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SUVs Toyota 4Runner Sulfur Smell from Toyota 4Runner
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I have filed the Lemon Law in the state of Florida because of the sulfur smell inside my vehicle. Toyota replaced my catalyst converter because I had the sulfur smell at low speed. It was replaced on 6-24-04 on a TSB EG020-04. I still have the smell inside the vehicle when I accelerate to a high speed and then let off on the accelerator and come to a steady speed. In about 15-20 seconds the cab fills with exhaust. The sulfur smell is carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is odorless, the sulfur smell is a detection warning of carbon monoxide inside the vehicle, not outside, where it belongs. I have had the vehicle back to the dealer three more times to fix this problem, to no avail. Following the lemon law procedure, my first arbitration was denied, based soley on a road test. I had used their recommended fuel and it had helped, but not solved, the problem. During arbitration Toyota recommends only BP Amoco gasoline to help with the sulfer smell. They acknowledge that it's a fuel problem. They are asking me to mask the detection smell that warns me of the presence of carbon monoxide inside the vehicle. At the end of arbitration Toyota told me that other manufacturers are experiencing the same problem. The arbitration company's is NCDS (National Center for Dispute Settlement), which is hired by Toyota. Now the office of the Attorney General takes over for a new arbitration hearing. This is a very serious health hazard.......I will keep you posted.
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Replying to: lear02 (Oct 13, 2004 1:42 pm) |
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I don't understand at this point how your car can be filling with carbon monoxide (even though I certainly believe that your car stinks inside) without you being too dead to post, or, if not, at least seriously impaired with typical CO poisoning symptoms. How have you determined that you have CO in your car's interior? The reason I ask is because that's a pretty startling claim and should therefore have startling evidence.
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Well, maybe not. I won't consume bandwidth by recapping all the previous discussions here, but would encourage anybody who cares to read extensively in this discussion. In summary, today's engines burn so clean that the old carbon monoxide problem (due to incomplete combustion) doesn't usually exist. It's a stink nuisance and would probably be improved if Toyota went back to the side-firing exhaust they used to use. Stink is probably coming from the rear cabin exhausts, so you can often avoid the stink by simply leaving the system on fresh (rather than recirculate) and having the fan on at least the low setting. If the stink is a problem, get the TSB(s) and keep leaning on your dealer and, by all means, complain to Toyota too. This kind of thing shouldn't be happening, but it's not unique to the 4Runner or to Toyota. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 14, 2004 8:36 am)
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All true but I don't see how you could have any appreciable amount of carbon monoxide in your truck. What I'm driving at here is that this claim substantially diminishes your credibility in an arbitration, since if you were breathing carbon monoxide in any harmful array you would be very sick indeed. We all breath a bit of CO every day of our lives unless we are really living in the woods or something. So I am suggesting you drop that one and stick to the obnoxious odor as being very annoying rather than life-threatening.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 15, 2004 12:54 pm) |
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in class-action evaluation on this, and after testing, we determined that there's no more noxious emissions in a new 4Runner than in several other vehicles tested. Comparitively, when tested by itself (4 vehicles), they were 70-80% less in cabin emissions, driving by themselves on deserted roads, than just driving the vehicle in normal traffic. If you can't tell, I'm NOT a "sky is falling, let's sue everybody" advocate. We have become a country of victims and plaintiffs instead of men, women, and consumers. |
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