Land Cruiser GPS Problem

Has anyone ever heard about a dash mounted GPS system in a Toyota Land
Cruiser (LC) going bad? The LC is a 2002 model and the GPS just went dead a
few weeks ago. Toyota tells me it can't be repaired; that it's a closed unit
and it will cost 5,400$ to replace. It is only 4 years old. Of course, the
warranty expired at 3 years. There should be some recourse! Any help is
appreciated.

"Toyota Owner" <u21724@uwe> wrote:[color=blue]
>Has anyone ever heard about a dash mounted GPS system in a Toyota Land
>Cruiser (LC) going bad? The LC is a 2002 model and the GPS just went dead a
>few weeks ago. Toyota tells me it can't be repaired; that it's a closed unit
>and it will cost 5,400$ to replace. It is only 4 years old. Of course, the
>warranty expired at 3 years. There should be some recourse! Any help is
>appreciated.
>[/color]
Electronics sometime fail, occasionally right after the bleedin' warranty
expires. Sucks when it happens, but there are worse things in life.

Sophomore philosophy aside, $5400 is a complete joke -- you could replace the
unit with a nice Pioneer or Eclipse NAV unit for roughly two grand. Check out
Crutchfield's site for a nice overview of what's out there.

Might be worth trying to get 'er repaired at an electronics shop (not the
dealer), although I'm not sure who actually makes the NAV units for Toyota.

eBay?

"Andy Hill" <andy_hill@hp.com> wrote in message
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> "Toyota Owner" <u21724@uwe> wrote:[color=green]
> >Has anyone ever heard about a dash mounted GPS system in a Toyota Land
> >Cruiser (LC) going bad? The LC is a 2002 model and the GPS just went dead[/color][/color]
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> >few weeks ago. Toyota tells me it can't be repaired; that it's a closed[/color][/color]
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> >and it will cost 5,400$ to replace. It is only 4 years old. Of course,[/color][/color]
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> >warranty expired at 3 years. There should be some recourse! Any help is
> >appreciated.
> >[/color]
> Electronics sometime fail, occasionally right after the bleedin' warranty
> expires. Sucks when it happens, but there are worse things in life.
>
> Sophomore philosophy aside, $5400 is a complete joke -- you could replace[/color]
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> unit with a nice Pioneer or Eclipse NAV unit for roughly two grand.[/color]
Check out[color=blue]
> Crutchfield's site for a nice overview of what's out there.
>
> Might be worth trying to get 'er repaired at an electronics shop (not the
> dealer), although I'm not sure who actually makes the NAV units for[/color]
Toyota.

Have you checked the fuses for the unit, both in the fuse box and see if the
unit has its own fuse behind it too.
Joe


"Toyota Owner" <u21724@uwe> wrote in message news:600b9a81baa93@uwe...[color=blue]
> Has anyone ever heard about a dash mounted GPS system in a Toyota Land
> Cruiser (LC) going bad? The LC is a 2002 model and the GPS just went dead
> a
> few weeks ago. Toyota tells me it can't be repaired; that it's a closed
> unit
> and it will cost 5,400$ to replace. It is only 4 years old. Of course,
> the
> warranty expired at 3 years. There should be some recourse! Any help is
> appreciated.[/color]