2010 Camry SE V6 Leather Interior Option Order Codes

[acesk8er]

My local dealer is bringing a 2010 Camry SE V6 in for me and he has informed me that the LA80 order code for port-installed leather with "LiquiCell" is no longer valid. He says that the order code for the "port leather" I will be getting is LANL70 and that it's basically the same thing except that it's without the "LiquiCell" pads. The dealer says that the cost is the same.

Questions...

1. Can somebody with the inside scoop confirm this story?

2. The Camry SE V6 LA leather package description on Edmunds and KBB says that the passenger-side seat should be a power seat. Does this apply to LANL70? The dealer says that only the XLE is offered with a passenger-side power seat and that Edmunds and KBB are wrong. Can somebody confirm this part of the story?

Thanks in advance for replies!

[bandit]

I dont know how to even tell what code I have but I have 2009 Camry SE V6 and I have passenger side power seat.

[njerald]

Originally Posted by acesk8er

My local dealer is bringing a 2010 Camry SE V6 in for me and he has informed me that the LA80 order code for port-installed leather with "LiquiCell" is no longer valid. He says that the order code for the "port leather" I will be getting is LANL70 and that it's basically the same thing except that it's without the "LiquiCell" pads. The dealer says that the cost is the same.

Questions...

1. Can somebody with the inside scoop confirm this story?

2. The Camry SE V6 LA leather package description on Edmunds and KBB says that the passenger-side seat should be a power seat. Does this apply to LANL70? The dealer says that only the XLE is offered with a passenger-side power seat and that Edmunds and KBB are wrong. Can somebody confirm this part of the story?

Thanks in advance for replies!

You're in that lousy SET region with surcharges, dealer/port installs and other crap. Who knows what they do/don't do.

I would go outside the SET sales area and order/get one with the factory leather, heated power sets, heated power mirros, etc - QC-1 pkg like this one:

http://fitzmall.com/fitzway/carfind/...00017731944444

[acesk8er]

Originally Posted by dcemureviews

I dont know how to even tell what code I have but I have 2009 Camry SE V6 and I have passenger side power seat.

Originally Posted by njerald

You're in that lousy SET region with surcharges, dealer/port installs and other crap. Who knows what they do/don't do.

Yeah, I figured that the salesman was lying to me. I'm doing the "cash for clunkers" thing and there's no way the old truck is going to make is up to Maryland. Thanks for replies.

[thoots]

Originally Posted by acesk8er

Yeah, I figured that the salesman was lying to me. I'm doing the "cash for clunkers" thing and there's no way the old truck is going to make is up to Maryland. Thanks for replies.

I agree with njerald -- good grief, I would do anything I could to avoid the crap SET port-installed crap.

The SE has a "factory leather" option -- Edmunds should give you all the details you need. It includes a six-way power passenger seat. It can also come with seat heaters -- up here in the cold north, it's essentially unheard of not to have both leather and heat in the package, but I understand that the heat is quite a bit more "optional" in the south.

The bottom line, though, is that if you get SET leather with no power on the passenger seat, you've got a non-leather SE in which they've removed the cloth seats, and installed leather. If you're going to wind up paying for that, you might check into getting a non-leather SE, and having a local upholstery shop do the work -- it might actually be cheaper. Or not.

Or, what I would recommend, would be to insist upon a "real" Toyota Camry SE with leather. The codes are on Edmunds. Maybe you can get one, or maybe SET won't allow it, so they can screw you over with their own leather.

Bottom line: Do some research. There's got to be a ton of info about what SET is doing, so you can comprehend what they're doing. With a little research, you should be able to know exactly what you want, and exactly what SET is giving you. Make sure you get what you want!

[acesk8er]

Originally Posted by thoots

I agree with njerald -- good grief, I would do anything I could to avoid the crap SET port-installed crap.

If you're going to wind up paying for that, you might check into getting a non-leather SE, and having a local upholstery shop do the work -- it might actually be cheaper. Or not.

Or, what I would recommend, would be to insist upon a "real" Toyota Camry SE with leather. The codes are on Edmunds. Maybe you can get one, or maybe SET won't allow it, so they can screw you over with their own leather.

Bottom line: Do some research. There's got to be a ton of info about what SET is doing, so you can comprehend what they're doing. With a little research, you should be able to know exactly what you want, and exactly what SET is giving you. Make sure you get what you want!

I looked into it myself and I had the salesman look into it for me as well. Here is the scoop:

LAAT: Factory leather with passenger power seat. $1210. (This is the same code that is on Edmunds, KBB, and elsewhere.)
LA80: SET "port installed" leather with LiquiCell (some kind of seat padding), no passenger power seat. $1495. No longer available per the salesman.
LANL70: SET "port installed" leather, no LiquiCell, no passenger power seat. $1595.
LHNL70: SET "port installed" leather (with seat heaters?), no LiquiCell, no passenger power seat. $1795.

The salesman told me that I can order a car with the factory leather package if I want to but it would be delivered sometime in mid to late September at the earliest. I want to take advantage of "Cash For Clunkers" and I don't want to take a chance that the program will run out of funds before a special-order car gets here so I decided to live with SET's leather and with a manual passenger seat. (Some projections have "Cash For Clunkers" running out of money around Labor Day.) Also, I don't want to deal with finding an upholstry shop, etc., etc., etc. Yes, it's a total ripoff but I can handle it.

I did ask about swapping out the manual passenger seat with a power one (not cost effective) and about bringing in an existing car that already has the LAAT leather package (not available in my preferred colors).

Isn't it amazing how government incentives make you do irrational things?



Thanks for replies.

[njerald]

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