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Old 05-16-2006, 05:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Mechanic in the West GTA that can be trusted

Wondering if anyone has a mechanic that can be trusted in the West GTA area. Issue at hand is that my car both with winter and summer tires has a vibration above 90km/h. Dealership blames the tires/rims, which if it wasn't for the fact they are perfectly balanced, and that 2 completely different sets of tires on different rims have the same problem I might believe them.

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Old 05-16-2006, 07:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Go to another dealership, any Toyota dealership should take care of warrantee issues, not just the one you bought the car from.

As for vibration, could be your struts that are gone also.
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I don't like the toyota dealers anymore...
jackson toyota in barrie tried to fuck with me as if I was an idiot. I thought maybe I was wrong but his arguements didn't make sense. I think it's called a control arm for the rear camber adjustment. HE adjusted the old rusty bolt but wouldn't touch the driver side even though he told me someone has just replace it because someone had used vice grips on the nut and stripped it a bit. so I said w/e and was willing to replace the bolt, $40. But then he was like well errrr you have to replace the arm too and I was like wtf why.... he said because when he put the torch to the bolt to take it out the bushing will melt... and I was like woah why are you heating it up. Try to adjust it and if it breaks then fine put the new bolt in. otherwise leave the old bolt in. and he was like well... the bushing will be siezed... which then I was just getting angry because he was making up excuses.
After working at a shop I know enough to know I was right. For instance we would drill it out or use an air chisle on it to remove it and the bolt would just slide out of the rubber bushing...
it only really upset me because they charged me for the 4 wheel alignment, $100 at toyota. Let me drive away knowing the rear wheel was fucked and wasted my time by rushing it back in to the shop even though the mechanic wrote this stupid issue on the back of the work order to begin with. Oh and for what their labor cost for one ball joint it and an alignment it cost me $400... IF it had been summer I would have done this all myself.
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Bring it to Mississauga Toyota its on dundas just west of the 427. My unlce is the service manager there the mechanics know their shit and you get a free car wash from me after you get work done . Your vibration could also be your engine mounts.
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Remind me to go there next time my oil change comes around... you can wash my car but you can't steal it.
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Has anyone used these guys? www.masterperformance.ca

Interesting side comment the dealer in question is Erin Mills Toyota. My Sienna was doing fine until they gave it an alignment, then it was shaking, I returned it and they balanced the tires, apparently one of the tires was out 14grams, it's better but still shakes at 125 km/h. I simply can't help but think its the way they are doing the alignment.
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