im taking my 04 tl for service with 70k miles tomorrow.........any suggestion on the service I should get or have them check anything particular?.

 

70k service? not much to do. change your tranny fluid. air filter. cabin air filter. oil? and i think youre good

 

Whatever you do, don't fall for their A or B packages. What they do is they take advantage of the customer and charge 300+ dollars for an oil change and tire rotation. These are the services that should have been done in the life of the car besides oil changes:

30K:
Air Filter and cabin air filter change

60:
Air Filter and Cabin Filter Change
3X Transmisson fluid change (drain and refill 3x)

70:
Spark Plugs are recommended, but not necessary.

If you are handy (like if you can make a desk from staples/walmart) you can change the filters yourself. It is not hard and you can save quite a bit of money.

 

I really like this definition of "handy."

 

haha i know right..........

 

Check out your manual for the Maintenance Minder codes- or check: https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/...01_OMANUAL.asp if you don't have a manual. There really isn't a "60K" or "70K" service as such.
However, the manual says to change the engine/cabin filters with code "2," which comes up about every 25K-30K miles from what I've seen on my TL and here. The manual also requires a change of brake fluid every 3 years (time only, not mileage) and first change of auto transmission fluid at 60K (then every 30K thereafter).
I nevertheless think one is still handy if one can put together furniture from Office Depot, Target or K-mart...