Toyota Wish: a seven-seater that lasts with the right care

The Wish is a seven-seat family car. Most in Kenya are the 2009–2017 models with a 1.8 or 2.0 litre petrol engine and a CVT; earlier ones have a conventional automatic. Check the manual or ask your garage which gearbox yours has, because the fluids differ.

Regular service

• Engine oil and filter every 5,000 km in town, up to 10,000 km on the highway, with the grade in the manual.
• Gearbox fluid: CVT models need Toyota CVT fluid about every 40,000 km; automatic models need the correct Toyota ATF.
• Air and cabin filters every 20,000 km.
• Spark plugs at the manual's interval.

Carrying seven

• Use the full-load tyre pressures on the door-frame sticker.
• Rear shock absorbers and springs work hard; check them every 20,000 km.
• Brakes wear faster on a regularly full car. Check them every 10,000 km.

Common jobs as they age

• Suspension links and bushes.
• Engine mounts.
• AC performance: clean the cabin filter first, then check the gas.