Evening All,
I have a small problem with my new Prado and was wondering if any one had the same problem or knows of a fix.
The story goes like this.
3 weeks ago i brought a may 07 built auto gxl petrol v6 prado from Peter Kittle toyota here in Salisbury/, SA.
Now my previous car was a jackaroo and was not a great fan of what they call mechanics.
I just don't like the idea of handing over big bucks to a dealer/mechanic and deep down you don't know if they have done the job properly or at all with out standing over them.
I had this problem MANY times with our local Holden dealer.
So I brought the car in the 2 weeks I had clocked up the 1000km and had a few problems for them to look at.
1: On one occasion I could not remove the key from the ignition, it just wouldn't come out.
Knowing that there is a safety feature that you cant remove the key in park/reverse (i was in park).
So I moved the selector through the gears,then back to park and it clicked and came out.
Okay maybe a bit of grease for the dealers to look at .
2:When coming out of the Monato zoo (potholed dirt road) I was hearing something loose rattling under the car, I stopped and looked but couldn't see anything loose/hanging down.
3:When I drove my car on the test drive I noticed how quiet the engine was and was told by the sales guy that the prado has a quiet motor.
Now if I give it a bit of gas from stand still or more gas up a hill I get this very annoying engine noise.........Just like a tractor.
So i took my car in to get the 1000km service and told them about the 3 problems and was told it will be fixed in about 20-30 min.
So after doing the service I was told that they had a look at the key problem and found no problem.
They blamed me that I had to many other keys (about 6) on the key ring and it was pulling the key down?????
The rattle under the car they couldn't find ??
And they said they checked the engine on the computer and found nothing wrong.. didn't drive it to listen for the noise.
He said that they have had a few people complaining about the engine noise and the Toyota factory has changed the exhaust manifold to a different type and if a recall was done they will notify me.
I wasn't happy with there service and was going to wait and see if the problems came back (or got worse) and see if I needed to return to them with a follow up.
I brought the car home and got under the front and started hitting the under body and suspension with a open hand and found that the bash plate was rattling,I think it is where the grill sections on the plate are.
Last week I did some long driving and the engine noise is getting louder, so yesterday I spoke the manager of Peter Kittle and expressed my concern about the engine and rattle that I had found.
So this Monday back I go to get them to talk more crap to me.
Has anyone else had the same problem or does anyone know of a fix that wont stuff up my warranty?
Grid.
*Spelling/punctuation adjusted by Moderator*
I have a small problem with my new Prado and was wondering if any one had the same problem or knows of a fix.
The story goes like this.
3 weeks ago i brought a may 07 built auto gxl petrol v6 prado from Peter Kittle toyota here in Salisbury/, SA.
Now my previous car was a jackaroo and was not a great fan of what they call mechanics.
I just don't like the idea of handing over big bucks to a dealer/mechanic and deep down you don't know if they have done the job properly or at all with out standing over them.
I had this problem MANY times with our local Holden dealer.
So I brought the car in the 2 weeks I had clocked up the 1000km and had a few problems for them to look at.
1: On one occasion I could not remove the key from the ignition, it just wouldn't come out.
Knowing that there is a safety feature that you cant remove the key in park/reverse (i was in park).
So I moved the selector through the gears,then back to park and it clicked and came out.
Okay maybe a bit of grease for the dealers to look at .
2:When coming out of the Monato zoo (potholed dirt road) I was hearing something loose rattling under the car, I stopped and looked but couldn't see anything loose/hanging down.
3:When I drove my car on the test drive I noticed how quiet the engine was and was told by the sales guy that the prado has a quiet motor.
Now if I give it a bit of gas from stand still or more gas up a hill I get this very annoying engine noise.........Just like a tractor.
So i took my car in to get the 1000km service and told them about the 3 problems and was told it will be fixed in about 20-30 min.
So after doing the service I was told that they had a look at the key problem and found no problem.
They blamed me that I had to many other keys (about 6) on the key ring and it was pulling the key down?????
The rattle under the car they couldn't find ??
And they said they checked the engine on the computer and found nothing wrong.. didn't drive it to listen for the noise.
He said that they have had a few people complaining about the engine noise and the Toyota factory has changed the exhaust manifold to a different type and if a recall was done they will notify me.
I wasn't happy with there service and was going to wait and see if the problems came back (or got worse) and see if I needed to return to them with a follow up.
I brought the car home and got under the front and started hitting the under body and suspension with a open hand and found that the bash plate was rattling,I think it is where the grill sections on the plate are.
Last week I did some long driving and the engine noise is getting louder, so yesterday I spoke the manager of Peter Kittle and expressed my concern about the engine and rattle that I had found.
So this Monday back I go to get them to talk more crap to me.
Has anyone else had the same problem or does anyone know of a fix that wont stuff up my warranty?
Grid.
*Spelling/punctuation adjusted by Moderator*
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