Daytime running lights update

I thought I would share my lates texperience with Toyota, about my melting DRLs. First I called the factory and explained my problem. They immediately said they would pay $300.00 toward the parts. They also told me to ask my local dealer for help. After showing the dealer a copy of the e-mail from Toyota, the dealer agreed to forgo the labor. The total bill came to $446.00. After the factory's $300.00 I ended up paying $146.00 for 2 new headlight assy. I didn't think I should have had to pay anything, but overall I guess it wasn't bad.

 

Were the lights totally stock? If so, were you still under warranty? If you were, yeah, you shouldn't have paid a dime.

 

The new lights were supposed to be an updated version. My Tacoma has 45,000, so the warranty had expired.

 

May I ask what dealership you went to

 

Update as in You gotta-have-it, if you can't have it, your headlight will not function ? Or Update as recall?

 

The dealership is Toyota of Kingsport.
The DRLs are part of the headlight. Before I got them replaced, I removed the bulbs. That killed my DRLs and turn signals. Everything else worked. The new light assy had a different part number than the original P/N. The dealer gave a copy of the TSB which stated for the dealer to install the new P/N.