They are also going to install a prodigy brake controller and 7 pin connector
for me.
Phil Nase
Quakertown, PA
http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
On Oct 26, 2010, at 6:12 PM, eric@megageek.com wrote:
> I would also make sure they install a brake controller. All the trucks I
> see with real tow packages have them built in.
>
> Back when Toyota was having major recall headaches, I said that I found
> that Toyota seems to always find ways to misrepresent their products. This
> is a new one to me!
>
> Moose
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
>
>
>
>
> Phil Nase <nases@verizon.net>
> Sent by: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
> 10/26/2010 18:06
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> [Shop-talk] 2004 Toyota Tacoma towing package
>
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>
>
> Does anyone on the list have experience with a 2004 Tacoma factory tow
> package?
>
> I bought a 2004 Tacoma from a Toyota dealer in 2006. The window sticker
> with
> the VIN listed on it showed the optional tow package was on the truck.
>
> I now have need to tow a trailer with a car on it and find that the truck
> does
> not have the tow package. The dealer is willing to install an oil cooler
> at
> his expense. This sounded fair to me but I have some reservations. I
> thought
> the factory package also included a larger radiator, alternator and
> battery.
> I can't seem to find out whether this is true.
>
> The dealer says that there was nothing else included in the factory
> package
> other than the trans oil cooler. All I really want is to be legal and
> safe
> towing up to the factory tow package limit. That is what I paid for and
> why I
> purchased a Toyota certified truck.
>
> Does anyone know what was included with the tow package and have an
> opinion on
> whether the oil cooler is really all I need to be legal and safe? I
> usually
> keep my vehicles a long time and would like the truck to give me good
> service.
>
> Thanks. I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this question.
>
> Phil Nase
> Quakertown, PA
> http://home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
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