NHTSA Complaint #10439718 — 2003 TOYOTA TUNDRA

I BELIEVE TOYOTA SOLD HUNDREDS, POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF THIS TYPE VEHICLE TO CUSTOMERS WHO ASKED FOR A LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL AND PAID A PREMIUM TO GET ONE. MANY TIMES WHEN ON SLIPPERY SURFACES ONE REAR TIRE JUST SPINS WITH NO TRACTION TO THE OTHER. MY WINDOW STICKER SAYS I HAVE LSD AND I DON'T. THE MECHANIC AT DESERT TOYOTA TOLD ME I DIDN'T HAVE A LS WHEN HE CHANGED MY REAR DIF OIL. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE TOLD ME, "NO, YOU HAVE A REGULAR DRIVE REAR END." SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED AND I DROVE THE VEHICLE DOWN TO PRECISION TOYOTA WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THEY JUST LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND SAID I HAD IT. I SAID I DIDN'T. THEY POINTED TO A DECAL AND THAT WAS THEIR PROOF. I ASKED FOR A TEST TO BE APPLIED TO IT TO PROVE IT BUT SAID THEY WERE TO BUSY AND DECLINED TO DO IT THAT DAY. A DAY OR TWO LATER I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO DESERT TOYOTA WHERE THE MECHANIC WORKED THAT SAID I DID NOT HAVE LSD . WHEN I DESCRIBED MY CONCERNS AND ASKED FOR THE MECHANIC THEY SAID HE WASN'T AVAILABLE AND GAVE ME SOME OTHER GUY. THEY JACKED THE REAR END UP AND TOLD ME WHEN THEY SPIN ONE REAR TIRE IN ONE DIRECTION AND THE OTHER TIRE SPINS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT PROVES I HAVE LS. BUT THE INFORMATION I GET OFF THE INTERNET AND INDEPENDENT MECHANICS SAYS THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE. . THEY SAY IF I SPIN ONE REAR TIRE IN ONE DIRECTION THE OTHER SHOULD ALSO SPIN IN THE SAME DIRECTION. I BELIEVE TOYOTA COMMITTED FRAUD AND DID NOT GIVE ME WHAT I PAID FOR AND WILL NOT EXCEPT THE TRUE FACTS.THIS REAR ENDS PUTS ME IN DANGEROUS SLIP AND SLIDE RISKS WHEN ON SLIPPERY SURFACES THAT RESULTS IN NO TRACTION. *TR