^^omg, twice, holy geez

at least you know the warrant drill, lol

 

Now the dealership is trying to tell me I can no longer order this part as Toyota
doesn't make it any more (Toyota never made it to begin with). They have offered
to put a TRD muffler in it's place. That will not do.

 

^^^^That sucks....I have been waiting for my exhaust to come in for over 3 weeks now...they are telling me that since ii is a Special Release piece of equipment, they are harder to come by...I guess they guard the RS stuff...

 

That's OK. Get the Strup V2.0 instead. It won't fall to pieces and looks/sounds way better than the TRD.

 

cant we request that they give us the $$ for the exhaust so we can buy a new one on our own?

 

That's wishful thinking. I want them to do a recal and replace ours with another brand
that is badged just like what we have.

 

I bought an RS2 exhuast from some lady that had an RS2 and didnt like how loud it was, guess im gonna have to keep an eye on it...

 

Maybe you could have the welds checked and reinforced if necessary.

 

I was thinking about that, but dont know who would know how to do it.

 

im thinking about calling scion corporate and getting there side to all of this. Maybe if enough of us call, they will ebnact a recal or give us all a different exhaust, there are 2500 of us, so, just an idea

 

I already have a claim number with corporate and talked to them yesterday and today. I will keep you informed

 

Another potential problem to come for these sort of problems could be the end of aftermarket parts use on the release series cars.

 

AEM/DC still lists the sports exhaust for the xB---$335. That should be just like ours without the badge........

 

That price is really high. I got my DC Sports exhaust for 250 dollars.

 

any updates?

 

OK, here’s the finale. The dealership finally called me back and said that they were
able find me the correct DC exhaust. The call I made to Scion Corp resulted in them
discovering a flaw in the parts software that incorrectly listed RS parts as not in production.
They said they would fix it and apologized for my trouble. The Exhaust is now on the
car and everything is back to normal. The whole thing has left me a little bit angry. If I
was not as knowledgeable and aggressive about my car I would have been stuck with
whatever bulls**t lie the dealer could make up. How much damage do these dealerships
cause to the Scion reputation because their staff are indifferent at best towards customer
service and doing the job right. They obviously thought I was just another dupe and they
could do the least possible. They put a TRD exhaust on my car temporarily while the DC
was being shipped. I offered to pay their cost for the wasted part and they told me their
cost was $320. TRD sparks sells them every day for that price. They must think consumers
are stupid.

 

Well glad it got resolved, but i hate stealerships

 

You hit the nail squarely on the head. Stealerships bank on the fact that the public in general is Stupid. Sad if you think about it too long.

 

I Hate that dealer ships do this.

 

Mine fell off at 17000 with auto. Talked to delership and was told because the car was dropped, not with trd springs they would'nt do ____. After talking to DC for 3 weeks they gave me a choice. Send them the whole exhaust and be without a car. Or they would send me a new tip. I will never get anything from DC!