Loooong time toyota pickup 4wd driver, first LC.
Just picked up an 09 with 200k miles. I wasn't even going to look at it cause of the miles, but it was the only LC I came across that had the maintenance records and was in my price range to pay cash. After I went an looked at it, I was floored at how a vehicle could have 200k and look this good. I just brought it to the dealer for a couple things, that I'll mention later, and the girl checking me in said "this thing is mint". Such a cool vehicle, not even sweating the 200k miles and loving her.
This will be mostly for towing 3.5k lb boat and 5k lb RV and for longer road trips needing space. I added the Tekonsha P3 brake controller that I yanked off the Mercedes and popped it in. Super easy thanks to this site. I towed the RV about 300 miles yesterday through Florida, and she did well. The power was good, but sometimes a little squirely. I have WD that probably needs some more adjusting, but I'll definitely be adding the air bags.
Mostly will be sticking to comfort mods as I still have my '89 pickup for off roading. First there are a few minor issues I am addressing:
TPMS dead. The dealer quoted me $546 for one TPMS...lol. I can't even be mad, I'm impressed, but not a chance.
Passenger seat not moving. It was first popping the 30 amp fuses, but now not even that. Dealer stated
found power to fuse but no power to junction connectors, need to remove main body ECU to gain access to wiring to further proceed at $570. This is after paying a $180 diag. fee. So $750 to tell me what's wrong with this seat... I did a search here and could not find much info aside from stripped gears, which this is not as the motors are not operating. So I authorized this as I have a road trip this weekend and need to fold the seats up.
While typing this up, they replied that they identified the Body ECU as the culprit and quoted $1,722. From what I can find, there is no programming required, just plug-and-play, so I'll handle this and save me a $G. Any suggestion of who to purchase this from?
So for a TPS install and seat control repair, Toyota tried to get me for about $3,200. Likely my first and last visit there.