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I looked in this location, traced the wires, but couldn't locate the box-- anyone know if it's visible from below, or is it tucked up out of view?The original one was on the cross member above the spare tire near the passenger side. Mine was all corroded and didn’t work. I purchased a new one for ~$200 from CDan and it gets mounted up inside the tail light on the driver’s side. It is a real nice unit, comes with all the necessary parts and it has a body seal for the wire to keep out dirt at the point the wires get inside the truck.
Dean
My understanding is they look for "Toyota" and the cowboy hat logo on the bottom of the molded four wire plug attached to bumper. That tells them it was installed either at the port or at the dealer. I checked mine but over the past 17 years I have dragged the bumper a few times and my Toyota logo is no longer visible. Just to be safe, I went ahead and ordered an aftermarket unit for 25.00 or so. If dealer drags his feet, I will just install that.....When I bought my rig 4 months ago it had a cap on the harness connector, located on the undercarriage, on the passenger side of the spare. I had to do some towing this last weekend and dropped in a curtis kit specific to a 1999 TLC and it worked great (purchased for ~$50 from a local welding & trailer shop). I did see the recall and was concerned about it being connected underneath for exactly the reason stated in the recall. The tow hitch has a different name on the label, so I thought it might have been aftermarket, but w/no connector wiring confused me.
What does the dealer look for? Will they see my nice new wiring and check me off since it's not the original? If I pull my new wiring out and put the cap back on, will they check me off because it doesn't have the wiring? <sigh>
Thanks!
My understanding is they look for "Toyota" and the cowboy hat logo on the bottom of the molded four wire plug attached to bumper. That tells them it was installed either at the port or at the dealer. I checked mine but over the past 17 years I have dragged the bumper a few times and my Toyota logo is no longer visible. Just to be safe, I went ahead and ordered an aftermarket unit for 25.00 or so. If dealer drags his feet, I will just install that.....
So is this for all 98-99 UZJs? My mom just tried to get hers fixed under recall but they pulled all kinds of excuses including "this doesn't apply to your vehicle." She's going to call Toyota and wrangle that, in the mean time, is it possible that her 99 isn't affected? The trailer wiring doesn't work at all so something is definitely up.
Two post above - there is a link to the pdf. It has a list of VIN that are impacted. You can check if your mom's 99 is included in that list.
Mine was fixed by Toyota but broken again. The replacement harness is like $30, and easy to install. Literally disconnect the old harness and plug in the new ones. Do a search, there should be a thread here about that.
PDF shows LC s/n's, does this apply to '98-'99 LXs as well?
Does anyone know of a good aftermarket replacement for these failed converters? Mine is also dead and I'd rather just do the repalcement myself if the cost is reasonable. Thanks!
Any of them will work. Pick up from Northern Tool, tractor supply, auto parts, etrailer.com will specifically respond to you about your model... a little bit of rewire/splice is needed for the generic ones... etrailer might have a plug & play.
Any of them will work. Pick up from Northern Tool, tractor supply, auto parts, etrailer.com will specifically respond to you about your model... a little bit of rewire/splice is needed for the generic ones... etrailer might have a plug & play.