Rear door strut on 150

[Poppy Joe Member Find all posts View Profile Close Poppy Joe]

Don't know if this one has been covered yet. The rear door strut that keeps the door open .Rusting were the plastic sleeve covers it. Just about ready to fail My car is nearly 3 years old 68k mileage . Toyota have ordered a new one Check Yours.

[barajak Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close barajak]

Do you regularly drop a boat into salt water or live near the salt or a galvanising plant? If not, any idea why yours is rusting?

[Poppy Joe Member Find all posts View Profile Close Poppy Joe]

No to all of the above In fact it hasn't been on the beach more than twice and get a damn good tub after. We live on the range on the sunshine coast about 12 Ks from the sea.

[Poppy Joe Member Find all posts View Profile Close Poppy Joe]

Got my new strut today no charge . New design more plastic covering the strut.Don't know if thats a good thing as this is what trapped the water in the first one and caused the rust. Have to wait and see!

[BigRed Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close BigRed]

My 2010 GXL strut also was showing signs of rust, looked like poor coating of the steel. The dealer replaced it under warranty with a new all plastic coated strut from a German manufacturer.

[JPH Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close JPH]

Now that you bring it to my attention, It appears that mine is doing the same, unfortunately it's out warranty. Mine has spent it's first nearly 3 years in the mallee, so only been near the coast for the past 6 months, even then it's at least 10 km away from the bay.

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Id still be trying JPH, worth a try especially if you have had it serviced by Toyota, would be an advantage I would think, and they would know its common, nothing to lose except a bit of time.......Cheers Steve

[Poppy Joe Member Find all posts View Profile Close Poppy Joe]

I had a 80 series 160k on the clock and out of warranty and the muffler gave way internally I went to Toyota they looked through their Big black book and replaced it no charge.There are a lot of things that are not safety callbacks but are in this Secret Black Book.Worth a visit to Toyota.

[yowie Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close yowie]

I had a 80 series 160k on the clock and out of warranty and the muffler gave way internally I went to Toyota they looked through their Big black book and replaced it no charge.There are a lot of things that are not safety callbacks but are in this Secret Black Book.Worth a visit to Toyota.

Can someone obtain/steal/borrow a copy of this book?

[vk2ss55 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vk2ss55]

There are 2 types of warranty......I'm not sure of the exact names , but I think its the statutary warranty...and the implied warranty .
Even though your statutary warranty has elapsed you may still be covered by the implied warranty . eg The motor blows up at 100k and the car's 3yrs old .. say . The implied warranty would come in here as the motor's expected to last for more than 100k .
Cheers Ross