Vehicle Stability Control

johngeorge · Jan 20, 2010

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At this point I'm not sure of anything! Anyway, I visited the service manager this morning and communication with Toyota has been impossible as the corporation has been on vacation for all of last week.
We have been trying to work out a date for service that is mutually agreeable to both of us. He now knows me by sight and I am sure that he is now convinced that there is truly a problem.
He is working on establishing a time when the roving service consultant from Toyota corporation will be in Tucson to assess the problem because he is the one who can suggest and authorize replacement of parts such as the torque sensor assembly, ECUs and other major steering components.
I would guess that this is one way for Toyota to monitor the dealer service personell, who because of lack of understanding and training, might otherwise unnecessarily swap out very expensive components.
Again, time will tell -- but it's hard to be patient.
Walt
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Is there any play/slop in the steering? My sister's 2005 had a recall done on the steering linkage and ever since then it was sloppy and had play. I ended up looking around and in the drivers compartment the 3 bolts for the steering shaft were all loose, not torqued to spec almost like when they did the service they never tightened it all up (I think spec is 26ft-lb). I torqued the bolts do what it said in the book and its perfect now.

richard schumacher · Jan 20, 2010

johngeorge, please call Toyota USA and tell them about that dealer's incorrect recall work. It could save a life.

Walt999 · Jan 21, 2010

johngeorge said: ↑

Is there any play/slop in the steering? My sister's 2005 had a recall done on the steering linkage and ever since then it was sloppy and had play. I ended up looking around and in the drivers compartment the 3 bolts for the steering shaft were all loose, not torqued to spec almost like when they did the service they never tightened it all up (I think spec is 26ft-lb). I torqued the bolts do what it said in the book and its perfect now.
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No discernable slop but a sort of rubbery feeling as though you were steering through a rubber band. I really think that the power assist is so low that I am mostly steering on brute force and that enough force is required that the twisting of the torque rod in the sensor assembly is discernable.
I'm still waiting to see the travelling service tech from Toyota. The last communication is "sometime in February". The Toyota case manager said that the techs were in overload teaching dealers how to saw off the accelerator pedal.
Walt

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