My goodness! Given that oil changes, battery swaps and tire rotations are pretty much all I can do I think I'll stay away from this endeavor. The cool box on my 2009 LC recently seems to have died. I'm assuming its the fan because the green power light goes on in the box, the A/C in the vehicle is blowing cold but there's no air flowing into the box. I recently went to the dealership for the seatbelt warranty fix so when I brought in my LC for that I mentioned the cool box. After about 30 minutes the service advisor comes to me and says, "The only option we see here is a complete replacement of the box assembly for about $3,000." After I stopped laughing I said to just do the seatbelt.
If anyone knows of any other options (non-do it yourself) I'd appreciate the info. Since this seems to not be an isolated event I'd imagine Toyota has done these repairs before. I'd actually go with the $300 option if it was available. TIA
That is what happened with my old 2011, a new fan fixed it. As @Markuson said, I paid $300 for my dealer to do it, but the advisor told me he vastly underquoted me after the job. I use the box all the time, the mIn reason I won't get a Heritage.