I won the transmission battle with Toyota.

My dealer offered to give me a full refund today. I made a counter offer and asked for a great extended warranty. He gave me their platinum, 8yr/100k. That gives me some peace of mind. I still wanted the truck. Maybe there will be a fix/recall someday.

 

What dealership did you go through? I go to Modesto Toyota. I had mine looked at and they said all was ok. But still have issues.

 

I am not 100% clear. Did Toyota corp lie, or was it the service manager?

 

Hmmmm..... Corporate Toyota or a Dealership.... Which one is more likely to lie?

 

I would have assumed the dealership except for :

So I was asking for clarification. Was Corp not trying to reach the svc manager or was the svc manager hiding?

 

Glad to hear Toyota still stands behind their product.
I hope a recall is in the works if one is warranted.
I don't have a 3rd gen, but a friend has one. He is always complaining about the way it shifts.

 

Toyota corp.

 

OP, good chance you will get a "refurbished" transmission that will be labeled as "new". Already happened to a couple guys on this forum who's transmission fried out.

 

Rebuilts are better than new anyway

 

Your dealer offered to buy your truck back at full value that you paid?

 

That was my thought!
If I was offered that I would've jumped on that in a heartbeat!

 

Same here. If I was having tranny problems, and if dealer offered me FULL REFUND, I would ask when I get the check, and walk my butt home, leaving my Caitlyn Jenner confused tranny truck there. Then go and buy a Tundra.

 

No kidding. Considering op said he already had 36k miles on it.

 

So glad I got a manual.

 

OP @Bolze is getting a new trans.

The person who said dealer offered full refund is another member, @Ibanez

 

Oh I just kinda blended it all together. Senior moment.
Regardless id still opt for the buyback.

 

Screw that walking home stuff, if the dealership was giving full refunds on my problematic Taco I'd give him my Tundra business too!

 

At least have upgraded to a manual version with maybe some extra package and longer warranty...........

 

I seriously doubt they were going to give him what he paid. More likely what he paid minus an adjustment for depreciation, mileage, etc. I can't imagine any dealer offering a complete refund on the sales sheet unless it was a customer who does a lot of business with them, has a daughter married to a son, or some special circumstance.

 

I know that....

but if he DID give customers a full refund for not being happy, he'd get a lot of repeat customers.