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Originally Posted by Tcoat
If I were affected I would not be having it done even if there hadn't been the initial rash of post repair failures. The recall does not expire so if a spring fails 5 years from now then it will be fixed. If there had been a huge failure rate prior to the recall my decision would have been different but it is just simply to intrusive a task to do because 100 out of 400,000 vehicles had a failure.
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My only worry with that plan is that if I do end up with a valve spring failure and subsequent engine damage, that Toyota corporate will attempt to force me to pay since they have record of me deferring the work once already... My local Toyota dealer was initially very aggressive about getting in touch with owners to have this work done; I deferred the work a few weeks because of some other scheduling conflicts, and then by the time they contacted me again, the whole repair failure rate issue was starting to be known. I've been ignoring their calls since then.
The recall is specifically to replace the bad parts. Repair of engine damage associated with the part's failure would be a warranty issue, not recall work. They could make my life miserable by denying warranty coverage of the rest of the repair work needed from a valve spring failure if they can show I elected not to have the bad part replaced prior to failure.. Manufacturers can and are ****s like that, on a regular basis..