Claremont Toyota = Lemon Dealership

Sure they are, only to appease people like you, to make you feel patriotic. They also assemble Toyotas in China, the bottom line is its a Japanese car and the money flows back to Japan supporting the Japanese economy.

Actually Toyota buys transmissions assembled in NC and Virginia. That is a good part of the car right there.

some does, and some goes to pay for american suppliers and employees. just like some of daimler chryslers profit goes to germany.

Like the two+ years it Chrysler to redesign and remake the defective 4sp stick shift trans in my '81 Horizon.

FYI that Chevette was a UK designed car. It was a miserable beast.

From parts anywhere in the world.

The A/C blower resistor failed in my wife's Sebring. A common failure of the part made in Mexico. The replacement which looked very crude and didn't fit without some surgery came from a low cost European country.

It is a Toyota problem and even they likely don't make the part. You'd be much better cooling it and being nice to your dealership while you contact Toyota. It's likely they have a major problem with that part and are having difficulty just getting enough for their production line. Surely you can drive without a Nav device!

I thought Chrysler was an Indian word meaning "Broken Transmission".

My LHS' tranny was OK. My 92 Gr VGer was fine until I did a fluid change a couple weeks ago, now it's starting to do weird stuff, esp when cold. It was the ONLY good thing about the van! And, I used ATF+4 specifically!

75% of Avalon's parts (on average) are North American content, just like a US made car.

In a lot of Avalons, NA content approaches 90-90%, because even the engines and transmissions are made in the US. Same goes for Sienna.

If you get the Sienna with the Avalon engine, most of the van is made in the US.

Gee, one Camry I saw had a "J" vin, meaning final assembly in Japan, and

*IT* was 75% US content!

No, that's a *BAD* part!

Ask my wife with a NC built tranny in her BMW.

I saw one in MINT condition a couple weeks ago! Good concept, poor execution.

Same goes for the Vega. That could have been a Corolla Killer! It had the looks, and had power (with the Cosworth engine). But the run of the mill Vega was a rolling nightmare, and needed a diaper around the HG and the oil pan.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

He don't know me very well, do he?

My latest acquisition was a Scion. Why?

Because it's one of the last Toyotas you can buy made In Japan from 100% Japanese parts!

When I buy a Japanese car, I want a Japanese car! I had a 1998 Camry for a while after a tire dealer didn't thighten the lug nuts on my Corolla, and drove it for 3 months. Nowhere NEAR as well made as the Japanese version.

One caveat: my US built Honda was a GREAT car.

Do you believe it the tooth fairy as well? ;)

mike

I'm here to learn. Why do you doubt his statement?

Do you actually believe ANY manufacture would ship parts to Japan to assemble a vehicle, then ship the assembled vehicle to the US. Particularly when it ships partially assembled parts, from low wage counties all over the world, to Canada and Mexico, for final assemble so they can make the claim the CAR LINE parts are made in North America on the NAPs content label?

Have you noticed Toyota no longer advertises that their cars are 'Made in America' in the voice over, but rather 'Assembled in America of world sourced parts in the fine print?'

If a vehicle is made in he US the first number of the VIN is a '1.' Those that are only assemble in the US have a '4' or '5' depending on the percentage of US content, not North American, content.. Camrys exhibit a 'J' or '4' or '5' depending on the engine. The reason Toyota had to eliminate the made in America deception was Honda, who actually makes the Accord in the US, complained to the FTC about Toyotas deception.

mike

Saw it with me own eyes...came through the Detailing shop while I was working there.

75% US content, 25% Japanese. Origin of MAjor Components: Engine: Japan Transmission: Japan

Go have a look at the Origin sticker of a US made Camry...

Same sticker! Except, of course, for the Final Assembly point. Georgetown Kentucky comapred with Aichi, Japan.

Go back in the past, to last summer, when I posted a query as to WHY Toyota would build a car in Japan with NA parts. It's there!

The only thing I could figure is that they send the /Marus/ back with Camry shells, and load the engines and trannies in them. Why?

Maybe for people like me, that look for a "J" VIN (but don't pay attention to the Origin stickers?)

The country of origin of the engine does NOT decide the VIN, the Final Assembly point does.

They could build 90% of a car in Japan, but if the Final Assembly was done in Georgetown, it would get a "4" VIN.

Likewise, if Final Assembly was Mexico City, the VIN would be a "3".

which is funny, since i remember when only top-of-the-line models were brought over from japan.

You are seeing what you want to see. The NAC label says this car LINE, not that particular car. Toyota imports partially assembled components into Canada and the US for final assemble so they can claim the parts are NA parts. The cars with a 'J' do not contain any NA parts.

mike