Austin Area TW Chapter (all gens welcome, even T4Rs; heck, just make it a Toyota and we're good)

Morning y’all

 

Has anybody had to take their taco in for warranty work before? I gotta take mine in for a few things today

 

Yep I have you show up they’ll take the keys either give you a loaner car or you’ll be stuck there all day or need to get a ride depending on what’s being done. My warrenty experience was terrible hope you don’t have to deal with the same.

 

The stealership here in waco doesnt give out loaners

 

Darn that sucks hopefully you can call enterprise or a friend hell you may have to Uber it. What are you getting done?

 

I have, the Taco to Round Rock, and the Tundra to Don Ringler in Temple. Mixed bag of results for both.

 

I have a friend picking me up, theres a clanking/clunking noise whenever I reverse and also when i roll out after putting it in drive, also gonna see if theyll do something about the kazoo noise and typical taco rear end squeek.

 

How was don ringler?

 

May just need u-joints greased or may be the rear carrier. Fluid film would probably fix the squeak if it’s your leafs an the kazoo thing I need to get fixed also.

 

Just a heads up. The weekend of March 16th there will be a crew from DFW area at Hidden Falls.

They are welcoming any and all enthusiasts to join!​

 

Also hopefully they don’t try to screw me out of my extended warranty

 

It’s a dealer they will take everything from you they can at least in my experience.

 

Well, it was to fix a scratch on the back bumper of a brand new truck, and the runaround I got was a bit much. The body shop manager wanted to paint the piece that had the scratch, which is plastic, and I told the sales manager I was working with that that approach was nuts, and wouldn't be happening to my vehicle. Evidently, the body shop guy has been working there since dirt was a new thing, and the sales manager didn't want to push it with him. When I mentioned that it was easy enough for me to contact the actual Don Ringler, he talked to the body shop guy again, who then realized what part was in question, and said he would never try to paint that, but rather just replace it. The amount of time it took them to do the replacement is less than the time I spent getting them to see the light. Like I said, half ass is the new norm these days...

It is funny that Ringler touts loaner cars on the window sticker that was on my Tundra, but when we were discussing the bumper issue, (back when they thought I was going to agree to a paint fix), they said they didn't have loaner cars. I mentioned that they should probably stop saying they did, on every damn vehicle on their lot, if that wasn't the case, and like magic, they said they would have a loaner for me.

I'm going to take the Tundra in to Cedar Park Toyota soon for a recall on the air bag sensor, and meet the service manager. Honestly, it's a more a matter of distance than anything; Ringler is 30 minutes away, TCP is 10.

 

If they do they can have a fun time getting a bad rap from the Waco Car community..... good luck selling those new supras

 

Damn they gave you the runaround.... note to self don’t go there

 

Well, if you find a dealer that is there for the customer, let us know.

 

Anyone loose a wall? Cause I found one...

 

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my coworker gets 12mpg steady in his TSS 2wd...ouch I'm getting around 16 in the taco and I thought that was bad.