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Originally Posted by Corey
Be careful when they weld, member Highbeams over on the blue forum had his entire FJ destroyed by fire.
The dealership got sparks underneath the dash when welding, and a smoldering turned into a raging fire.
They are suppose to take your whole dash off when fixing this.
He gave up and has left Toyotas, and now has a 4 door Rubicon.
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I should be so lucky if they COMPLETELY destroy it in an approved Toyota body shop! Then I could wait until this is a factory update and get a new 2009...
My luck it'll catch on fire but not be totalled!!
The rep said it's going to be a while before a TSB/recall occurs. They have to ramp up manufacturing of the new aprons with the affixed brackets. He said to call the dealer in June to check on the progress since I only have about 19-k miles and more than a year to go on factory warranty.
He was fairly clear that even though I had it documented now, it would NOT be covered after the initial warranty EVEN THOUGH I have the platinum extended service agreement (note-it's NOT really an extended "warranty".
I'm inclined to ask if they would first try just welding the brackets in now and LEAVING the existing aprons because I just have samll bulges at this point and it would be much less of a tear down. I plan on keeping this rig for a long time and the less sheet metal work the better.
As I suspected all along, this IS a major structural issue made obvious by the fact that they're incorporating this fix into all future production models (according to what the rep stated).