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Bill Sudbrink
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Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:13 pm Post subject:
98 Camry V6, 5-speed problem |
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I've had the above car since new. It has around 65K miles
on it and (up till now) has been trouble free and normally
maintained. Recently shifted into reverse and heard a
quiet "thunk". After that, the car would only shift into
first and second. Was able to nurse it to the dealers in
second (long, slow trip). Turns out that one of the linkage
cables between the shift lever and the transmission broke.
Mechanic says he has never seen that happen before. I
don't think I'm abusive in my shifting. Anyway, I'm out
of warantee and it's going to cost over $1K to fix (labor
not parts... "you have to take it all apart to replace
the cable"). Has anyone else heard of this or had it happen
to them? Is there some way I could go after Toyota to cover
part of the cost?
Thanks.
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Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject:
Re: 98 Camry V6, 5-speed problem |
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Do you actually expect a manufacture, that offers a 36K
warranty, to repair a vehicle for free that has 65K on the
clock? NO manufacture builds a perfect vehicle, they are break
on occasion.
mike hunt
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
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I've had the above car since new. It has around 65K miles
on it and (up till now) has been trouble free and normally
maintained. Recently shifted into reverse and heard a
quiet "thunk". After that, the car would only shift into
first and second. Was able to nurse it to the dealers in
second (long, slow trip). Turns out that one of the linkage
cables between the shift lever and the transmission broke.
Mechanic says he has never seen that happen before. I
don't think I'm abusive in my shifting. Anyway, I'm out
of warantee and it's going to cost over $1K to fix (labor
not parts... "you have to take it all apart to replace
the cable"). Has anyone else heard of this or had it happen
to them? Is there some way I could go after Toyota to cover
part of the cost?
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Bruce L. Bergman
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Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject:
Re: 98 Camry V6, 5-speed problem |
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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:13:02 +0000 (UTC), bill@umsa7.ums.edu (Bill
Sudbrink) wrote:
| Quote: | I've had the above car since new. It has around 65K miles
on it and (up till now) has been trouble free and normally
maintained. Recently shifted into reverse and heard a
quiet "thunk". After that, the car would only shift into
first and second. Was able to nurse it to the dealers in
second (long, slow trip). Turns out that one of the linkage
cables between the shift lever and the transmission broke.
Mechanic says he has never seen that happen before.
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I've never heard of something like a shifter cable breaking in under
250,000 miles worth of driving, unless you got a bunch of road salt in
there and rusted it off - it's not a highly stressed part, and the
designers know they're a bear to fix, so they're generally
over-engineered.
| Quote: | I don't think I'm abusive in my shifting. Anyway, I'm out
of warantee and it's going to cost over $1K to fix (labor
not parts... "you have to take it all apart to replace
the cable"). Has anyone else heard of this or had it happen
to them? Is there some way I could go after Toyota to cover
part of the cost?
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If your Dealer Mechanic has truly never seen this before, they might
be willing to talk to the Toyota District Manager with you and see if
they can get Toyota to chip in for part (or all) of the repair bill as
a 'goodwill' or warranty extension case. It can't hurt to ask.
At the least they might pay for the replacement part, so they can
send the old one back to the engineers and figure out why it broke.
Sorry about the labor bill, but 'Stuff Happens - Depth Varies'.
Toyota [corporate] wants you happy, so they might pick up part of
the repair tab now so you'll come back and buy another car when you
wear this one out, and tell your family and friends good things. They
know if you think you've been screwed you will spread bad news about
the brand, and they're /not/ stupid.
The dealer might get it all apart and find that the cable had a
factory defect and it took a while to break, or that something was
assembled wrong at the factory. It happens. Nobody's Perfekt. ;-)
--<< Bruce >>--
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Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop
Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
Spamtrapped address: Remove the python and the invalid, and use a net.
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:06 am Post subject:
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At 56K? Fat chance ;)
mike hunt
"Bruce L. Bargeman" wrote:
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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:13:02 +0000 (UTC), bill@umsa7.ums.edu (Bill
Sudbrink) wrote:
I've had the above car since new. It has around 65K miles
on it and (up till now) has been trouble free and normally
maintained. Recently shifted into reverse and heard a
quiet "thunk". After that, the car would only shift into
first and second. Was able to nurse it to the dealers in
second (long, slow trip). Turns out that one of the linkage
cables between the shift lever and the transmission broke.
Mechanic says he has never seen that happen before.
I've never heard of something like a shifter cable breaking in under
250,000 miles worth of driving, unless you got a bunch of road salt in
there and rusted it off - it's not a highly stressed part, and the
designers know they're a bear to fix, so they're generally
over-engineered.
I don't think I'm abusive in my shifting. Anyway, I'm out
of warantee and it's going to cost over $1K to fix (labor
not parts... "you have to take it all apart to replace
the cable"). Has anyone else heard of this or had it happen
to them? Is there some way I could go after Toyota to cover
part of the cost?
If your Dealer Mechanic has truly never seen this before, they might
be willing to talk to the Toyota District Manager with you and see if
they can get Toyota to chip in for part (or all) of the repair bill as
a 'goodwill' or warranty extension case. It can't hurt to ask.
At the least they might pay for the replacement part, so they can
send the old one back to the engineers and figure out why it broke.
Sorry about the labor bill, but 'Stuff Happens - Depth Varies'.
Toyota [corporate] wants you happy, so they might pick up part of
the repair tab now so you'll come back and buy another car when you
wear this one out, and tell your family and friends good things. They
know if you think you've been screwed you will spread bad news about
the brand, and they're /not/ stupid.
The dealer might get it all apart and find that the cable had a
factory defect and it took a while to break, or that something was
assembled wrong at the factory. It happens. Nobody's Perfekt. ;-)
--<< Bruce >>--
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Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop
Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
Spamtrapped address: Remove the python and the invalid, and use a net. |
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toyotawiz
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Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:17 am Post subject:
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never heard of this at my toyota dealer. try complain.complain.complain.
they usually will help if its powertrain realted |
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