ABS question

In gen 2, you don't have to fuss over whether the actuator or accumulator is at fault because both are combined in the same single assembly you can buy and replace. It's the owners of other generations who have to pay more attention to which is which.

As for the order of events between when something is noticeably wrong with the car and when warning lights and trouble codes show up, that can run the gamut.

Sometimes I see someone post that there is a warning light and a trouble code but they haven't noticed anything wrong with the car, and wonder whether to take the code seriously. I say that's the best kind of warning to get: one that alerts you before you can already tell there's a problem.

At the other extreme are posts where someone can already tell there's a problem, but wonders if it's necessary to wait for a warning light or code. Of course it isn't: there isn't code coverage for every possible problem, and sometimes the threshold to trigger a code comes well beyond where you can tell there's a problem. There's no rule says you have to wait to fix a problem you already know you have.

An exception to that can be if you are hoping for coverage from Toyota under warranty or under a customer satisfaction campaign for some known issue. Sometimes you don't officially qualify for one of those campaigns until certain codes show up.

 

Ask your mechanic for a quote first. I am guessing it will be $2000 or higher.