2019 Camry SE A/C Damage
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2019 Camry SE A/C Damage
I've got a 2019 Camry SE with 10,000 miles. We bought it new and just took it in for the first service. We picked it up and no A/C. We took it back to the dealer and they told us a rock went through the grill and into the A/C condenser, damaging it. (A/C was working when we took the car in) Of course, that's not a warranty repair, so they gave me the quote of $1,315.00 to replace the condenser and recharge the system with the new 1234 freon.
My point is not the fact that I'm having to pay for a new condenser and recharge on my new car with 10k miles on it. I'm more concerned about that huge grill in the front of these cars that offer little to no protection to the radiator and a/c condenser. Why would Toyota do this? This is my third Camry SE, and I'm sold on the reliability of these cars, but d*mn, this seems to be an engineering brain fart. Not only is the condenser left virtually unprotected, they also dropped it to the bottom. I know airflow is required, but Toyota should have done better in protecting these components.
My car is back in the shop getting repaired and when I get it out, I will be looking a fabricating a woven steel screen to mount behind the grill to prevent this from happening again.
Regardless of what model Toyota you have, I strongly suggest you take a good look at the front of your car and see for yourself if this would be an issue. I looked at several cars while at the dealership yesterday and I noticed that pretty much every single model had this possible failure point.
Has anybody else had this issue before?
My point is not the fact that I'm having to pay for a new condenser and recharge on my new car with 10k miles on it. I'm more concerned about that huge grill in the front of these cars that offer little to no protection to the radiator and a/c condenser. Why would Toyota do this? This is my third Camry SE, and I'm sold on the reliability of these cars, but d*mn, this seems to be an engineering brain fart. Not only is the condenser left virtually unprotected, they also dropped it to the bottom. I know airflow is required, but Toyota should have done better in protecting these components.
My car is back in the shop getting repaired and when I get it out, I will be looking a fabricating a woven steel screen to mount behind the grill to prevent this from happening again.
Regardless of what model Toyota you have, I strongly suggest you take a good look at the front of your car and see for yourself if this would be an issue. I looked at several cars while at the dealership yesterday and I noticed that pretty much every single model had this possible failure point.
Has anybody else had this issue before?
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Yeah, I've been looking more at some stainless steel woven mesh. I dont want to interfere with airflow, but I gotta protect this from happening again. The service techs and salesmen at two dealerships seem incredulous that it happened, yet here I am. I pretty much wanted to make others aware of this issue.
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