# First oil change 2024 Corolla **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 27, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-oil-change-2024-corolla/193588 "2023-10-27T05:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 165
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-oil-change-2024-corolla/193588/165 "2023-12-21T19:21:46Z")
> [@D.J](#): > > My dealership couldn’t even get the plug loose one time > [@D.J](#): > > The dealership said because they couldn’t get the plug loose they had to take off and change the whole transmission pan Here is a horror story that I wrote about a while back about trying to get a drain plug out on the rear axle of my Pinto Station Wagon… > [@Do You think Engraving the VIN Number on a Catalytic Converter Will Prevent Thefts?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-think-engraving-the-vin-number-on-a-catalytic-converter-will-prevent-thefts/189813/70): > > I can’t speak to the "No-Drain-Plug issue, but in 1983, I had a 1973 Pinto Station Wagon, V6, 2300cc, 4-speed, and it was a really nice car, ran well, was comfortable and in spite of its age, it was in really nice shape. I had just noticed that the rear end, at the input shaft, was leaking a bit and the house we rented at the time had a garage with a dirt/gravel floor, so I had no idea how long it had been leaking. I tried to loosen the fill plug so I could top it off, but it was not coming l… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-oil-change-2024-corolla/193588)._