You are absolutely right Karait- aftermarket is an alternative. The challenge is that the parts associated with the ECS system are all dealer item only as far as I know. My aftermarket supplier who is a distributor for TVH can't look up parts for the ECS system & my local dealer won't either. The dealer has to come out & diagnose before they'll look up a part & then they'll sell to me-but they might as well install whatever is needed because they're already there.

I no longer can reccomend Toyota lifts to my customer base who want a new truck. Trapping customers into exorbant pricing & service tractics isn't a good long term business model- especially with how competitive the forklift market is.

Toyota WAS the king of the hill but their foothold is starting to crumble.