Freeman Toyota - Service Center

My wife and I purchased a brand new Toyota 4runner from freeman(Hurst,TX.) in 2007. We had the vehicle in for service 4 times during the warranty period for a popping noise coming from the brake system. freeman(Hurst,TX.) in 2007. We had the vehicle in for service 4 times during the warranty period for a popping noise coming from the brake system. The first tree times they told my wife they could not reproduce the problem or find anything wrong. Just prior to 36k I went with her to the dealer because it was obvious there was something wrong with the braking system and we wanted it fixed before it went out of warranty. They told me the sound was normal and they would take care of it regardless of warranty. the vehicle now has 43k and the ABS brake booster assy had to be replaced. The original quote was $3200.00 but when I found they were charging over MSRP for the parts and two GALLONS of brake fluid they adjusted the price to just under $2300. I asked them not to discard the old part so I could have an engineer find the actual cause of the problem. They did not return the part even though it was my part and I had paid for the NEW part. I called the Toyota Customer Experience number to see what could be done. I spoke to Tony who stated that the Freeman service manager assured him that the popping noise when braking had no relation to the current brake failure. My question then was how can they know that there is no relation when they could never identify the source or the noise in the first place. I asked Tony with Toyota if there was anything that could be done to leverage the dealership but he told me that they are a private entity/business. Never mind the Toyota name is all over the place. The part that was replaced was a #4705035030 and you are welcome to look up the amount of the part online. I feel like this dealership treated my wife as she did not know what she was talking about with the problem. They told me the noise was normal and they did not make good to fix the problem once it was out of warranty. They tried to overcharge for the part and tried to bill us for ten times the amount of brake fluid in the entire system. They were dishonest when they told Toyota the two things were unrelated when they could never identify the original issue. Toyota did not even question that logic. No car should be having such costly repairs at such low mileage. The part was either poorly engineered or was defective but I will never know since they did not let me keep it even though I asked both verbally and in email. You have been warned!!!!! More