I just got back from the dealer with my rig. All started to go as I thought it would. The Service Manager said " This is Toyotas stand. Since the vekicle is lifted that would void the waranty". Then I told him of others and in particular of 1boredclerk being stock no lift or bumper, who is only 45 min. away. Thats when he said let me check on something. He came back with a camera,took some pics, and said this is the first Toyota ever heard of this. He left again and came back with sheet of paper prompting the FTS (field test speciallist) to look at the rig. He had me sign it and said he whould call to set up the appointment. I hope this will start something rolling. I urge you all that are showing the signs of bulging and ripping to take your vehicals into your Service Centers and Talk to the Person in charge. Toyota needs to be aware that there are a lot of us out there. I wish you all the best and I will keep you updated as to what becomes of this.
I applaud you for catching this in the first place.
I appreciate that you started this conversation instead of just sitting on it.
I hope that Toyota's official first notification is from your vehicle.
Will be taking mine in for pulleys and a manual trans squeek and show them my affected area. Will post up the outcome. I wanna get this looked at before i install my lift.
Good idea they might try to get out of it on all modded rigs. Wish you luck.
I applaud you for catching this in the first place.
I appreciate that you started this conversation instead of just sitting on it.
I hope that Toyota's official first notification is from your vehicle.
We should call this "The Bernd Effect".
For sure, you need to subtitle the thread with that Bernd.
As we saw, this was brought up back in May, but nothing ever happend.
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: the quality or state of being tenacious
Stick with it bro. The rest of you too. Toyota needs to address this.
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Wow. This seems a bit more serious that the windshield issue. I haven't been off road (yet) and haven't done any lift kits or bumpers and I don't have an issue. This is truly a very interesting problem.
Thanks Bernd, and everyone else who is contributing to this thread and looking for answers. By the grace, I haven't had my lift installed yet, and I am going to wait and see how this turns out. I've done only moderate wheeling, mostly sand, and with the salt air around here I would be most concerned about how this would escalate over time.
Hang in there we are all watching and waiting to see the out come. This affects us all. I'm sorry it happens to be you with this problem and hope toyota makes it right ....
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I'm here till the end. The sad thing is that I lost my passion for my FJ. Hopefully it'll come back.
Ah, love... its such a fickle and fleeting thing. It's so difficult to find the right one... court her... woo her... capture her imagination... light the fire of her passion, and then stoke the inferno of her insatiable lust all night long... and then remember her name in the morning.
In long term relationships, though, you have to get past that awkward phase, and look forward to the second date. You have to pull out all the stops. You have to commit. Sometimes you even have to swipe her driver's license.
Loving a car is very similar (except you don't have to use "protection"). Once the honeymoon period is over, you start to notice the drips in your driveway and the intractible twist in the steering wheel and that the rear bumper sags. You have to get past that. You have to develop a RELATIONSHIP.
In a relationship with a car, you have to decide that for better or worse, you're going to stick by that car and keep it going. You're going to invest the time and energy necessary to do whatever it takes to make her purr. You're going to be there for her, even if it sometimes seems like she's not there for you.
... and if you can't take it anymore and you scream "F - this!" you can always have her towed away and replace her with a hot new sporty model fresh off the line.
I just got back from the dealer with my rig. All started to go as I thought it would. The Service Manager said " This is Toyotas stand. Since the vekicle is lifted that would void the waranty". Then I told him of others and in particular of 1boredclerk being stock no lift or bumper, who is only 45 min. away. Thats when he said let me check on something. He came back with a camera,took some pics, and said this is the first Toyota ever heard of this. He left again and came back with sheet of paper prompting the FTS (field test speciallist) to look at the rig. He had me sign it and said he whould call to set up the appointment. I hope this will start something rolling. I urge you all that are showing the signs of bulging and ripping to take your vehicals into your Service Centers and Talk to the Person in charge. Toyota needs to be aware that there are a lot of us out there. I wish you all the best and I will keep you updated as to what becomes of this.
Bernd, I'll be taking mine in this week with JON if he ever nails down a time. I spoke with Toyota Corporate yesterday and started a case file, directed them to this site and thread and told them there had been some complaints filed with NHTSA for possible recall issues (just to get them to speed up their response.)
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