Most recent ones are manufactured by Mazda

Go to a body shop

Are you going to get insurance involved?

Our techs refuse to use aftermarket tpms sensors cause of constant comebacks

Ehh it’s a hit or a miss- I’ve seen aftermarket denso o2 sensors fail

Cheap brake pads, oxygen sensors, knock sensors, tpms sensors, maf sensors, duralast alternators

I work in Toyota parts and these are the most common comebacks for parts

I’m in parts for Toyota

Service sends the Toyota to a partnering Body shop to paint the vehicles for us. The body shop is so backed up we are declining incoming work and I think service is putting incoming work on a waiting list. Also most Toyota dealers that I know don’t have in house body shops.

I used to work at Valvoline instant oil change, and right before I left in 2020- they were charging $110 for a full syn service

That’s wrong

The body shop gives us the bill of the labor and we sublet the labor onto the repair order. If you see a supposed “markup” on the labor, REPORT IT

In addition, why would the dealer markup the price- their not going to burn a bridge with the body shop their working with

If you were a owner of a body shop working with Toyota as a certified Toyota body repair facility and a you find out that specific dealer is hiking up your labor rates, out! Go to find another body shop- two tears in a bucket fucker

Just checking in, y’all ok?

That’s great. Give him your VIN and see if he could buy the part in the Parts department using his employee discount

OP if your close with the tech. Ask him how many hours he’s going to charge for the Job. Try to see if he could help you out.

$1.6k to help you outside?! So he’s pretty much doing it for free. Hes just asking you to pay for the parts.

-A dealer charges because they want you to buy a new car

That’s completely wrong. I work at Toyota in Parts, and let me tell you, we hate sales department. A bunch of ego maniacs who suck. Why would we help boost their sales? Fuck that, keep bringing in that ‘96 4runner it benefits both Service dept and parts. I get commission off parts sales, so if the service writer can sell a catalytic converter, I make money too.

I get it labor rates are high. But hope and pray your “independent mechanic” uses quality OEM parts, and not some cheap Fastundercar, autozone and O’Reilly parts. Because some independent mechanics once told me “I put cheap parts so my customers keep coming back”.

I only have like 2 independent shops who buys strictly OEM because they’re legit shops, but also aren’t cheap. Bear in mind I wholesale to 3 major cities, hundreds of “independent mechanics” that stray from using OEM. I mean Im not saying they are all bad, because they’re is good aftermarket stuff out there and depending what shop they have quality aftermarket parts they like to use. Like my buddy runs a shop and only uses quality brands like Advics brakes, Denso parts, and a few others from a wholesale parts company called, Worldpac. Just food for thought.