I did work for a dealer and they constantly looked for ways out of warranty work. The factory paid a fraction of what the shop billed consumers, and there is plenty of work and a LOT of dealers in the area from the same manufacturers (at least four from any given manufacturer within 20-30 miles). Lately I have had very good luck one Jeep dealer locally, others not so much. Just voicing my own experience, no need to get emotional.
And for me, I only go to the dealer if my rig is mostly stock or its an obvious mechanical problem that I haven't caused. I've replaced everything I've worn out (ball joints, control arms, tie rod, drag link, track bars, drive shafts etc) with stronger aftermarket parts on my own, I wouldn't expect the dealer to fix what I messed up with 35s and other mods. They rebuilt my manual trans because synchros were messed up from day one and progressively got worse. The other issues I caused and fixed.
The clutch has always been excluded from warranties on the vehicles I've owned. If a dealer fights to help him, great. But they are very busy around here and I'm sure that's an uphill battle for little profit. Just being realistic. I agree that 36k miles is very early for a clutch to wear out like that but officially Toyota has no obligation to fix it.
[dealers are almost always going to look for a way out of warranty work.
Ya know? I dont usually say anything. But I take offense to that statement.
Do you work at a dealer? And if so is your dealer not wanting to pay for warranty work? In many if not even most cases , the warranty work is the easiest to get and pays about the same as retail and we dont have to listen to some cry baby wah wahin about how much it is. Everyone wants to slam the dealer but its the first place you go when you need help on something you or some jack *** down the street tore up for ya. Its money coming in to us from the manufacturer, why would we turn that down? That stupidist thing Ive ever heard.
