NHTSA Complaint #10220527 — 1995 TOYOTA PICKUP

I OWN A 1995 TOYOTA EXTENDED CAB PICKUP. IT IS A 2WD CAR, NO POWER STEERING. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE RELAY RODS FOR OTHER MODEL TOYOTA CARS COVERING MY YEAR BUT NOT FOR MY YEAR. RECENTLY, STEERING THE CAR BECAME UNSAFE (SOMEWHAT LOOSE). I JACKED THE CAR UP AND NOTICED THAT THE RELAY ROD WAS SEPARATING NEAR THE IDLER ARM. I TOOK DIGITAL PHOTOS. LOCAL DEALER EVENTUALLY PAID FOR THE RELAY ROD WORK AFTER CLAIMING IT, BUT WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE PARTS FOR THE IDLER ARM & STEERING DAMPER, WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RELAY ROD & WILL WEAR QUICKER WITH A RELAY ROD SEPARATING LIKE MINE WAS. I REQUEST THAT THE NHTSA PLEASE REVIEW THIS MATTER AND ASSIST IN HAVING THE FULL PARTS CLAIM PAID. HAD I NOT CAUGHT THE RELAY ROD FAILURE AT THE TIME I DID, I AM INFORMED BY A MECHANIC THAT I WOULD HAVE LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE CAR (CATASTROPHIC FAILURE). TOYOTA INITIALLY FULLY DENIED MY CLAIM AS NOT BEING PART OF THE 2005 RECALL, BUT DUE TO THE DEALERS ASSISTANCE THEY COVERED JUST THE PARTS & LABOR ON THE RELAY ROD. I CAN EMAIL THE DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE FAILING RELAY ROD. HAD IT NOT BEEN CAUGHT & CHANGED I AM INFORMED IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE / LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *TR