# Warning Toyota SUV/truck owners!
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [June 9, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923 "2008-06-09T12:19:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@jeremysyty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeremysyty)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/1 "2008-06-09T12:19:34Z")
I have a 06 4Runner I bought certified used. It had steel valve stem caps on it that corroded onto the stem. I used a nut driver to break them loose, Very light pressure twisted the stem off. Tire pressure sensor is incorporated onto the stem, and 186 dollars to replace one!! Be sure your vehicle has plastic caps!!
My arse hurts!
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### Author:  [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/2 "2008-06-09T12:23:48Z")
> [@Uggh. Another school shooting.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/uggh-another-school-shooting/36754/20):
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> I have a 06 4Runner I bought certified used. It had steel valve stem caps on it that corroded onto the stem. I used a nut driver to break them loose, Very light pressure twisted the stem off. Tire pressure sensor is incorporated onto the stem, and 186 dollars to replace one!! Be sure your vehicle has plastic caps!!
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> My arse hurts!
shouldn’t that be taken care of by the dealer if it’s certified used (aka still under warranty)?
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### Author:  [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/3 "2008-06-09T12:44:20Z")
… did they originally come on the truck?? I mean they could’ve just been cheap metal stem caps.
Get some skulls or some dice, stop the nonsense.
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### Author:  [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/4 "2008-06-09T18:22:47Z")
mountaineers and some aviators have them too. pain in the ass.
and don’t use other metal caps, always switch to plastic
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### Author:  [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/5 "2008-06-09T19:12:39Z")
thats pretty much any car on the road now. just about everything has air sensors. not brand specific, this happens on all of them.
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### Author:  [@jeremysyty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeremysyty)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/6 "2008-06-10T08:19:32Z")
It will not be covered by toyota. They stated that it is a corrosion issue which isn’t covered by warranty.
106 bux for the sensor, 79 dollars to install and program the vehicle.
The stem is aluminum and very soft. Poor design on multiple points. German cars have replacable stems on the sensors. Which is a 6 dollar item. Mine is molded one piece design that you can not fix.
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### Author:  [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/7 "2008-06-10T11:31:33Z")
yup toyota are soooooo great.
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### Author:  [@imported\_Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Jon)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/8 "2008-06-10T21:38:11Z")
That’s ok, Dill valve stems(short rubber) made in most of 06-07 were recalled because they tear off while your drive down the highway if it makes you feel any better, atleast yours hold air to begin with!
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### Author:  [@jeremysyty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeremysyty)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/9 "2008-06-13T06:01:14Z")
Anyone a Toyota service tech that wants to reprogram my truck for a few bux on the side?
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/warning-toyota-suv-truck-owners/197923/10 "2008-06-15T07:47:26Z")
gm’s have the same problem. my buddy is a tech at bowser and had one that the owner broke all 4 on an SUV. that guy took it in the arse.