AceNine, FR-S, 1500 mi, 7079XX, in shop, NJ / NY
Picked up the car in NJ 09/08
, found the CEL SL and idle shaking immediately after getting back to NY
. Called the sales rep, said it was fine to drive and to bring back to the service department on 09/15.
Drove it for a little bit and found the CEL SL to be coming on and off. Idle shake happened sometimes.
Sales rep called in to reschedule my appointment with service for 09/18, so i brought it in that day. Service took the FR-S and said they had brought in a total of four FR-S since launch and they would know how to fix the problem. I went ahead and took the RAV4 loaner.
Morning after a lady calls me (i think one of the managers in that dealership) and gives me the sorry news that it might take two weeks or perhaps sooner, because the parts are on backorder
. A few days later i call Service to see how it was going, they said they said it could take 2 to 3 weeks
for the parts to come and that it shouldn't be a problem since one of their most experiences Toyota technicians would be taking care of it.
Got a phone call from Service on 09/25, said there was some good news
that they are going to go ahead to try to flash the ecu chip and they wouldn't need to change any parts at all. Apparantly it would be the second FR-S they would have done it to.
Said they are just waiting for instruction from a Toyota tech which could take 24-48 hours and hopefully if everything goes well i should get it by 10/01.
Currently crossing my fingers for the ECU Chip flash to work
