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Originally Posted by dfskinner
David, I didn't see it in your post, but what state are you having the vehicle inspected?
I'm in Va, and I don't think they went to that extreme when they inspected my truck.
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In Maine. According to the dealership the exact same thing happenned in New Hampshire, and Toyota provided documentation that solved everything.
To recap: I failed inspection at my local shop because of "excessive play" in the rack, the dealer told me it was normal and gave me a new sticker. This repeated itself again a year later, and I called the state police to get a third opinion. The state officer agreed with my local shop, and told the dealer to replace the rack.
The dealer is now trying to get Toyota to provide documentation to the state police that will not only make my sticker valid, but will go out to every inspection station in the state.
I searched every combination of Tacoma and steering rack I could think of on the internet- nothing. So I'm a little dubious about the whole thing. Oh yeah, and I've been stuck with a Camry loaner on the snow covered back roads of Maine for a week.