# Can a non Toyota dealership fix my plugs for cheaper?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-non-toyota-dealership-fix-my-plugs-for-cheaper/138801>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** prius, toyota\
**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-non-toyota-dealership-fix-my-plugs-for-cheaper/138801 "2019-04-20T03:36:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![SonaMason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SonaMason](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SonaMason)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-non-toyota-dealership-fix-my-plugs-for-cheaper/138801/1 "2019-04-20T03:36:02Z")

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can a non-toyota dealership replace prius 2013 spark plugs without the hefty price tag?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-non-toyota-dealership-fix-my-plugs-for-cheaper/138801/2 "2019-04-20T11:21:14Z")

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How about a non-dealership independent auto shop instead? The delaer is not required for this repair… any good shop can do this.

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**Author:** ![ammorr001\_152264](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@ammorr001\_152264](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ammorr001_152264)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-non-toyota-dealership-fix-my-plugs-for-cheaper/138801/3 "2019-05-20T19:02:49Z")

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Absolutely. I have had my local repairshop handle those.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-non-toyota-dealership-fix-my-plugs-for-cheaper/138801/4 "2019-05-20T19:05:04Z")

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Just make sure they use the same brand and model number plug as specified by Toyota. Nothing to be gained by changing to a different brand.

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**Author:** ![ammorr001\_152264](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@ammorr001\_152264](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ammorr001_152264)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-non-toyota-dealership-fix-my-plugs-for-cheaper/138801/5 "2019-05-20T19:05:44Z")

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That makes sense! I didn’t think to do that myself.