Hello MUDer's. I have a request for some assistance. Back in February I had rodent damage to my main engine harness from squirrels. After dealing with insurance, I took the truck (2009 LC200) to the local Toyota dealer for repair. I am friendly with the lead tech who is one of the few people I let touch my trucks. He performed the Toyota spec'd wire crimp repair to five points of the main harness that were damaged. The total cost came to $1,100, which was better than the $13,000 originally quoted for a new harness R&R. Insurance paid, the idiot lights went away and the damage was sealed up nicely.
Last week, the VSC/Trac, Error Light, and 4LO came back on. I thought it might be harness related. Toyota had a warranty on their repair, so I took it back. There was no visible evidence of squirrel damage. The tech that performed the repair has moved on to a revolving position between a few regional Toyota dealerships and is no longer at my local. The new tech spent 1.5 days diagnosing the car and cannot find any visible damage. The only error he can find is that the charcoal canister is not getting power. The only error code I was able to pull with my home copy of TechStream was C1021 (Generic Engine) and P0453 (Evap System).
Toyota wants me to contact my insurance and wants to proceed with pulling the interior to inspect the harness feeding power to the charcoal canister. My eyes water at the bill if insurance is notified but rodent damage is not found. I told the dealer to button the car back up and we settled on a diagnostic charge of $500, which is still more than I want to spend for no answer.
I have researched the charcoal canister issues. I also have a new fuel cap to try. I will reset the codes and clear the computer from the battery as well. My only concern is that there is no power to the canister. Can anyone provide some input? I feel that rodent damage inside the actual cabin is highly unlikely and don't want to proceed with tearing everything apart only to find nothing and be liable for the costs.
Last week, the VSC/Trac, Error Light, and 4LO came back on. I thought it might be harness related. Toyota had a warranty on their repair, so I took it back. There was no visible evidence of squirrel damage. The tech that performed the repair has moved on to a revolving position between a few regional Toyota dealerships and is no longer at my local. The new tech spent 1.5 days diagnosing the car and cannot find any visible damage. The only error he can find is that the charcoal canister is not getting power. The only error code I was able to pull with my home copy of TechStream was C1021 (Generic Engine) and P0453 (Evap System).
Toyota wants me to contact my insurance and wants to proceed with pulling the interior to inspect the harness feeding power to the charcoal canister. My eyes water at the bill if insurance is notified but rodent damage is not found. I told the dealer to button the car back up and we settled on a diagnostic charge of $500, which is still more than I want to spend for no answer.
I have researched the charcoal canister issues. I also have a new fuel cap to try. I will reset the codes and clear the computer from the battery as well. My only concern is that there is no power to the canister. Can anyone provide some input? I feel that rodent damage inside the actual cabin is highly unlikely and don't want to proceed with tearing everything apart only to find nothing and be liable for the costs.
