Toyota bull bar Recall

Unfortunately the usual level of service quality delivered by Toyota service. IMHO Toyota make very good vehicles, but the quality of their service departments in Australia leaves a lot to be desired .

David they had a recall for these put out last year

http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread.php?18370-Sovereign-Bar-Mount-Recall

29 pages there. The bullbars on the 120's will always appear to be moving/flexing even when you hit the slightest pothole. The bullbar does shudder very slightly but most of the movement you see comes from the body moving on the rubber body mounts. Remember these things originally were a Lexus in other countries so the body mounts are very soft compared to say the previous model prado (90 series) to give you a softer ride I've had 3. Has nothing to do with wether the vehicle is out of warranty or not its a safety recall. The brackets they are replaced with are twice as think as the original brackets, you will certainly see the difference. As far as bolts been loose I was one of the lucky ones. When you read the pages on the link you will see why. Myn was done a few months ago. I let the rest of the crowd be the guinea pigs and let the rush die down before I bothered booking my'n in. Some have had paint damage, panel damage, bullbar way out of alignment, Mine is out by 2 mm to the passengers side but this is me been anal about it, I didn't bother complaining about that, it flex's more then that when driving. Don't think the ARB bars are a better option either, there's more on PP about their shoddy welds and workmanship and bars not lining up as well. Only advantage would be extra strength. I showed Penrith Toyota the website (printed the pages up) told them their name would be added to the list if they stuffed anything up. all good, no cut wires etc. Have you checked the wiring to your driving lights/fog lights/winch if you have one/uhf aerial ??? These have been some major issues when the recall has taken place. I will give credit when it's due and must say Kingswood Toyota here in Penrith NSW have been great even with servicing etc so as a satified customer I would recomend them to anyone else who needs the recall done although most would have been done by now I would imagine .....................But yes as you have said definately pays to double check things

A mate of mine had the bull bar on her 2008 Prado completely break of on the Gary Highway back in 2009.....she just left it there as we had nowhere to carry it not mounted. She had a new ARB bar fitted in Karratha some weeks later.

David, I had mine done a few months ago, and had to take it back because it was misaligned.

They only allow a certain amount of time for these recalls, so it seems they tend to rush.

just take it back to them.. They have to fix it :-)

David,

No issues with the work done on the actual bar when mine was recalled. But, a few days later I heard a noise coming from the front, stopped and found the winch hook dragging on the ground. Had a look and the wire was spooled back on terribly. I should have checked I guess, but attention to detail a bit lacking sometimes.

Not just recall work, but the dealers seem to jam so many services in a day that sometimes you wonder how anything gets checked or time taken to make sure everything is just right. It is like a rushed production line and things get missed as a result, not sure how much time gets dedicated to have the quality check done by a supervisor, suspect very little time.

I would rather wait a few extra days for services knowing that the whole process isn't a rushed flat out last minute effort.

Cheers,

Matt.