results of "leaning" arbitration
Hey guys, Went to arbitration and of course Toyota admitted that this was "a design characteristic of 2WD '04 4Runner" (even though they could not give an explanation of why this was a beneficial characteristic) The arbitrator agreed that it was a design flaw...
I haven't measured the 4WD's. But I, personally, couldn't visually see the slant. My husband is meticulous with his vehicles and was the one who noticed the difference. He is concerned that the tires will wear differently and doesn't know what other long-term effects the 1/2" difference will make.
I recently purchased an 04 4runner. My husband noticed it seemed to be leaning more on one side. He measured it and it was in fact higher by 1/2 an inch on the passenger side. We took it to the service dept. and after alot of investigation they determined that it was off by 1/2 inch and so were...