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Sounds about right, i had to wait 6 months for mine. It had a minor tech change and the red replaced with an even nicer red so that was a win, was worth the wait!

I Haven't experienced any issues with my MY19 SL and the only thing i can remember about seats on the current generation car was that a few vehicles made it through to dealers without the drivers memory seat having it's initialisation completed. 😕

Correct, you burn in Tasmanian in 10 minutes during summer thanks to the UV levels down here, you can spend an hour in QLD in the sun. You make it sound like its every second 40 Series Camry and Aurion is affected when that's far from the case. How many people actually bought these cars new for 45-50k and service with Toyota & have "Good will" as opposed to bought it second hand as the 3rd owner and never returned to Toyota for anything but service campaigns or recalls? Just out of interest? I remember now why the early adopters of this forum all left now.. It's become embarrassing.

Your given 10 years/240,000kms to make a claim. What more do you want? If it hasnt occurred within 10 years then theres a better than average chance that your like me and the vast majority of 40 series owners who don't have the problem. If they gave us 12 years to claim then somebody a month outside of that time frame would be sooking. It has to be cut off at some point and 10 years is surely fair enough.

Im pretty sure 10 years is long enough "fit for purpose" and its a customer service exercise not warranty two completely different things. Id be embarrassed to harrass a manufacturer or its franchised dealers about an issue with my ten year old product...

Basically a couple of muppets felt their switch was a bit sticky so they took it upon themselves to open up the board and lubricate it. Unfortunately what they used was high flammable and caught fire. During the recall the master switch assy is tested, re-greased and anti tamper screws fitted to fend off average joe from taking it upon themselves to attempt to fix things again in the future.

A 4 speed auto no, a 5 speec manual yes!

I ordered the updated tech change SL in the new red a month ago with an expected wait time of 4 to 6 months! 😢

Short answer is YES, the 70 Series sits on the new TNGA platform (Same as C-HR & new Corolla) the wheelbase is longer, track wider, and weight lower making the balance of the car notably better. The SL has a reasonably soft suspension tune so rides well on 18" wheels but it also turns in and controls the body well. it's defiantly a more engaging and enjoyable car to drive. In the past you wouldn't have bothered trying to drive any Camry or Aurion "Spiritedly" other than the Sportivo/ TRD variants where as with this model you could have fun in any variant.

Ahh i see, did you by chance drive either of the other two powertrains?

Hey quick side question, did you get the Hybrid or V6?

I took home a blue SL Hybrid last week and i was very impressed with the HSD power train, defiantly a jump in power and torque over 50 series with the ability to run for a lot longer in EV and at higher speeds. Rest of the car is just a giant step forward for Camry. It's really a shame the SL can't be had with the SX suspension or the SX with a "technology" pack as i really liked the toys in the SL but would prefer the firmer SX tune though. Overall though Toyota has done a great job with the new car.

Yes i agree, i prefer the Sports package but had to stop reading all the festures it missed out on compared to the SL. Shame the don't offer a "technology " pack on the SX to help bridge the gap. Odd your dealer doesn't have any cars at all.. ive only driven the 2.5 Ascent Sport and was impressed, definitely a big step forward.

Hey all, Just wondering if anybody had already taken delivery of an SX with the red interior trim? If so what's your thoughts and do you have any other images of it. I like it in some images but it looks over the top in others so just after opinions from those that have seen it in the flesh. Thanks

Cost or value for money is always perspective, however that's fair more expensive than we have charged the 2 customers we've seen with the issue. That aside it's great that TMCA came to the party and covered the replacement pipe. It's up to the dealer network to continue to report known cases to TMCA via a DPR so that enough evidence can be had to back a GSE campaign.

Yeah right, that's great that it has stayed strong since the invasion of facebook groups!

Oh okay that's fair enough. I heard of Pete's sudden passing, very sad and a great loss indeed! How's this forum fairing overall?

At this point TMCA has not released a GSE (Guest Satisfaction exercise) on this old rubber pipe which as mentioned in the update and 50 series switched to a mental pipe. It's not particularly expensive to replace and not guaranteed that you'll ever have a problem with it. Compared to the number of 2GR's in Toyota and Lexus models in Australia the failure rate is very, very low and always on high km older vehicles. Have i thought about replacing it on my 2008? Yes but have i bothered to do anything about getting it replaced? Nope. Also remember the majority of threads about this problem on the net is from American made engines not Japanese/Aussie ones.

Hey look out there's a familer face, well car anyway! Good to see you still have yours too, not sure many of us original guys still have them. And your still modding your's as well, awesome! Mines still low kms, only done 76,500kms. But as i said i think ill change into something else this year. haha yeah the IS-F is the new Commodore expect for down here in Tassie, there's only 2. One up north and one down south. So national meet's - Still happen?

Yeah, an IS-F or current IS F-Sport is defiantly on the top of the list that's for sure. Do the national meets still happen?

Hey Tony, Yeah it's been a couple of years since ive been on here. Yeah right i guess it was only a matter of time, its all petty well documented what can and cant be done to Aurion's and any dramas plaguing the models. Yeah i still have the blue girl, im thinking of moving it on next ear once my house it built. Still low kms on it but it's time for an update. Not sure what to get though. Looked at the new IS and GS Lexus and the old IS-F but i'll wait and see what the update 50 series looks like and what cool "new" toys it gets. Chris (paradigm) has a new 50 series and stock for stock it's defiantly a better car than the 40 series.

Hey Everybody, It's been a while! Had a bit of a look around and i see some familiar names and even some old threads still getting regular hits. Made me curious just how many of us original Aurion owners are on here still and how the cars are still going if you still have them? Cheers.

Guess it's pretty straight forward really, if the Stock TRD doesn’t have the power or performance you’re looking for and if you’re not willing to adopt to how you have to drive a powerful fwd to extract the best out of it than simply the Aurion isn’t for you as there isn’t a great deal of gear out there to help make them go harder.

As mentioned yes you can make them fit if you really, really want too but it's just not worth it, Whilst Aurion and camry share a suspension design there are differences and you cant just simply swap and change as you like lol. End result just wouldnt be worth it.

Why? Because... This thread is now pointless. Yeah agreed, Is the very reason im very rarely on here anymore. If it wasnt for a notification to say i had a PM i wouldnt of bothered to see what was new lol