Service buggers up tyre pressure

bj's and other's are the same...
got a new set for swmbo and one was at 50psi ranging downward to 35 one one at the front....questioned franchisee owner and ...they can take 60psi.....

another time I had front tyre staked....down to country franchisee and was asked what pressure i was running...dunno the tyres are only 2 weeks old....checked press in remaining 3....ranged between 45 - 55psi

I now carry a good tyre pressure gauge!

I'd complain and ask them why it was so. Sounds like handling and possible emergency braking might of been a worry, but that's about it IMHO.

I once went trekking whilst crook, wasn't really thinking straight. My truck was following the bumps and cambers like trainlines, a bit of a worry on FNQ roads. Wasn't too bad off the tar but I was down to 80K on the tar in many places. Tyre guys said it was camber. Specialist 4wd shop in Cairns had me convinced one side was shorter than the other due to a prang before I bought it. When I got home I took it to a laser alignment place ($100) and a specialist 4wd shop for camber. (nothing found)
$150 and 20 more blood pressure points later on I suddenly realized the one thing nobody had checked (including me!) was tyre pressure. Sure enough, I had put far too much in at a servo at night before setting off and had been too crook to think (or apparently see) straight. Now you'd think that I would of checked that first but no, I just drove. I was crook, short on time and needed the holiday.
Talk about stress and worry, and then relief and the realization that I had made a huge potentially dangerous blunder. Took me ages to admit it to myself or anyone else.
Moral of the story is that even experienced 4wdrs can get caught. These days I carry my own compressor and check the pressures vewwwy carefully.

When I got the Prado I had A/T tyres put on by a reputable tyre dealer. I may have paid top dollar but included was rotation and servicing for the life of the tyres every 5,000 km.

I am now in the routine of having the vehicle serviced by the best Toyota dealer I can find and then taking it round to the Tyre place to have the tyre service done - properly. I tell the Toyota dealer to leave they tyres and wheels alone other than to remove them to do the brakes and stuff.

So far so good.

As I collected my Toyota from one service I was standing next to another owner who was collecting his RAV4. He had almost an argument with the service manager about the fact that his rear tyres were due for replacement. He swore blind that the back ones were new and it was the fronts that were a bit down - as advised by his tyre fitter. Have they been rotated he asked? No we don't rotate tyres on this service. Let's go have a look. The new tyres are on the front! Check the paperwork. Technician has noted a tyre rotation!!! Customer did not want it and specifically asked for it not to be done. They did it anyway.

I so much wonder if I am really being better served by a large Toyota workshop that seem to rush thru many cars a day than by the smaller independent workshop that I wanted to use but cannot because my lease company will only pay Toyota dealers directly for servicing.

Enough for my rant. The point is you really have to watch what is going on with your vehicle. Tyres particularly bear monitoring to make sure everything is as it should be.

Cheers
Muddy

The most likely result of running a tyre a little flat is that it gets a little hot and wears a bit more than the others.
If you check the recommended pressures in your owner's book you may find that they advise running them even lower than 30psi in the interests of giving you a smooth quiet ride when delivering the kids to school.
The worst that could happen? Under emergency breaking say round a corner things might get a bit out of line; maybe the ABS might react a little differently than usual, but 10 psi below 40 is not that extreme I wouln't have thought.

I'm a nosy bugger and when someone else works on my rig I check it out carefully afterwards. Anyone can make mistakes and it pays to have a nose around after other people and I always check tyre pressures and fluids before going on any trip more than a few K's. I hate wasting time broken down of the side of the road!

Cheers, Camper

Phew !!! the tyre problems! Usually I just tell them not to touch the tyres on pain of death. They do have the problem that they don't always have cold tyres to work on, but they aren't even capable of setting hot pressures at the right relative pressures - much less at those recommended on the plate just inside the door. However, at the latest (50K) service I wanted the tyres on the road "front to backed" and I specified the tyre pressures (45/38 but don't let's have a debate about that). I checked them cold the next morning, to find that the fronts had 45 and the rears 38!!!! When I complained in response to their request for feedback I was assured by phone message that the "mechanic???" had checked the pressures and I was left with the impression that I was the cretin rather than someone who has driven 35000 kms over some of the worst tracks in Australia withoiut a single flat.

I haven't finished the debate, but the dealer (major Adelaide) will lose my business unless they come up with an apology and a pretty convincing explanation for why my troopie is the only one in the world which needs more air in the front than the back. But credit where it is due - they did what they were told in Northam in WA, and in Mt Magnet (not even an official dealer) they picked up a couple of minor faults.

Cheers

Millny

Past experience has shown me that Toyota dealers are no better than any other mechanic. They just have access to up to date info. My old cruiser hasn't seen a Toyota dealer since it was out of warranty.

My Patrol hasn't seen a dealer. Period. (In 14 years.)
Hasn't had a problem either.
I wouldn't trust most dealers as far as I could throw them.
If you do it yourself, you know it's done properly.

Amen to Flash - if you only trust dealers as far as you can fling them with one hand, then you'll be getting off on the right foot, IF you decide to deal with them at all (and I don't, unless I have to). As you can see from other posts here, the dealers see every customer as an "opportunity; to be fleeced" - sounds harsh - if you don't believe it, give them a try.

Yep, Toyota should have done the job properly. However I reckon you are responsible for your own tyre pressures, especially before embarking on a long drive. I always check my pressures at least once a week, and always the night before a long drive. Why trust in Toyota re: your tyre pressures when obviously you have little confidence in them to do the job properly??? Not having a go, just reckon each should take responsibility for their own tyre pressures, all of the time.

Hi Guy's
Talking about dealers!!...Well a few months ago I had my pootrol serviced at my local Nissan dealer (Northern Suburbs of Adelaide) for the big 40,000k. They had the wheels off for various reasons eg. check breaks and grease wheel bearings.
The next morning I'm off to Cabotts Well for a spot of fishing. About 130 K's past Ceduna. http://members.bettanet.net.au/~conody/images/Cabbots.jpg
As I appoach the first sand dune, I stop to let the tyres down to 20 psi ( As you Do) and quickly noticed two wheel nuts missing from the rear left tyre. Upon closer inspection, I found the other four nuts were all loose!
So I've just travelled about 1050K's with a loose back wheel.
My Nissan dealer was only too happy to supply me with another two nuts, and were very appologetic, but you have to wonder.....who is doing the work and what are they thinking?

Chaz
http://members.bettanet.net.au/~conody/index.htm

Polsprado,

Why bother writing the post. 1 Tyre at 30, 3 at 40, have to drive at 90!
What rubbish!
It's not really a tradgedy is it?