FJ Cruisers of Northern California

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gone busted my rear gears 7 teeth snap crackle boom gone. the machine is sitting at tracy toyota waiting for the warranty inspector to come out and either approve the replacements or screw me one of the two wish me luck!

--edit-- inspector came out took one look and said nope! and the warranty people said " we denied the claim do to the aftermarket lift, tires, and off road abuse". simply amazing how Toyota warranty suuuuckksss. i will not give up so easily however this will go to corporate. but for now i will bend over and grab my ankles.

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Permalink Reply by Ranger Jim on November 6, 2012 at 7:50am

"Off road abuse" is different than just plain off roading, but they have to prove you abused it, what led him to that conclusion? You can definately fight it, I had a transmission replacement at 95k and got it covered by warranty. They didn't want to at first, they took one look at my snorkel and jumped to the conclusion that I had water in it, I told him I barely have gotten the brake calipers wet let alone the transmission but they checked it all out and couldn't find any water so they honored the warranty, btw I have a 3" lift, 285's, aftermarket exhaust, so you can negate that from his excuses. If there is history of other vehicles of that production with that failure on forums print it out and show the service manager, hopefully he can be an advocate for you. Good luck

Ranger Jim

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Permalink Reply by Revoked on November 6, 2012 at 7:51am

Good excuse to regear and run 35s!

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Permalink Reply by tacocat on November 9, 2012 at 12:54pm

Not surprised in the least bit. I don't think you will win any appeals due to the increased tire size.

May I suggest in 4.56 or 4.88.

http://eastcoastgearsupply.com/i-131078-8-tacoma-fj-cruiser-4runner...

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Permalink Reply by Dave Crockett on November 9, 2012 at 1:13pm

I have an after market warranty. While in pismo on the dunes, caught some air (somehow) and ripped 9 teeth off of the ring gear. It was taken to SLO and the warranty co had no questions at all. They paid
For 100% of the rear end. I'm running 35s and 6" of lift. Pushing close to 300hp (so I'm told). Many, many mods. I will never go without so kind of backup warranty. Good luck.