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Just wanted to update my experience with this issue. My dealer

Uneek: Is it possible to swap the vehicle through Toyota without going through lemon laws, lawyers and a legal battle? Not sure if there is a procedure i can use. Also, talked to my brother who is the service manager for a group of Honda dealers and he isn't surprised. He says he has seen...

I am curious as to how you made out with this. I am having the exact same problem, which I noticed the first week I had the truck and now at 6k miles, I just took it back for another issue and mentioned the trans shifting issue. They called back and the asst service mgr said

Something I have tried on other cars in the past with great results is AutoRX. I am going to use it in my new 08 Runner as a maint dose going forward, but for those with high mileage engines, this stuff really works well.

I did it recently on my 2008. Here is a link to the procedure. Took me a few tries to get the timing down correctly. http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?threadid=38804&highlight=seatbelt+chime

Hi Kev, I did wind up taking my truck in a couple of weeks ago. I also noticed that it really didn

Hi Kev, Did you get this resolved? I have a brand new--less than a week old 2008 Sport V6--that had that exact problem while pulling forward yesterday from a parking space at work. Just curious if the found the root cause. Thanks-

Well, as I mentioned in my other post to Linfone in the general discussion, I just came from his high-horsepower Subie and one of the prime reasons I left it was because of reliability. Yes, if you buy an Outback it will last forever. But, if you buy a turbo rally car, it

I had that exact car (2004 WRX, Cobb Stage 2) and traded it this past Friday on a new 2008 Sport 4 Runner. The WRX is a rally car and the 4 Runner is frankly one of the most versatile vehicles in production today. I loved my scooby, but when it came down to it, I was done with driving a stick...