Ok, I'm reading the TSB for the V6 Sulfur problem and it gives you two plants that your 4Runner could have been made in. Tahara and Hino are the plants. Here is the TSB if you're unfamiliar with it: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/attach...=&postid=30258

Tahara 2WD JTEZU##R#40026890
4WD JTEBU##R#40032900

Hino: 2WD JTEZU##R#48015332
4WD JTEBU##R#48019048

It says if your T4R was produced before the VINs listed then your vehicle is covered. I can't for the life of me figure out where my T4R was manufactured. I am assuming it was manufactured in HINO since my VIN is JTEBU##R#48016074 but i'm not 100% sure. I checked on the door jam and can only decipher the build date.

I'll be taking in the T4R in a month or two to do my 10K service so I was going to ask them to look into this as well. Also I'll probably have them look at greasing up my moonroof because sometimes I can hear it kind of "catching."

Any help would be appreciated, guys and gals...

July

70+ views and no replies???

I had no idea they even made toyota 4runners in tahara... I thought they only made the GS and LS there.

I have the 2004 Sport V8 and was reading the similar notice. I too assumed that the 400 was code for Tahara and 480 was for Hino. Mine was too new (picked it up 3 weeks ago) but your VIN number is old enough that it needs to mod. Least that's the way I read it. BTW I had a 89 4Runner SR5 V6 that I had for over 15 years (over 250,000 miles) and the new one is like night and day.

According to this the 11th character IDs the plant.

http://www.autoinsurancetips.com/vin.htm

Dude, you're the man! I think that seals the deal. That link is very informative.

July

If you had done a search you would have found this: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showth...=&threadid=962

Maybe you should be a little more patient if you aren't going to use search....

Well, seeing that I didn't know what to search for I don't know how much that would have helped. Thanks just the same:rolleye2: