https://carbuzz.com/dealers-refuse-t...led-v6-tundra/

 

lt doesn't say how many engines have actually failed, unless l missed that fact somewhere.

Has anyone actually had their engine fail, or is it a "what might happen" recall?

l bet that some of these vehicles are racking up high mileage by now.

 

the recall notice covers ~102k vehicles and referenced something north of 800 failures at that point.

 

I'm looking for the link but I believe they just bummed it up to 250,000 units. They are like any other manufacturer now days. They just recently recalled 280,000 units due to transmission problems. https://www.mlive.com/auto/2024/02/t...r-problem.html

 

How very interesting. "leftover casting material was left in the blocks" mirrors the problem that was the bane of some Jeep JK manufacturing years: https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2...e-damage.shtml

 

My FIL is getting his motor replaced on his 2023 Gladiator because they discovered metal shavings was causing his engine to stall.

 

That's going to cost Toyota some money. I am guessing they'll need to replace all these engines with new ones.

 

Replacing these with new engines is the right thing to do for Toyota in order to preserve customer loyalty. Not to mention it is cheaper than a class action lawsuit.

 

I suspect they will start out replacing them with new, but as their pool of take-offs increase they will overhaul the take-offs and start using them as long block replacements.

Many feel that Toyota was legendary in their reliability, but my experience with them, entirely overseas mind you, if far different. Multiple transmission failures on Land Cruisers. On one project in Borneo, had three fail in 6 weeks on different vehicles, all new turbo diesels. In Africa had one fail in the most perilous spot in Somalia south of Mogadishu, where walking out was such a refreshing peaceful experience. Then another Hilux have its brake caliper just fall off, also a new vehicle. Yeah, fall off, they do that sometimes. Now it is not like I have not had some interesting failures in Land Rovers. I have blown up 4th gear in one Series IIa and drove it back 500 miles, stuck in 4th by shifting from high to low. The Toyotas had to be towed, well not the one in Somalia. I was so pissed I emptied a magazine into it. Now ask my wife about our "Gods Must Be Crazy" colored and personality twin, Series III diesel and you will get a similar opinion. Those two just hated each other.

Cars and airplanes are just enormous piles of parts that people put together. Notice the term people. There is the weak spot. Sometimes it is the entire group are useless idiots, or it can be just one or two talented fools leading the charge.

 

Couldn't resist from offtopic, sorry - "a helicopter is 10,000 parts flying in close formation around an oil leak".