Toyota Warrenty

So does that mean that Warrenty work is only to be done at Dealers and not non Toyota dealer workshops??


I am sure there is a Dealer in Miles as well as St George which is closer than Dalby if he doesn't like Roma ;)


Cheers Kev

An interesting post, I've just sent this customer enquiry email to Toyota Australia via their website at: Toyota Email

"Hi,
I've been told that Toyota will only perform major warranty repairs at remote country dealerships and any minor warranty repairs must go to a major centre workshop.

Is this true or can I get any level of warranty repair addressed at any Toyota dealer Australia wide?

Regards,

Geoff"

We await their reply,

Geoff

Don't believe everything people tell you.

They cannot do that as if there is a warranty issue, they must fix it. I would hate to be the dealer that refused to fix your car and when you drove down the road you crashed and hurt someone.

Another rubbish tale to get people going :-)

Who knows - MAYBE theres something in it?

Source:- [url]http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=91184§ionid=3510213[/url]

[quote]
Toyota expecting $5b annual loss

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:43:31 GMT
Toyota Motor is expected to suffer a second consecutive annual loss as the financial crisis continues to affect the world's auto industry.

The world's biggest automaker might suffer an operating loss of 500 billion yen ($5 billion) for the current fiscal year, which started on April 1, as the prospects of a recovery in the world's auto industry remains bleak, the Japanese daily Nikkei reported on Sunday.

Toyota has already said it estimates an operating loss of 450 billion yen -- its first annual loss in nearly 60 years -- for the last fiscal year, which ended on March 31.

The Japanese automaker's revenue is expected to fall from an estimated 21 trillion yen last year to around 20 trillion yen this year, the business daily said.

The forecast is mainly due to the global financial crisis which has severely affected the US, Japan and Europe's auto industries and sharply slashed sales across the world.

Toyota group auto sales are now estimated at 6.5 million vehicles for the current fiscal year -- which, if confirmed, would be the first time they have fallen below seven million units, Nikkei said.

A strong yen against the dollar and the euro, which has lowered the competitiveness of Japanese products overseas, is another factor which is contributing to Toyota's second consecutive annual loss.

Toyota sold 8.97 million vehicles last year to end American General Motors' 77-year run as the world's largest automaker.
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Might be a good time to snaffel a new 200 series as they could well be the lastgreat 4wd ever built, if Tojo goes under!

When your belleding blood by the gallon - you have to take measures to apply a tornique (O.K. pressure bandage for you first aiders) and stem the bloodloss or the death of the patient is assured!

Could be a grain of truth in this claim - who knows?

Cheers

Ok. Here's the deal.

Friends have properties north west of Charleville. 5 Toyotas in the family. Hilux has done another CV joint so they contact the service agent in Charleville who advises them that while he is still a service agent he cannot get paid for doing warranty work and they will have to take the vehicle to Roma - nearest dealership.

Contact with the dealership hierachy in Dalby confirms that this is correct and warranty work can only be done by a dealership and the cost of getting to that point and back is with the customer.

So apart from the costs for time and travel it is not difficult to see what will happen to the Charleville service agent and all those other locations . So when you and I as Grey Nomads want/need service and or repairs in the areas out from the main dealerships it is going to be a case of Tuff T.

KJ

I am surprised the nissan wags who inhabit this site haven't already suggested the obvious solution..........

Load a Patrol on a car trailer behind the Toyota and simply swap vehicles when one dies.

Seems simple doesn't it!

Craig

Kev.

Maybe that's because they only carry out "warranty repair".. LOL

Sorry people are doing it to me all the time ... WK

Richard

Maybe the difference is in the definition of a dealership as compared to a service agent. My understanding is that no dealership can refuse to carry out a legitimate warranty repair but a service agent is only authorised to perform service work and is therefore entitled to charge the customer for said work.

Cheers Pop