Toyota brake recall - furious!

If you press them they will do it in 3 hours. I didn't bother as it saved me the usual parking fee. And I'd prefer they did the wheel nuts up.

Steve

saying that you didn't get the note will not cover you for any damage or injury.

once 80% of affected vehicles are rectified, the manufacturer has no more legal responsibility.
i'm not 100% sure, but aren't they changing the bolts due to the wrong grade bolts being fitted and snapping, not just coming loose???

remember, most safety related recalls only occur after there has been a fatality and investigations are carried out.. don't mess with brakes

donks

Hi there TB, I'm sure the letters are sent by the RTA to the registered owner. Also wondering why my pics not coming up on here. Regards Steve M

Just made a liar of not sure whats going on but telling me not enough memory not sure if that means my computer or the web page. It was written on the bottom of my last post mmm. Regards Steve M

Nup - recall notices sent by Tojoco

So how do they do a recall if the vehicle is sold to some one else not the original owner. They would have no other way I tracking you down I would imagine except through the rta by the chassis no.I will find out soon I suppose as myn had a recall but was not done by previous owner had myn done tuesday only cause my mate organized it as he works for them. Regards Steve M

They send it to the last known owner.

They tend to know from service histories but where they don't they don't care.

They advertise the recall through the DOTARS process. Dealers tell people who take them in to get serviced.

It is posted by DOTARS Site Link

That's it.

Gday Stephen, I think they have a link to the main roads rego database cause when ever I go in to get filters for a service they always ask for my rego number to work out what parts are needed.

Cheers

Al

Hi there Al fair enough was just wondering how they went about it. Will be interesting to see if I get one or not.Probably not cause it was done on tuesday anyway. Regards Steve M

Toyota ... in fact most (probably all) of the manufacturers' dealer systems actually keep a database of vehicles - for just this reason. Rego is the easiest way to work out what car you're talking about - it is linked to the VIN/Engine number in that database, and their own information about the latest owner. They register the car when the first owner takes delivery - so they know then. Most cars never change rego. When you do change rego, they pick it up when you bring it in...

When you take it into one dealer to get serviced it gets updated... similarly if you send in the owner change card.

But not to the registration authority's databases ... they are totally separate.

correct andrew

the rego is the quickest way to id your vehicle and you

if you search the database by name... eg smith, lee, chan, you come up with hundreds of options.
dealers and manufacturers do not have access to rta records.....privacy act.
if you are not the origional owner, you won't get a notice.
however if you take the car to a dealer for service, they will generally check with the manufacturers records by vin no. to see if there are any outstanding campaigns..
they will always do this as it is easy money for the dealership

donks

from what ive heard from toyota its not the caliper bolts but the bolts that hold the rotor to the hub.
whole hub wheel bearings ect have to be removed thats probly why it takes so long
cheers

Hope you have better luck with service than me . I have 2004 L/C 100 auto t/d Toyota serviced for the first 50000 km as per warranty . Wasn't happy with their service ; wouldn't fix little jobs.Took it to local mechanic and ARB dealer and was very happy with his his professionalism being a 4WD owner himself.Now at 102000 km service my ARB mechanic found metal pieces in transfer case . Alarm bells rang , We took to Toyota dealer with pieces . When dismantled i had a look , one of the large cogs had pieces chipped out and contaminated bearings .Thats not the good part,guess what your car is out of Warranty we will put in a claim to Toyota an see what will happen .The same old B ll Sh t story you must be putting in an out of low 4WD wrong .What Crap, to be honest it would have only been in low 4WD 2 or 3 times.After heated discussions they paid all parts and half labour out of pocket $350 maybe fixed in 3-4days.Phone call today from them told me no part in Australia one in Japan on back order maybe 15day ,if working days who nows how long.But thats not all ,put in a claim to toyota for a car to use no luck as yet . We had business in Melbourne next week an only the old Rodeo farm ute to use, They wonder why you don't get your vehicle serviced at toyota .In a nut shell their service is bleep .I am going in there an will kick some heads.I don't think i am unreasonable and overeacting. it is my pride and joy a long time coming but i have a very bitter taste in my mouth .PS iwil not name the dealer but i live in Swan Hill. No it is not a novel or a best seller

Used to doing that but only on spiders, these are studs. Getting them running true is another bit of fun too. Urgghhh.

On the B train it sounds like the hex and square came off all together.

I was behind an F7 Volvo cement spreader truck that spun a front wheel under brakes near Brookton and sheared the valve stem off. The split rim went west and caused all sorts of problems. Lucky it was a twin steer.

Either way, ALL my wheels to be loosened and re-tightened by hand from now on.

Once you've lost confidence, you can't get it back until it's been completely re-done.

That's a scary story.

Yeah. I didn't even look at the engine mounts - at that point I didn't want to know!

When it came back the third time I went rght over it and checked everything I could get my hands on.

Pete