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Originally Posted by OHIOFJ40
Dealer contacted me and stated they reprogrammed the VSC computer. I am assuming this means they may have re-run the calibration procedure.
I was told that the lights are gone and are not coming on. Crossing my fingers, but this still seems fishy to me. Seems like either the technicians don't understand how to track down the actual problems based on the VSC specific codes, and then just throw out "Uh, you need to replace the VSC computer" as a fix-all. This many computers just don't go bad. There is something else that is the actual problem, or there is something that is making the computer fail.
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OHIO,
When you say "reprogrammed the VSC" do you mean replaced and reprogrammed or simply reprogrammed w/out replacing? I would also like to know how much they are chanrging you for this. Here is my story....
I've had VSC issues since this truck was under warranty. I have complained and they replaced the YAW sensor and the problem disappeared for a while. In 6 - 10 months, the problem showed up again. I took it back to the dealer and was told that the codes were not very specific and they could not figure out what the problem was. They reset the codes, lights were off and we took thr truck home. To make a long story short, this truck is 2003 with 70K miles on it now and the lights are on. All the time. I took it to the dealer and not codes are very specific
It needs a new VSC computer. Price $2K approximately. I called Toyota Corporate and complained. They put me in touch with local rep and after some investigation on her part, they are replacing the computer for $800 and we split it 50/50. So my cost would be about 400 + tax. But there is a catch to it. They are only replacing a computer at this price. She said that with this problem that we are having, most of the time it's a computer, but sometimes it's not. So, if it's not, it may require additional parts and there is no splitting on that.
The truck is at the dealer now (2nd day). We'll see what happens.