Recent content by LACA11

This thread saved the day November 2025 and this post just saved me hours of frustration and hundreds of dollars. Rear wiper and washer suddenly didn't work. Baffling. Checked fuses under the dash, both looked fine. Checked the relay under the hood, not the issue. This thread came up on...

KDSS Repair Update: The Toyota dealer apparently replaced the leaking cylinder, but after a full day of attempting to use their "manual" tools, they were unable to bleed / repressurize / whatever the KDSS system. Seems pretty clear at this point that they've never done a KDSS repair before...

Unfortunately, the price seems to be in the ballpark. My assumption is that Toyota inherited the system from Lexus, so the parts are absurdly expensive, and the hydraulic fluid bleed/recharge/whatever makes it a labor intensive repair. My 2015 Trail is at a dealer in Long Beach CA to replace a...

Ya, my number one concern was perfect fit with zero hassle, and the Force L met that requirement. Capacity was a distant second. The REI salesperson strongly recommended getting a bigger box just to have the extra capacity, but I didn't want to deal with the potential hassle of hitting the...

Thule Force L 628 on 2015 Trail with Factory Crossbars I was originally shopping for a Yakima Skybox 16, but I found one post saying it fit fine, while another post (with photos) showed the clamps were a very tight fit under the factory cross bars and the back of the box would hit the lift...