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...Thursday, December 10, 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...Thursday, December 10, 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...Thursday, December 10, 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...Friday, September 4, 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...Monday, December 1, 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...Friday, November 28, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 28, 2008
BEWARE: This post contains SARCASM. Even worse, it also contains PERSONAL OPINION. Let’s sum all this up. So people have rolled their Toyota Fortuners. Not a big deal, according to Toyota. They decide to show us poor customers some love, and order their dealers to replace our tires on a one-to-one basis. This is not an admission [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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) Toyota 4.0 Car registration number xxx xxx GP Telephone number 083xxxxxxx Email address xxx@xxxxx.gov.za Your story Car is now on [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
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) Toyota Fortuner 3.0 D4D 4×2 Car registration number CT xxx xxx Telephone number 082xxxxxxx Email address xxx@xxxxx.com Your story I [...]
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
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