Unless a Dealer did the salvaging themselves and entered it into the
Toyota National Database, how would they know?  And you are not making
a warranty claim for a mechanical problem, this is a recall for a bad
sensor.  Different creature.

 And you've never made it very clear how the car got totaled in the
first place - if you even know.

 If for instance someone smacked it in the rear hard enough to trash
the bed, stuff it into the back of the cab and require a total bed
replacement and cab repairs, that could cost more to fix than scrap by
the insurer's estimation - but it shouldn't affect the engine systems
at all.

     --<< Bruce >>--

 By the way - Love your spelling and grammar there, Dan.  I'm going
to leave it just exactly like you typed it.

 When they "run the VIN" that would only be done through the Toyota
national service database looking for a service and maintenance
history on the car, and looking for recalls and 'Special Service
Campaign' work that has not been done - like that O2 sensor SSC.

 (Disclaimer - IANAL.)

 Since the dealer is not buying or selling the car, they do not run
it through the State DMV records to check on the vehicle's title
status - or at least, they'd better not be.  The only valid reason
would be if the owner of the car was in the showroom looking at new
cars, and asks them to run his credit and check on the trade-in value
of the old truck.

 Without a valid reason they have no reason to access those records,
and it could be a violation of privacy to do so.

    --<< Bruce >>--

I've had the truck 2 years and have only put on tires and brakes.
the truck came with Chrome nerf bars, bed liner, chrome mirrors and
bumpers, towing package, am-fm, cd, cassette player, fold down console in
the front w.two cup holders, a pull out dual cup holder form the dash,
it's an access cab (4-door), fold down console in the rear plus sliding
back glass. 4.7 V-8 and it only had 35,000 miles on it, it was 3 years
old, do the math. Less than 12,000 per yr., keyless remote entry with
Alram system and anti-theft.

Have you priced a Tundra even now for one loaded like this and a 2001 ?
You might find one now for 10,000 to 12,000.+
You couldn't have bought this two years ago anywhere near $13,000. I did
my homework! Evidently you haven't!

The person from the credit union has been doing salvaged titles for 27
years and he went through it with a fine tooth comb and put a $19,800.00
price on it in 2004. I only needed to borrow $10,500 cause I had made
$2400,00 when I sold my "salvaged" title Dodge Dakota that had 122,000 on
it. Ihad bought it with 51,000 on it for $3,000 under loan.

It doesn't have a dirty title goober. Don't you think the Federal Credit
Union checked that out before making a loan on it? Duh!