Driving to work the spare tire under my truck let go and dragged and broke cable holding it then it bounced out from under truck and rolled up beside me in other lane rolled to shoulder and knocked a mail box off post. on a straight away in town light pot holes, told dealer he told me toyota had a recall on same type of spare tire connection but for a different vehicle.
After recall/ replacement of rear leaf springs, with new 5 leaf units, the truck sags under load, rides as rough w/o cargo compared to prior 3 leaf (thicker) set. the truck was not 4 wheel aligned to spec and toyota is not verifying this done, the driveline has torsion wrap or jerky-shudder upon full stop now, as if damaged in the process. the truck with side winds and groves in the road immediately after this work and with two different new sets of michelins (changed the same day the suspension work was done), shifted off lane violently. costco locally says i am the only one who complained about the tires so switched me to higher speed rated ones (but i do not drive at high speeds, i drive conservatively). a locally well regarded tire-alignment shop rechecked the alignment and found it was incorrect though merced toyota insists it passed their "green" zone on what looked to be off-calibrated hunter machine. from the results of this machine, the service manager and mechanic both stated my truck's frame was damaged (so why bother with alignment?). this was subsequently checked by a body repair shop with proper equipment to be found ...