus told us we needed to do tenken at an authorized dealer to keep our warranty valid. I’m pretty sure it’s the same for most, if not all domestic car manufacturers. Foreign car manufacturers are more varied. Volvo placed the same tenken condition to keep our warranty valid but Tesla did not.
For a new car first shaken should be at three years, then every two years following that.