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Old 08-27-2009, 01:46 PM   #73
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Toyota Confirmed that they would no honor the TSB as it was a US TSB. Anyone have any thoughts or experience on this? Why would the TSB only be for the US?

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Old 08-27-2009, 04:49 PM   #74
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Toyota Confirmed that they would no honor the TSB as it was a US TSB. Anyone have any thoughts or experience on this? Why would the TSB only be for the US?

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Old 08-27-2009, 05:32 PM   #75
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got an appointment Monday the 31st to take care of this musty smell, thanks blazinbluevitz. I had to read the bulletin to the service guy, he was telling me not to run the airconditioning on recirculating.....my serial number requires only the evaporator
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Old 08-27-2009, 09:04 PM   #76
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I have an 09 with da funk.
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Old 09-21-2009, 06:04 PM   #77
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Tomorrow's the big day of surgery to have the evap. replaced under this TSB. Here's hoping the dash board doesn't get messed up taking it apart and putting it back together. I've stressed over having this done since I had a vehicle messed up before from a drain problem fix in the HVAC system, but those of you that posted saying the work was done and you were happy gave me encouragement to go ahead with it. I'll post how it all turned out if any one is a sitting on the fence wondering about having their car taken apart for this.
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Old 09-21-2009, 11:44 PM   #78
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What year are your cars that you are having this done for free?

My stealership won't honor it because My car is a 2007, and has 53k miles, yet has the extended warrenty. Am I in the right, or are they?
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Old 09-22-2009, 02:34 AM   #79
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What year are your cars that you are having this done for free?

My stealership won't honor it because My car is a 2007, and has 53k miles, yet has the extended warrenty. Am I in the right, or are they?
From what the TSB says they are in the right. This is not a recall it just a bulletin meaning they don't have to fix it under the full warranty and can apply a different warranty to this.
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Old 09-22-2009, 01:10 PM   #80
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What year are your cars that you are having this done for free?

My stealership won't honor it because My car is a 2007, and has 53k miles, yet has the extended warrenty. Am I in the right, or are they?
The TSB states that the vehicle has to have less than 36,000.
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:52 AM   #81
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3/36 for regular warranty. TOYOTA EXTRA CARE/extended warranty WILL cover this.....
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Old 09-23-2009, 09:56 AM   #82
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So can I bring my car to you? Please? lol

Im at around 53k miles, at littler over 3 years of owning the car, but I did purchase the extended warrenty. So if your saying I'm covered, I, and my GF would appreciate it being fixed! Please let me know!
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Old 09-24-2009, 11:42 AM   #83
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Update on having this TSB done: Your dash will be completely taken apart to the firewall to complete the evaporator replacement, all that will remain are the seats. So know that going into this. So far the damage is minimal from this repair-a few cowl panel scratches and missing clip-they have ordered a new clip having lost the original. The right surround trim on the radio is not quite flush-but very close. The most noticable damage was they somehow scratched the door sill area in a few spots down to the bare metal on the drivers side-touch up paint will fix, but still a bummer. Otherwise, the dash is fine and all is good and tight-no rattles so far. I also had the TSB done on the dash pod rattle-so that is totally quiet now. Yes, the A/C is fresh-no odor. In talking to the tech. I came to learn it probably is not the design of the evaporator, but the metal used and a chemical reaction occuring that can cause the odor. Apparently this has happened in Camry's before. And if you don't get it fixed while you can for free the evaporator "may, but not for certain" corrode itself to the point it leaks out the freon or in our case R-134. So, if your car is one of the effected, you might want to consider this fix while under warranty. The part price is almost $250 and labor is at least 4 hours.

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Old 09-24-2009, 10:33 PM   #84
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Well, all I am waiting for is confirmation from Rockland Toyota.

Thanks for the information.
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Old 11-02-2009, 10:15 AM   #85
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Will this service bulletin cover my 2009 Sedan?
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Old 11-02-2009, 12:34 PM   #86
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Will this service bulletin cover my 2009 Sedan?
not that i can tell. if in fact their is a water leak i suggest setting up an appointment with WARRANTY REP at your dealership.....
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Old 11-02-2009, 05:43 PM   #87
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Why would my 2009 Yaris (8000 miles) not be covered if there is a stench from hell when the heater is turned on?
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Old 11-02-2009, 10:28 PM   #88
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Because all Toyota is looking for is $ ?
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Old 11-04-2009, 01:02 PM   #89
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Brought it to the dealer today with the TSB. They agreed it had an odor problem as they smelled it. They said my 2009 is not covered because this model had the odor problem corrected.

So I asked them and important question:

Why does it still stink?

They offered to drain something and run some chemical in the system to clean it out? Well I said go ahead and I'll bring it back if it still stinks. I'll pick it up later today and update this later on.
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Old 11-04-2009, 01:09 PM   #90
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Brought it to the dealer today with the TSB. They agreed it had an odor problem as they smelled it. They said my 2009 is not covered because this model had the odor problem corrected.

So I asked them and important question:

Why does it still stink?

They offered to drain something and run some chemical in the system to clean it out? Well I said go ahead and I'll bring it back if it still stinks. I'll pick it up later today and update this later on.
I believe that there are two separate issues:

1. The metal incompatibility issue which the TSB covers.

2. The putrid funk caused by the condensate drain getting plugged and bacteria growing in the backed-up water.

The first is probably exacerbated by the second. The second can be avoided by always using a cabin filter. If yours doesn't have a filter, I would try to talk them into adding one so that you don't end up back there for another flushing.
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