Toyota Truck Buyback

[brianl703]

Originally Posted By: ekpolk

Well, once again, I'll pass on the Kool-Aid, and just invite you to point me to one teensy weensy example of GM, Ford, or Chrysler buying back a product that proved defective after 13 years...


Ford didn't need to buy back my 1996 Contour when the underhood wiring harnesses started to deteriorate. They just replaced them for free as part of an extended warranty (10 years, but still pretty impressive) they put on the harnesses just for this problem. (That's about a $1500 repair, given the cost of the harness and the labor to put them in).

The wiring harnesses were made by Yazaki with the wrong type of insulation for underhood applications. As a result, the heat deteriorated the insulation.

I find it a little curious that Ford has been able to build vehicles for years prior to 1995 (when the problem first started happening) that didn't have degrading harnesses and then they start using Yazaki as a supplier and this happens.

 

[brianl703]

Originally Posted By: ThirdeYe
Another complaint about the Honda issue was that the oil filter was in a bad spot


The only car I've ever had to jack up to do an oil change on was a Honda...just to get to the filter conveniently located on the backside of the engine with no access from the top.

 

[sciphi]

Another reason not to get a Toyota. My brother had a 96 Camry with the V6 that burned a quart of oil every 500 miles it was sludged so badly. Not to mention it had some pretty bad rust for its age back when he had it for all of a month before getting rid of it.

And yeah, I wish GM would comp the repairs my 3800-powered car will need in the next year or so. Not only did they botch the intake gaskets, they managed to botch the intake itself! Tick, tick...

 

[ThirdeYe]

Originally Posted By: brianl703
Originally Posted By: ThirdeYe
Another complaint about the Honda issue was that the oil filter was in a bad spot


The only car I've ever had to jack up to do an oil change on was a Honda...just to get to the filter conveniently located on the backside of the engine with no access from the top.


My car is just like that, you'd have to have the skinniest hands in the world to be able to get to it from above the car, and even then you'd probably have to drop it on the ground to get it out if you are able to get it loose, it's right underneath the intake manifold on my car, to the left of the catalytic converter (if underneath the car looking up) and just above the driver's side front axle. It's not that bad to get to when you're underneath the car, it's just hard to see with the suspension and axle in your way and whatnot, so lining it up on the threads is tough. Plenty of arm room though, which is nice.

 

[byez]

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/summary.aspx?class=70
The Tundra is so unsafe thats why it got the top safety pick right?

 

[cousincletus]

^^It should get the top pick for green truck of the year with its biodegradable frame. For the record I had a 2001 Dodge Ram with a cracked dash and Chrysler fixed it free. I pointed out the shards of plastic could cause an injury in case of a crash.

 

[Whimsey]

Originally Posted By: brianl703
Originally Posted By: ThirdeYe
Another complaint about the Honda issue was that the oil filter was in a bad spot


The only car I've ever had to jack up to do an oil change on was a Honda...just to get to the filter conveniently located on the backside of the engine with no access from the top.

Brian I have a 96 2.0L Contour and I actually found it easier, faster and much less messy to jack the front passanger side up enough to remove the tire. Then it's real easy to access the oil filter and remove and install. Previously I would drive up on ramps. While I could reach and remove the filter it spilled all over the axle usually and because the suspension was compressed it was a real challange trying to get the filter out without making a mess.

Whimsey

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: byez
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/summary.aspx?class=70
The Tundra is so unsafe thats why it got the top safety pick right?




It scored GOOD overall. But did not score perfectly on the frontal crash test, Head/neck and Leg/foot, left were both only in the acceptable range.

It did however score well in REAR and SIDE impact with G's in all areas.

The F-150 scored GOOD all across the board in the frontal crash test (better than the Tundra), was not tested in side impact, but only scored Marginal on rear-impact, even though it had GOOD head/seat/restraint geometry which is kind of odd.

There was no truck that scored perfectly in all the tests for Frontal, side and rear.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: cousincletus
^^It should get the top pick for green truck of the year with its biodegradable frame. For the record I had a 2001 Dodge Ram with a cracked dash and Chrysler fixed it free. I pointed out the shards of plastic could cause an injury in case of a crash.


I got another windshield wiper motor recall notice for my 1995 GMC a month ago. I had already replaced it myself years ago so I wouldn't have to deal with the dealers shop simians.

 

[wapacz]

Originally Posted By: XS650
Originally Posted By: cousincletus
^^It should get the top pick for green truck of the year with its biodegradable frame. For the record I had a 2001 Dodge Ram with a cracked dash and Chrysler fixed it free. I pointed out the shards of plastic could cause an injury in case of a crash.


I got another windshield wiper motor recall notice for my 1995 GMC a month ago. I had already replaced it myself years ago so I wouldn't have to deal with the dealers shop simians.


if you still have the receipt for the windshield wiper motor you may be able to get gm to cover it. I had my windshield wiper motor replace at a local indy shop and gm covered that if i remember right.

 

[XS650]

Thanks, but I tossed the receipt some time ago. I just replaced the circuit board in the motor which is where the actual problem was. It was only about $20.

 

[ARB1977]

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Some pics of the Toyota frame issue:

Ouch...pretty [censored] good deal if you ask me.

 

[MrCritical]

If you replaced the part on the wiper recall with the same part that failed, and not the redesigned part the recall will replace, it's just gonna fail too.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: MrCritical
If you replaced the part on the wiper recall with the same part that failed, and not the redesigned part the recall will replace, it's just gonna fail too.


I didn't use a GM part, so no problem.