TSB EL010-04 and RED TRIANGLE

[Lectricar]

Had the speedo cluster and filler pipe recall procedure on Sparky last week.

The next day, after driving 81 miles, got the Red Triangle of Death (as well as every warning light - some I didn't know existed on the LCD screen).

Restarted the car three times and only the Check engine (funny, I thought it was a Japanese origin) light shined.

Dealer told me that 25% of the cars that had this recall experienced this meltdown. They have it until Tuesday (they are replacing the interior parts they scratched). They have to reprogram the computers and the general manager did not know why Toyota didn't require the reprogramming on all cars other than they could not predict which cars would meltdown.

If 1 in 4 experience this problem...wouldn't it be prudent to reprogram all.

The Dealer experience was, well, less than satisfactory the service manager offered three free oil changes to make up for the initial poor service (I won't go into the details)....- these guys just don't seem to get it and appear to post their most customer antagonistic manager in the service department.

The general manager gave me a camry loaner and seemed to want to do everything he could to smooth over the service manager and service department missteps.

Called Toyota in California...they're no help

[swoozle]

I also had scratched interior panels after my TSB work. Either these jokers don't bother looking at a manual before they start pulling things apart or they give the disassembly job to the guy they don't trust with more important work. Mine looked like they tried to pry the top dash panel off with a screwdriver.
And even after they fixed it the second time, I had to take the dash half apart to get rid of the half inch gap they left between the stereo and the MFD.

Grrrr....