mikestar

Hi Guys

sorry I haven't replied for a while. I am sending letter of this week so will let you all know what comes out of it

will be in touch

mikestar

Hi

have you checked to make sure its not the up hill assist is engaging. if the car is rolling back slightly it will kick in and drive the car forward for a few seconds. I have a prado grande 03 as well and when it rolls back it clunks and tries to engage the uphill assist. not sure if this is it but if you look in your book it tells you about this.

Just thought I would intorduce myself.

We just bought a 2008 Prado, I have owned many many Fords over the years and my family has/is growing too fast. I will load some pics......

First impressions, good car, well built. I was initially looking second hand, then ended up buying a demo. What really impresses me is the second hand cars, between 50 and 80k drove like new ones. I'm looking forward to owning this one for years to come.

hi adsprado

i've got an 03 prado grande (petrol) which i bought 2 years ago. excellent car smothest ride especially with the different ride controls on the console. a little thirstyon fuel. done nearly 130k and still drives just as good as a brand new one hope your enjoying yours

Hi Mikestar, I have experienced exactly the same problem. See Kdeito dashboard crack just under your submission.

It is my understanding that these are not isolated instances and I believe Toyota should be responsible for correcting the problem FOC regardless of warrantly expiry as it appears that the fault does not surface for about 4-5 years after manufactured. Even with toyota footing half the bill, the price to fix is quite substantial considering the age of the car.

Hi kdeito

what did you to to get toyota to pay half. I am going to write a letter direct to toyota with pictures and see if i can get any response. I went to a toyota dealer and they sent pics to toyota in the eastern states through the warranty dept but they just seemed to brush me off into the too hard basket with saying its out of warranty too bad. so i'll see how i go and let let you know. even some advise on what to do to fix it would be helpfull so i'll see what they say.

dash mate will cover it thats about all unless you want to get it recovered

its cracked right in front of the dash mat so you cant hide it spewin otherwise that would work for a bit

Hello to all just wondering if anyone has come across prado dashboards starting to split. I have an 03 Prado Grande and the dash is splitting in the vinyl right above the instrument cluster. sent photos to toyota and they said they haven't seen this happen before. but since its out of warranty wont do anything about it. not sure what to do. any info would be muchly appreciated.

Hi new to forum have a 03 prado grande. Great car, live in Perth WA. Will look forward to hearing your answers to my future questions