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My '09 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner has the DTRL option, Day Time Running Lights, that have overheated and burned and cracked the housings. The lights still work but the problem is getting worse to the point that I will have to change the whole headlight units, to the tune of $600+. The truck is out of warranty and the dealer said tough. I called Toyota in California and they said they never heard of the problem. Lying SOBs. The internet brought up hundreds of these problems with that year Tacoma, all because Toyota put in too hot a bulb in that year only. And they refuse to admit to it. Couple that with my AM/FM radio CD goes on for no reason, they changed it twice under warranty and now is doing it again. Toyota said they never heard of such. The internet says otherwise, very common problem with the 09's. Think I have bought my last Toyota...
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My Tacoma has problems
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What a pain, Bill.
Could be that you have a pennypinching dealer? Maybe try another dealer? Of course you can check junkyards for the parts to save a bit.
Man, if we can't rely on Toyota, we're in trouble. Pretty bulletproof cars, generally.
Bummer.
Could be that you have a pennypinching dealer? Maybe try another dealer? Of course you can check junkyards for the parts to save a bit.
Man, if we can't rely on Toyota, we're in trouble. Pretty bulletproof cars, generally.
Bummer.
A followup on my dilemma, I went back to the Toyota shop where I bought my truck and he gave me a Toyota help line to call. He didn't think I would sit in the parking lot and call. Got back to Toyota Pomona, told the gal how I had researched the net to find this problem quite common. She agreed to look at my case, had me fax a copy of the estimate ($803.00!!!) to her and will see if there is anything they can do. I think I will get screwed but worth trying. Heck, at those prices, maintaining an LBC is not so bad!
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That's been my contention for years. Another thing is,I see one and two year old cars with bulbs out. Never could figure that. Some of the lamps in my cars are thirty+ years old.
And the one-piece, plastic headlamp housings are a TOTAL rip-off, IMO. Seems the things are designed to rot/melt/fail in less than five years. All the ones I've replaced are a minimum of $150 for knock-off Chinese ones and $300+ from dealers.
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DrEntropy said:
I don't know if they're <span style="font-style: italic">designed</span> to fail but they sure seem to. And the cost is appalling.
Re the Tacoma: Good luck Bill. I have an '05 Tacoma (first year of the "new" style). Most unsatisfying truck I've ever had. I bought it new to replace my '87 Toyota truck that had 165000+ miles on it. My daughter still has the '87.
I and another Tacoma (2011) owner spent an hour last weekend trying to dissuade a neighbor from buying one. I figure I'll keep it a while longer (it's comfortable - I'll give it that) but only because I don't want to spend the money on something else.
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the '87 'yotas were good looking trucks, and built to be trucks at that! Why would you get rid of that in favor of one of the new wannabe sedans they're calling trucks these days?
Definitely owning and maintaining an LBC is less expensive than buying a new car. Parts for the LBCs are so much lower. With strategic upgrades, reliability of an LBC can be just as good as any new car on the market. Granted, you may upset purists, but to each his own.
Definitely owning and maintaining an LBC is less expensive than buying a new car. Parts for the LBCs are so much lower. With strategic upgrades, reliability of an LBC can be just as good as any new car on the market. Granted, you may upset purists, but to each his own.
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Before i buy another Toyota-(and i have owned several) i plan on walking around it with a Geiger counter.....
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My next door neighbor took his '99 Tacoma in for servicing, they wouldn't return it to him. He had no idea the extent of the problem that occured: https://tacoma-upgrade.com/2009/06/info-o...l-for-rust.html
Toyota correctly wrote him a check for the high side retail value of the vehicle. While absolutely no argument with the settlement, he's not shopping a Toyota replacement.
Toyota correctly wrote him a check for the high side retail value of the vehicle. While absolutely no argument with the settlement, he's not shopping a Toyota replacement.
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My brother in law has a toyota pick up- don't remember the year- but it had a frame that turned to swiss cheese in under 4 years. Toyota replaced for him Free of charge. complete frame- new hard lines, rubber lines, fuel lines, springs, e brake fixings the whole nine yards.
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Since this was about DRLs, I just wanted to point out that my '09 Chevy Express van has a switch that allows you to turn them off (after you start the engine).
I don't know if Toyotas have a switch like this, but if they do, it might be worth using it.
For the records the DRLs on my Chevy seem to run cool and have not been a problem. In fact the entire vehicle has been excellent and it's actually a pleasure to go to my dealer for routine service (very moderately priced service, by the way).
We had a 4-WD Nissan pickup that almost broke in half due to frame rust.
I don't know if Toyotas have a switch like this, but if they do, it might be worth using it.
For the records the DRLs on my Chevy seem to run cool and have not been a problem. In fact the entire vehicle has been excellent and it's actually a pleasure to go to my dealer for routine service (very moderately priced service, by the way).
We had a 4-WD Nissan pickup that almost broke in half due to frame rust.
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