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Originally Posted by StegaDragon
That's not going to fix it, they change the cam gears along with the ECU, how many miles on your car? If it's not too much past 60k then I would call Toyota and see if they can help
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Ya sorry wasn't being complete, was trying to stay mostly ontopic for the ecu stuff. I am having my cam gears changed out early next week (the affected ones at least), by a local shop. But have been going back and forth on the need to change the ECU. Logically I don't see how the cam gear issue effects the ECU but it is a common part of the work dealers do to solve the issue and It seems unlikely toyota would pay for it if it wasn't needed.
At the same time used ECUs are cheap (~$100 on ebay) and if this thread accurately describes the labor to replace them it seems worth just doing it and not worrying.
I am at 59,800. Unfortunately I have burned my bridge with the warranty though. I had a supercharger on the car and left part (oil cooler) on when I brought it in for service because these things seemed unrelated to me. Now they have flagged my car as modified and will not do this service under warranty. Before noticing that though they contacted Toyota who told them to replace the cam gear and ECU under warranty.