From Motor Trend Toyota to Replace 100,000 engines.

[JBP55]

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[sandman7925]

Talk about expensive.

I was in the market for a new truck earlier in the year and considered a tundra until I started reading about the engine troubles.

 

[sandman7925]

Just did the math assuming the engines cost 12k each and that’s just a guess. Holy crap.

 

[machinedrummer]

From watching a few videos…it seems they assembled the truck around that single part.

 

[sandman7925]

From watching a few videos…it seems they assembled the truck around that single part.

The new tundra is designed to where the whole body lifts off pretty easily but you’d still be looking at atleast a week of labor each.

 

[krotsman]

And they NEVER get it perfect right out of the shop. Well, they may get really good at it with all of the experience they're going to get with this ....

 

[Xeon64]

These Trucks are trash. My friend got one from Carmax with low mileage to pick a new RV in Villeplate. RV weighed 5500lbs and on the way back the truck shook violently and the engine could hardly pull the RV. Thanks to Carmax return policy he turned it in the next day and got a real truck, RAM 2500 with a 6.4 liter V8. These humming bird wing engines are a joke. Ford is the only one to get it right so far. GM and Toyota failed miserably.

 

[Brballistics]

It’s a truck what happened to big powerful v8’s? lol now they so hard on mpg and seeing who can put the goofiest grille on. their putting 4 cylinder engines in now making everything thing start/stop.

 

[Xeon64]

It’s a truck what happened to big powerful v8’s? lol now they so hard on mpg and seeing who can put the goofiest grille on. their putting 4 cylinder engines in now making everything thing start/stop.

It is not the auto industries fault. It is the result of leftist and their forced emission and fuel standards.

 

[dantheman]

They design these funky little engines and put a turbo on them so they'll make enough power to get by .

 

[John_]

Last fiscal year Toyota earned 32 billion dollars, in 12 months. While expensive, replacing 100,000 engines is not going to kill them. If it costs Toyota $12k parts and labor per vehicle, that is 1.2 billion dollars.
Toyota financials

In one year, Toyota earns (nets) twice what Walmart does. And a little more than Amazon.

 

[dantheman]

I've owned four Toyota trucks over the years and all of them were good trucks . Nothing recent though . I really hate that their brand has gone down .

 

[hdfinder47]

I tried to get a 5.0 V8 in a 2024 FORD F150 Platinum. Only model that comes with a 5.0 is the Lariat, I was told. And the 2023's didn't have massage seats - found a 2022 with both options in Spokane and had it shipped down. I guess V-8's are on the way out.
Thanks again, libs.
Ed

 

[machinedrummer]

I guess Honda Ridgeline for the win. Never hear bad or good about them. Like a moped I guess.

 

[Brballistics]

former mechanic at Honda lol they suck trust me that 280hp v6 won’t hold up long doing truck stuff. Same engine they use in the pilot but I have seen pilots with over 300k miles

 

[dantheman]

I'd love to have my old Toyota pickup with the 22R engine and a 5 speed .

 

[SVT Bansheeman]

I still refused to have a forced induction daily. Which is why I picked up a new Frontier. While anything can happen, I rather have a n/a engine out of warranty in the future.

 

[DBMJR1]

I'll keep my 2009 F150 XL model with it's V8.

 

[highstandard40]

My 2011 F150 has 183,000 miles on it. The first year they offered the 5.0L Coyote engine. I bought it new. The only failed parts on the engine so far have been a radiator hose and a rear main seal.

 

[Magdump]

They design these funky little engines and put a turbo on them so they'll make enough power to get by .

Exactly. Honda lost my business going with all the little dinky turbocharged engines in nearly everything now. Just drop a simple trouble free long lasting 2.5 liter 4 banger in there and be done with it.