Yesterday my Pro showed as may be in transit (they don't know?) with estimated availability of 8/31/24 - 9/16/24). I am finally starting to feel like my truck is real.
from your picture looks like 2 of the three clip in points have been compromised may have been from the dealer or when they actually installed the air intake and the installer did a poor job of lining it up. Looks like it would be an easy swap just as long as the dealer can replace it.I'd be VERY CURIOUS as to the snorkel part!!! I've already complained directly to Toyota about the cheap crappy way that the cover on the bottom of the snorkel DOES NOT hold the cover on well at all. I was contacted my my local dealer customer service manager and all he was able to say was that Toyota acknowledged that there was a problem! Mine came off drying my truck and another TH owner said his fell off driving down the highway! Wow!! ...and they tested these trucks offroad? Obviously not on any washboard tracks!!! Pic of mine. These little balls on the protruding bolts are supposed to click into the plastic holders in the cover. While they do, they don't well at all. Sad design for a $65k truck.
That's what I think too, but my question is why hasn't the dealer even tried to get @brentbba that replacement part? It sounds like he has a pretty lame dealer to me.
wSo I have had my Trailhunter for 3 weeks. Last week we had some heavy rains and some water about 1-2 feet deep on the roads. After driving though this I was about 1/2 mile from home and the truck went into limp mode. Check engine code was for mass air flow sensor.
Had it towed to dealer and they said the mass air flow sensor was fried and because of water that it wouldn’t be covered under warranty because of “act of god”
Now how on earth water damaged the sensor is still unknown because the dealer did absolutely no looking into where it came from
Now when I bought my truck the cover was missing from the snorkel that looks like other people are losing theirs also. And the QC hold seems to be an issue with that gasket where the cover goes.
So if this is a know issue but toyota isn’t telling anyone then how are the dealers supposed to know there is an issue? If this is supposed to be a warranty thing because of failed parts so how can they turn down the warranty repair and how do you argue this?
Also the dealership said there was an unknown back order on the mass air flow sensor. Said it could be two months. So I made some calls to Phoenix area where I was told had two sensors. Both were special order for customers. I was then told there was one in Minnesota and one in Missouri. The one in Minnesota was spoken for so I called Missouri. They had one but it was for a customer but said it had been sitting there since July. He called the customer and they didn’t need it so I was lucky to get it.
Now after all of this I have fixed my own truck by finding the part and have researched the snorkel issue and have gotten absolutely zero help from the dealer. If this is how they are going to treat people who buy a $65,000 truck then I might sell it. I’m not going to put up with a company that ignores their customers. This is the way the world is going and I refuse to play the game anymore.
Shady dealership, they either knew about it and F'd him anyways with a markup and dealer add-ons or they genuinely did not know. Any which way you see it this is why it's so important to take your time when you take delivery of a vehicle inspect every inch . I have a TH Tacoma coming by Sep and a 4runner TH coming hopefully early 2025. I'm going to take my time looking at every inch of thoes two vehicles. Paint, engine, doors , everything. I'll address it's before I sign anything.
Yeah - my Pro is coming in the first half of September and I will be looking it over very closely. My advantage is that I think I have a dealer that I can really trust. But still, it's my bad if I don't look my truck over before I sign the papers. i might take it for a drive too, which would be the first time I have done that with a Toyota.
So your Trailhunter also has the warped bed rails, or is that something else? I was hoping by the time they made the halos they would have that kind of problem under control.
Bed scene lights on the driver side rail had a short that was taking out the bed scene lights, interior bed lights and cargo lights. Had to be DOA from the factory. I didn't know they were standard on the Trailhunter and sales folks at purchasing dealer didn't yet know how-to turn them on! I remember saying I'd figure it out. Little did I know then that they can be set to come on with the door lights or on with the door lights. We all just figured that they turned on separately with a switch somewhere!
Oh yeah - I remember that now, and that was quite a journey as I recall.
Yep, almost 2 days just to find the short and another day to put it all back together! At first the rail with the lights (one piece) was on backorder and all available were headed to the manufacturing plant! Only recently was I told the part would come in between the 13th and 28th. Still waiting.
