[antihero]

There was an article in news about this a week or so ago. It really has nothing to do with the immobilizer. What Toyota and many other manufacturers are apparently doing is telling RIV Canada that these 2008 US vehicles don't meet Canadian standards and are therefore inadmissable. RIV doesn't check the vehicle it only goes along with what the manufacturer tells them. This is all an effort from manufacturers to prevent vehicles being imported privately and them losing the huge profits they are reaping from selling thru local Canadian dealers. With rise of the Canadian dollar the savings are huge across the border. The Canadian and American truck are identical, rolling off the exact same assembly line and yet it becomes inadmissable by one different letter in the vin. This is a disgusting business practise and we should all be contacting our MP's and complaining about this price gouging.