Spare Tire Carrier Repair Corrosion
11-15-14, 06:38 AM
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Spare Tire Carrier Repair Corrosion
Wife brought the 2008 RX 400h (180K KMs) in yesterday and got a bit of a shock.
Under-body Spare Tire Carrier is corroded (cable?)
Estimate: $950 installed
but repair might also find
May need speed sensor $355
May need Hub and Bearing $270
Seems like an awful amount for a problem we didn't know we had.
Google just told me there is a re-call + class action lawsuit for:
Toyota is recalling 370,000 Sienna minivans from the 2004 to 2011 model years that are registered or originally sold in cold-weather states. The problem is that the spare tire carrier assembly cable can be splashed by water contaminated with road salt and cause corrosion. There is a splashguard in place to prevent this, but it sometimes gets lost in "normal usage," according to the company. If the cable does break, then "the spare tire may separate from the vehicle."
Anyone else experience this repair? Didn't find any in forum searches.
Under-body Spare Tire Carrier is corroded (cable?)
Estimate: $950 installed
but repair might also find
May need speed sensor $355
May need Hub and Bearing $270
Seems like an awful amount for a problem we didn't know we had.
Google just told me there is a re-call + class action lawsuit for:
Toyota is recalling 370,000 Sienna minivans from the 2004 to 2011 model years that are registered or originally sold in cold-weather states. The problem is that the spare tire carrier assembly cable can be splashed by water contaminated with road salt and cause corrosion. There is a splashguard in place to prevent this, but it sometimes gets lost in "normal usage," according to the company. If the cable does break, then "the spare tire may separate from the vehicle."
Anyone else experience this repair? Didn't find any in forum searches.
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