ABS and "!" lights are ON again!

[devinlamothe]

Originally Posted by Jem_hadar

So she's all fixed now. Got it *finally* looked after on Monday.

The official 'cause' as listed on my repair invoice is:

"Right rear speed sensor harness"


And interestingly enough, apparently there's a TSB out for this!?!? (What does that mean exactly then???)

Because the 'correction' on my repair invoice reads:

"Labour to diagnose and replace speed sensor harness as per TSB3027"


(Part # was 89516-52090, and description was "Wire,Sensor" in case anyone was interested)

There's my update ppl.

That part is for the rear right sensor wire ... price online is $29 ... so my question is ... if it is really that cheap, WTF is the $400 for?

[Former_Neon]

Originally Posted by devinlamothe

That part is for the rear right sensor wire ... price online is $29 ... so my question is ... if it is really that cheap, WTF is the $400 for?

It's for the speed sensor itself. The harness and sensor get replaced simultaneously. I just had mine done yesterday.
The laugh of it all (I have to laugh or else I'll likely cry) is that I asked the mechanic if the other one at the back is likely to malfunction. He said that, sooner or later, it would. Are they kind of keeping their fingers crossed that my warranty will expire before the next one goes?

[voodoo22]

Originally Posted by Former_Neon

The laugh of it all (I have to laugh or else I'll likely cry) is that I asked the mechanic if the other one at the back is likely to malfunction. He said that, sooner or later, it would. Are they kind of keeping their fingers crossed that my warranty will expire before the next one goes?

Everything will fail eventually, but what pisses me off is that Toyota knows this is a defective part which could go at anytime and they do not offer a quality replacement part to fix the problem for their customers before failure occurs and if failure occurs after standard warranty you are screwed even though the failing part is below standard quality.

We haven't had this part fail yet and we just passed 48k km's. Hopefully we don't have a problem, but I still feel really upset for all of you who have had to deal with this issue and pay for its resolution. The way Toyota is treating you is disrespectful to everyone of their customers and I'm sure will cost them return customers, but like any other company, Toyota does not care.

[Former_Neon]

Originally Posted by voodoo22

Everything will fail eventually,

You misunderstand my entire point. I am fully aware that everything will fail eventually because what kind of dreamer believes a car will last forever? My point was that the speed sensor on the left is defective also and it's only a matter of time (according to the mechanic) before it malfunctions, as the one on the right side did. That being the case, why does Toyota not replace all of the speed sensors at once, before the warranty runs out?