How the Hell did this happen!!

It's hard to see in the above pic but the inside one is completely mangled as well

 

So how bad is it to drive it the way it is?

 

is the drivers side done correctly?

 

Yes, drivers side looks good

 

The UCA is relatively lightly loaded, so driving it back to the dealer should be safe... IF this is the only mistake the dealer made.

Interesting, the dealer installed the bolt pointing rearward. Most people re-install the bolt pointing forward because there's less interference with the inner fender that way.

Is the splash guard missing or did you remove it for the photo?

 

ya thats weird. they must have taken it out to make it fit easier.

 

You should take it to the dealership and demand a loaner vehicle (for free of course) until they fix their mistake. I doubt they have bushings like that just laying around.

 

Thanks, but I'm going to make them buy me new ones.

 

They used new bolts, so that's why it's installed normally I guess. The splash guard is there just can't see it in the photo

 

Make them fix it and never go back to that place. that is blatent supidity.

 

Damn, that really sucks ass. i hope they take care of you with no troubles, x2 on the loaner vehicle until this is resolved.

 

Yeah, I'm not sure what they can say especially since I gave them the UCA's with the bushings already assembled, they can't claim they didn't have all the parts and were too dumb to notice.....I'm sure they'll come up with something.

 

Damn man. I hope it gets fixed soon!

Sub'd for the outcome.

 

So got a call from the service manager early this morning saying that the tech was 99% sure the bushing was there when he installed, went to Toyota and showed him and pointed out the amount of threads showing on the passanger side compared to the drivers side. He just said, where the fuck did it go and was pissed, their looking at it now and hopefully will make it right.

 

GOOD! ask for a free oil change to cover the cost of gas and the pain to going to the dealership twice

 

Wow, that sucks...stand your ground if they mess around.

 

So I told the guy this morning that I thought he pushed the bushing out with the bolt during install.....just got a call they found the bushing on the skid plate......the tech feels like an idiot...ya think.

 

So Toyota calls and says they got the bushing back in and everything together, I asked about the other bushing on that side being damaged, he said oh I guess we will look at that.

 

Ditto x2 Amen. Hung over mechanic.....

 

Sorry this happened to you dude. If the place where you got them installed lost the bushing make sure the new one is on their dollar.

Also give'em a middle finger on the way out.