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- From: bphdarcy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (SJ Roc D'Arcy, MBP)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Vibration of Toyota 4-Runner
- Keywords: Toyota
- Message-ID: <Bs7CJr.BwD@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 13:40:00 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.165915.1059@cs.uwp.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.165915.1059@cs.uwp.edu>, andrus@cs.uwp.edu (Bonnie Andrus) writes...
- >
- >I am being ripped off and I need some help. For some time now my 1990 Toyota
- <...>
- >me that I need break pads and balancing. I give them the go ahead. They call
- >me back and tell me that they got the vibration out of the front but not the
- >back and that my rear shocks need to be cleaned. Of course none of this is
- >waranteed because it is all maintenance. I go to the dealer pay them $198.25
- >get in the 4-Runner, notice that my breaks just need a slight touch to work
- >however the vibration is stronger when I break, I am told that will go away
- >when the pads adjust to the rotor. <...>
-
- > Guess what they are going to do today. They are
- >going to take the tires off of a new 4-Runner and switch them to see if thats
- >the cause. When I asked them to check the bolts on the engine and
- >transmission they looked as me as to say (Don't tell us how to do our job you
- >don't know anything about this) which is true.
-
-
- Sounds like the exact same problem I had with my 88 Grand Am. The
- two dealerships I took it to were lost as were the useless folks at
- the "GM Cares" program. They tried to switch the tires with another
- one, but that idea failed also, since they couldn't find the correct size
- rims. Let me know what you find out to be the problem.
-
- Mine was a slighly bent front drive axel that was setting up a
- vibration in the front right side. I was lucky to have an honest and
- knowledgable (sp?) mechanic to confirm this.
-
- Good Luck,
-
- SJRD
-