Now that I have your attention, read on.
The attached page from my
1988 FJ62 Toyota Land Cruiser Owner's Manual has the following comment on the TWO O2 sensors:
Oxygen Sensor Replace the oxygen sensor when scheduled. Your Toyota dealer will make this replacement (parts and labor) at no cost to you.
The scheduled maintenance interval is 80K miles.
When I took my FJ62 in for the replacement at 84,103 miles in 1995, I was met with disbelief.
What? Where? Show Me! was the Service Mgr.'s response. He asked to keep my owner's manual so he could verify this with the Regional Rep. I got a call back, sure enough Toyota would pick up the tab.
A few days later I took the FJ62 in for the service. Later in the day, I got a call.
Uh, there are 2 O2 sensors, & we only ordered 1. We'll have to reschedule.
During the service I got a call
Er, the sections of exhaust where the 02 sensors mount cracked when the mechanic . . . we'll have to order 2 pipes . . . A few days later, I drove out with the sensors replaced!
The following parts were replaced:
- 89466-20020 gaskets X2 @ $ 14.48 = $24.96
- 80465-69015 O2 sensor X2 @ $ 253.24 = $506.48
- 17401-61210 #1 A-Pipe $117.87
- 17402-61010 #2 A-Pipe $117.87
- 90917-06004 gaskets X2 @ $ 10.68 = $ 21.36
- 90917-06012 gaskets X2 @ $ 7.50 = $ 15.00
$803.54 Total in parts!
The labor column has:
N/C Customer manual referred to change O2 sensors. Owners Manual Recommends changing at 80,000. R&R Exhaust Pipe Subassembly. Replaced Both Sub-Assy. & O2 Sensors. Need Auth.
When the odo rolled over 160K, I returned to Little Apple Toyota. Guess what? The mechanic was now the Asst. Service Mgr. & remembered me quite well. After some discussion, it was announced that Toyota would only do the R&R once. I didn't press this. I did roll back in with my 2nd FJ62 in 2005. I was told that if it had not yet been done, they guessed Toyota would take care of it. I will suggest to the new owner that he check into it.
I post this as FYI. I don't mean to stir up a hornets' nest
(Hey, I still own 3 Toyotas.)
I don't know if there's a special folder on me at Toyota's USA HQ. I have owned Toyotas since 1975. I was not the original owner of that FJ62. I do
NOT have my Toys serviced by Toyota. I did not buy my 00 Tundra at that dealership. I don't buy a lot of parts at Little Apple Toyota. I did have my 92 Pickup's V6 head gasket replaced there under the service campaign. They don't have an XL track record with me for that service; nor for diagnosing the FJ62's oil pan gasket leak in 1992 as the rear main seal (another job they didn't get). From the acknowledgement I get from each successive Service Mgr., I believe there may be a legend about me. I certainly got attention when I drove in with one of the 1st six USA ARB Sahara bumpers on my Tundra. Even more attention when I pulled up with 4XODDIC, my 1986 Toyota Odyssey 22RTE 4WD 21' dually RV.
This is just one more example of why I buy & recommend Toyotas.
