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Toyota Highlander Maintenance and Repair

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vibration by garywi
Dec 14, 2006 (7:44 am)
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Tom, No, it was the usual dealer experience, in that they are not interested in looking for problems that are not hitting them in the face. If they don't hear a rod smashing against the inside of the engine block, then nothing could be wrong. Your temp. I would advance the heating control full to the right and see how long it takes to feel heat coming from the vents. I feel good strong heat in about 3-4 minutes. Gary
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Re: vibration [garywi] by tomd
Dec 14, 2006 (8:50 am)
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Replying to: garywi (Dec 14, 2006 7:44 am)

Gary, I was just wondering if your guage responds similar to the way I described.
 
I was thinking of going to the dealer and seeing if my sales person would let me start another HL just to see if the loudness and the humming resonance is there at idle but I bet they won't want any part of this. They will just refer me to service. Once they sell you the car, they more or less wash their hands of stuff like that. I'm sure they wouldn't let me test drive another one to see if the vibration is there at 1800 RPM.
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Re: vibration [tomd] by garywi
Dec 14, 2006 (9:01 am)
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Replying to: tomd (Dec 14, 2006 8:50 am)

I just went to the dealer, and test drove another hightlander, as if I was looking to buy. You have to do what you have to do.
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Re: vibration [garywi] by tomd
Dec 14, 2006 (9:49 am)
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Replying to: garywi (Dec 14, 2006 9:01 am)

So did the one you test drove have the vibration and other problems that plagues your's?
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Re: vibration [garywi] by toyotagal
Dec 15, 2006 (9:21 am)
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Replying to: garywi (Dec 14, 2006 9:01 am)

We are waiting with bated breath Gary to see what you came up with after test driving another Highlander at another Dealer. You did what I was going to suggest when you first said they probably would be reluctant to let you test drive another Highlander, at the dealership where you bought your wheels.
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Re: Heat Module Replacement [wconnors1] by eben1
Dec 20, 2006 (7:11 am)
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Replying to: wconnors1 (Dec 04, 2006 3:59 pm)

We were finally able to fix the problem and the cost was....$0! Found some info online about how to take part of the dashboard off and reconnect the wires that enable the heat dial. Took all of 30 minutes and we did it ourselves. Below is the website we used as guidance. It looks like several people have had this problem and fixed it themselves. I am going to call Toyota USA and the dealership and raise some hell. Can't believe they would have taken $900 from us to replace the entire heating system when this is all it needed. The heat/ac work just fine now. Hope this helps. http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forums/highlander/32217-heater-quit-sort-of/
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Re: Heat Module Replacement [eben1] by phrosut
Dec 21, 2006 (11:46 am)
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Replying to: eben1 (Dec 20, 2006 7:11 am)

Thanks for that link eben1!
 
Another great source of info for a car that has so few problems. I bought the extended warranty and the posts about this $900 heater problem was a contributing reason.
 
I also bought the "money back on extended warranty if not used" and hoping to cash in on that. Have about 63,000 miles so far with no problems whatsoever.
 
Phil
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Re: Heat Module Replacement [phrosut] by edh
Dec 21, 2006 (1:49 pm)
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Replying to: phrosut (Dec 21, 2006 11:46 am)

How much was the warrant and was it a Toyota warranty or another company?
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Re: Mass Air Flow [gartmacd] by jware
Dec 23, 2006 (10:00 am)
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Replying to: gartmacd (Jul 20, 2006 6:26 am)

I just spoke with a service rep at the toyota dealer here in ft. wayne. He recommended against cleaning it. He said the "check engine" light would probably go on again "soon." Does anyone have any experience with having the AF sensor cleaned vs replaced (he's quoting me $322 for replacement)?
 
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Re: noisy engine [bdyment] by matthew
Dec 29, 2006 (8:57 am)
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Replying to: bdyment (Nov 28, 2006 12:43 pm)

I have a 2005 highlander and just started hearing a clunking noise in the steering column. You mentioned that there is a fix for this. Could you pass along the details?
 
thanks

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