Toyota screwed me, need advice

[kurzer]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

You can check ratios by jacking up the axle and turning shafts and counting how other shafts turn.

as long as you din´t do this, you can´t blaim anyone. step one is to be sure, about the thing. imagine the outcoming, if u have the 4.10 ratio already...

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by kurzer

as long as you din´t do this, you can´t blaim anyone. step one is to be sure, about the thing. imagine the outcoming, if u have the 4.10 ratio already...

no.....you mean 'imagine the outcome if he has the 3.1....'

[BackroadBomber]

I did jack it up, I did the long math, and the service tech looked up the vin. It definately does have 4.10's.

[bandit86]

just put 20% taller tires on. it will look cooler and you will have the gear ratio you wanted. also how is the poor sales guy supposed to know. Toyota f'd up.

[Dave H. (CO)]

Let the dealer/Toyota pay for the taller tires and speedo recalibration. However your rolling weight is now more also.

[redpoint5]

Whatever became of this?

Originally Posted by mcrews

This is a 'class action' type of problem.
If the dealer fixes it on his own, he has admitted that Toyota is playing games or at least making a BIG error.
He wont step out on that over a plea from a salesman.

Exactly right.

Originally Posted by tjts1

much ado about nothing

Your window sticker says says 18 city, 20 highway. You are averaging 23mpg. You have nothing to complain about. There is no such thing as a 4x4 Tacoma with 3.31 gears. Never has been, never will be. You could have easily checked this on the toyota web site. Your truck is equipped with 4.1 gears because you have much taller tires than the RWD Tacoma.

Toyota didn't screw you.

I agree that Toyota didn't screw the OP, but he does have a legit legal argument. In law, a transaction is only binding if both the buyer and seller come to an understanding of the terms of the sale. The OP understood that the truck had a different axle ratio and was mislead by a sticker and a representative of Toyota. By law, there was no agreement, and things should reset back to the way they were (dealer with the car, and buyer with the money).

[mcrews]

I havent read new car paperwork in about 6 yrs but I remember there being paragraph stating that no vebal promises or statements are part of this agreement.....etec etc.

The point being that any kickbacks or inducements not mentioned in the written transaction are null and void. The same would aply to the equipment on the vehicle. Only items listed in writing are included in the sale.

[Ben Johnson]

Originally Posted by BackroadBomber

...the service tech said that the best he could do is change the sticker to match

Ha! Problem solved!

I am also curious how this turned out.

Selling mislabeled products is illegal.