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Chart based on 13 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
Liftgate piston was squealing and not lifting rear gate to 100%. Replaced piston.
38000 mi
Left tailgate hinge bent by automatic lift. Apparently well known, but ignored defect by Toyota.
38000 mi
Dealer replaced two bent hinges[at my expense] Then said it was the motor. Cost of motor $1200 plus labor. Opted to go to manual operation.
Well known Toyota problem that should be a recall item. Toyota no help.
50000 mi
Entire rear tailgate and motor replaced. Dealer did repair after persistence.
The arm that connects the power liftgate broke again, about a year after it was repaired the first time. This time we need other parts, as the part we replaced is stripped and the part needs to be welded on this time.
20000 mi
Seal for rear window replaced due to shrinking of original
41000 mi
US $180
Drivers side window glass became separated from mounting and fell into door cavity. Dealer stated bolts had fallen out of mechanism.
101000 mi
Drivers side window was opening at an angle and not closing correctly. Bolt holding the window clamp had come loose and vibrated out inside the door. New coat of loc-tite and 20 minutes of work fixed the issue.
31400 mi
Rear hatch automatic opener/closer failed & dislodged from mounting point resulting in part replacement & body work
35320 mi
C $200
Rear wiper motor, linkage and rear window struts have failed. Despite low mileage and extended warranty only motor will be covered.Dealer has patched as best he could while we wait for parts. Dealer went to bat for me with Toyota to have them honour my warranty on rear wiper. Dealer was helpful but Toyota had an adversarial approach from the start.
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