I was driving down a dirt road in Warmbaths, while it was raining, at approx 70km/h. My vehicle skidded in the slippery road, as I tried to pull the vehicle back on track I lost total control and it started rolling. Fortunately the body of the vehicle is strong and no one got seriously hurt. [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
Ek wil ook graag my misnoe lewer oor my Fortuner. Ek ry ‘n 2007 3.0 D4-D. Kyk ek is baie gelukkig met my voertuig en geniet hom maar daar is wraggies fout met die bok springer. Ek ry ook ‘n 2008 Toyota Hilux SRX 2.5 en my ou staatmaker 1993 Toyota Camry 220 SEI. Die Hilux [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
Another letter… My husband travels regularly on a dirt road between jbay and st. francis bay, A few weeks back traveling at a low speed of just 60km/hr ,the back of our fortunner swung out, after hitting the corregation in the road, and the car skid across the dirt road, thank god there was no on [...]
Continue reading...10. December 2009
I don’t forward these messages to Toyota any more, as I never hear anything back from them. So, no point in taking to someone who’s not interested in listening to their customers. This was received from a D4D owner. Had car less than a year - experiencing same problems as others on the website-bumpy and unstable suspension. [...]
Continue reading...2. December 2009
I actually don’t have much to say about it. There are things happening, and people are still writing to me. I also had a Fortuner D-4D 4×4 that I purchased in October 2008. At the stage I asked the Toyota dealer if the instability problem was sorted out and I was told that there are no [...]
Continue reading...4. September 2009
As I previously stated, I do receive emails from people regarding their Fortuner stories. Sometimes I receive an email which horrifies me. I have no way to verify these mails, but then again I can’t see people going through all the trouble to send me these mails if they were not true. I received this [...]
Continue reading...29. January 2009
Red = complaint received and forwarded to Toyota, but no response from them Blue = complaint received and forwarded to Toyota, and response received. Owner not happy yet. Green = complaint received and forwarded to Toyota, and response received. Owner happy. Type 0f vehicle (ie Fortuner 4.0) Fortuner 4×4 D-4D Car registration number CS xxx Telephone number 076 XXX XXXX Email address xxxx@xxxxx.co.za Your story Hi,When driving [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2009
Red = complaint received and forwarded to Toyota, but no response from them Blue = complaint received and forwarded to Toyota, and response received. Owner not happy yet. Green = complaint received and forwarded to Toyota, and response received. Owner happy. Type 0f vehicle (ie Fortuner 4.0) Fortuner 4×2 D-4D Car registration number CY xxx xxx Telephone number 082xxxxxxx Email address xxxx@xxxxx.co.za Your story Hi,I seem be [...]
Continue reading...1. December 2008
After speaking to Toyota’s Ferdi de Vos about my unhappiness with Toyota’s response to the whole Fortuner debacle, I agreed to use my blog to try and get to the bottom of the problem. I added a form to top of the blog, where people could add their info and story, and this was then [...]
Continue reading...28. November 2008
Update: The person who sent the original photos, kindly asked me to remove the photos, as he is putting the experience in the past. So, I agreed, as I can understand his request. Unfortunately, these blog posts open people like me to ridicule, because we apparently can’t drive, are always speeding and in general just have a [...]
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10. December 2009
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