# For current or former Toyota and Lexus owners

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [September 29, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635 "2022-09-29T18:59:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635/1 "2022-09-29T18:59:25Z")

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A _Class Action Suit_ settlement has been achieved regarding defective _Denso_ fuel pumps in some Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The link below includes a VIN lookup, to determine if your vehicle is/was one that is covered by the settlement:

> **[Sharon Cheng, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corporation, et al.](http://www.toyotafuelpumpssettlement.com/)**
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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635/2 "2022-09-29T19:23:10Z")

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Damn, another “money tree” I’m not eligible to shake. 😢

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635/3 "2022-09-29T20:43:13Z")

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Seems a shame something like this has to be resolved by the judicial system. I wonder why the dispute wasn’t addressed by the manufacturer, just an unexpected technical problem? Or was manufacturer thinking a technical problem w/the part wasn’t the actual cause?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635/4 "2022-09-29T20:47:27Z")

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This wouldn’t be the first time–and it probably won’t be the last time–that a vehicle mfr tried to evade responsibility for defective components.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635/5 "2022-09-29T20:52:27Z")

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The class action suit provides a warranty extension for the fuel pumps that were replaced by Toyota’s fuel pump recall.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-current-or-former-toyota-and-lexus-owners/186635/6 "2022-09-29T20:55:36Z")

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During early personal-computer period, a putative defect in one part of a product (problem discovered by scientist) is denied by vendor. Meanwhile the scientist invents & patents a work-a-round. Vendor continues to deny problem exists, but installs scientist’s work-a-round in their product anyway. Scientist complains, says royalties due. Courts agree w/scientist, who gets major $$$ award. I expect vendor would have been much better off to just admit they had a technical problem and deal with it.