buckshotgumbo

Heeeelp!!
Took the Sequoia to have the front wheel bearing replaced, and after several failed attempts, the mechanic called and said he'd refund my money and tow it to the shop of my choice.
He's a good, trustworthy guy, so I'm not going to flame him.

So, what's going on here?
Is it a common ˟˟˟˟ fight?
Should I be skeert?

Anyone dealt with anything like this??

buckshotgumbo

OK, here's the skinny for whom it may concern;
The bearing is a press in. You don't purchase a loaded hub assy (Oh, how I wish).
Evidently there is some difficulty getting the hub assy true in a press... As my mechanic has learned.
2 other shops in my town that I talked to didn't want a crack at it.

Off to the stealership she goes....

buckshotgumbo

Update:
$1,000 in at the dealership, and still got problems.

It went down like this;
Bearing, hub assy, and abs ring replaced. (asked them to handle airbag recall while it was in).
Picked the truck up. They didn't do airbag, out of stock. No big deal. During courtesy wash, they broke antennae off.

Airbag and new ant will be in next day or so, so I take the truck home.
When turning into a parking spot, brake pedal goes soft, and abs kicks in. (indication of abs ring not being positioned properly)

Bring truck back. Antennae replaced, airbag in.
Told that my ABS Sensor "might" be bad. Service writer tells me it's because failed bearing overheated it. Also told back brakes are getting close to needing replacement.
I call BS on abs issue because a) symptoms are that of an incorrectly centered abs ring, b) the bearing was replaced at first sign of trouble and c) the abs did not act up before the truck went in the shop.
Told the only way to be sure is to replace abs sensor for $500 but you "should be fine".
I had an issue with that for a couple reasons.
First. We're talking brakes, not air conditioning. "Should be fine" is not acceptable.
Any more than having to spend $1,500 a side if a bearing begins to fail.
Told, "Well, replacing the back brakes will probably help too."
Do what?!
Take the truck home.
Going down the road, I've got a new rattle in the dash.
Take truck back.
The tech left a bolt loose in the airbag and it's rattling around. (That's confidence inspiring)

A day or so later we go to the beach where we have an Off Road Pass.
Traction control goes ape ˟˟˟˟˟ as soon as you put the truck in 4, and my brakes are still going soft & abs kicks on when in a sharp turn.
Looking around where the work has been done, I find the wire/hose keeper has been snapped off, and everything is zip tied to the control arm.

As I type this, the Sienna minivan loaner is outside and the truck is back in the shop.

fierohink

If you can take pictures great. This sounds like a call to Toyota NA customer service for a complaint against the dealership.

Which sounds like a big deal, but a lot of times dealers rely on customer ignorance to hide shoddy work.

buckshotgumbo

Thanks for the response, fierohink.

I ended up getting in front of the GM and laying it all out.
They put me in a loaner and went back through it again. Outcome was the build up of gunk around the ABS/Wheel Sensor was causing readings to be thrown off.
Although that kind of raises an eyebrow for me, the truck has been fixed. I've run it for about a week, and have been on the beach with it, and she's behaving herself.

While I was at the stealership, I asked if I wanted to get away from this truck and into something else, what could they do for me.
Seemed like a good opportunity to for them to restore my faith in them.
It wasn't.
Low balled the hell out of my truck as a trade and moved little on theirs.
No surprise.