150 Cracked Inner Guard List

[AJ120]

Yes not widespread as the cars are only 3 years old... This shouldn't be happening. Toyota need to do something about it that's for sure.

Well maybe, in some cases. People by a Prado, then change the tyres, suspension, add aftermarket bullbars, side steps, scrub bars, a winch, a second battery and the list goes on. Then its completely Toyotas fault when something breaks? I am not so sure.

Cheers Andrew

[prado2004]

I feel really sorry for those that have found cracks.......but still does not appear to be a wide spread problem. In all the members here that have150's not that many reports of cracks. As I said sorry for those who have found cracks. Put the battery in the rear of the car.......

Yes not widespread as the cars are only 3 years old... This shouldn't be happening. Toyota need to do something about it that's for sure.

[rob_macca67]

Do u still have the OEM battery in the LHS?

Hey guys. Just noticed my inner guard today, not happy as warranty ran out in June.

DOM: 05/10
Engine: D4D
Model: GX
Crack Location: Passenger Side
Crack appeared @: 78,000.
Toyota Response: not going to try as its out of warranty.
Outcome: TBA
Battery & Weight: Excite extreme.
Battery Tray:ARB
Tray Modifications:NIL
Vehicle Modifications: ARB Bullbar, powerful 4x4 rockslides with rails, tigerz11 full roof rack.
4WD Trips:just around town and few locally around Darwin.

http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/Mi.../library/Prado

[outback7]

I feel really sorry for those that have found cracks.......but still does not appear to be a wide spread problem. In all the members here that have150's not that many reports of cracks. As I said sorry for those who have found cracks. Put the battery in the rear of the car.......

[mitchm]

Hey guys. Just noticed my inner guard today, not happy as warranty ran out in June.


DOM: 05/10
Engine: D4D
Model: GX
Crack Location: Passenger Side
Crack appeared @: 78,000.
Toyota Response: not going to try as its out of warranty.
Outcome: TBA
Battery & Weight: Excite extreme.
Battery Tray:ARB
Tray Modifications:NIL
Vehicle Modifications: ARB Bullbar, powerful 4x4 rockslides with rails, tigerz11 full roof rack.
4WD Trips:just around town and few locally around Darwin.

http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/Mi.../library/Prado

I have updated the photo to public view now. Very large crack.. :-x

[Lee McCormack]

double post

[Lee McCormack]

Member:
DOM: 09/2009
Engine: D4D
Model: GXL
Crack Location: Drivers Side
Crack appeared @: 100,000 km? baught car 2nd hand
Toyota Response: ?
Outcome: will make get welded and make patch or see if i can get re-enforcement kit similar to the 120.
Battery & Weight: century deep cycle (same size as factory on drivers side)
Battery Tray: ARB battery tray ( none originally, only installed once i purchased car)
Tray Modifications:
Vehicle Modifications: OME 2in lift
4WD Trips: unsure, however the owner lied about accident free, the inspector I paid missed it as well, on installation of roo-bar noticed that the plastic bumper support was broken at the rear and bumper was siliconed on drivers side, looks like crack may have been caused by accident damage, only around 5mm long, panel has small indentation heading towards engine bay, crack is located there.

[rob_macca67]

150 Cracked Inner Guards

Member: Rob_macca67
DOM: 10/2010
Engine: D4D
Model: GXL
Crack Location: Drivers Side
Crack appeared @: Noticed after our Desert Trip in 2012 at 48,000km, not sure when it happened though
Toyota Response: Toyota came to the Party but not sure if Toyota Aust or Dealership coughed up the $$
Outcome: Repaired by Toyota Panel Beater at Toyota's cost & Reinforced at the same time (extra plating)
Battery Size: Deep Cycle SuperCharge Allrounder (25.38kgs)Tray Modifications: Had the same type of tray that is under the OEM setup on the LHS. Have now installed a ARB tray and modified it to have a cross support.
Vehicle Modifications: At the time of the crack - had ARB Winch Bar with Lovells Coils/struts; Dual Battery with a Allrounder battery.
4WD Trips: 1x Kenilworth To Imbil Forestry Trip; 1x Brisbane>Innamincka>Birdsville>Simpson Desert(QAA Line)>French Line>The Knolls Trk> Dalhousie Springs> Oodnadatta>Painted Desert>William Ck>Marree>Lyndhurst>Camerons Cnr>Bourke>Home Trip // No beach work at all. Other than that it's the wife's school/shopping car

[Brains]

Member: Brains
DOM: 12/2009
Engine: D4D
Model: GXL
Crack Location: Drivers Side
Crack appeared @: Noticed at 75,000km about 2.5 years
Toyota Response: Toyota Denied Claim
Outcome: Repaired by Panel Beater at my cost (Ran out of time to follow through with Toyota claim.) Crack was welded and then a bolt on reinforcement plate added.
Battery & Weight: Supercharge Allrounder MRV50 - 23.3kg
Battery Tray ARB Battery Tray
Tray Modifications No Modifications to tray but will be fabricating a brace similar to TJM/Piranha Tray
Vehicle Modifications: TJM Bullbar, TJM steel side steps and side bars, TJM 9500lb winch, Dual Battery in ARB Tray, ironman Foam Cell Suspension (Now TJM XGS Gold)
4WD Trips: 2 x Bribie, 3 x Double Island/Cooloola , 2 x Fraser Island, 2 x Moreton Island, 3 x Glasshouse Mountains, 2 x Ormeau, 2 x Five Rocks (Byfield), 2 x Kinkuna, Janowen Hills.
Essentially a few week long trips to Fraser Island, some weekends on Moreton and the rest just day trips. No real corrugations. Vehicle spends most time on the bitumen.

Photo of the crack



Repair

[Brains]

Thought we should start keeping a list of the members that have experienced Cracking to the inner guard.

If you copy, paste and fill out the details listed below in your own post that way we can start to collect some information as to whether the Cracked Guard issue is limited to certain models, engine, battery tray, batteries etc.

Member:
DOM: MM/YYYY
Engine: D4D/V6
Model: GX/GXL/VX/Kakadu
Crack Location: Passenger Side/Drivers Side
Crack appeared @: 75,000km
Toyota Response:
Outcome:
Battery & Weight:
Battery Tray:
Tray Modifications:
Vehicle Modifications:
4WD Trips:



Mod edit:
For ease of finding, the part numbers for the 150 the patch kit can be found here
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...l=1#post493964