New Toyota Tundra’s Recalled for Spun Crank Bearing

[sixdogs]

I wonder what impact the Chevron Supreme Court Decision will have on all the EPA type laws that can now be challenged?

 

[5030]

Why I will NEVER buy a new vehicle, ever.

 

[Hay Dude]

Toyota’s reputation for toughness and reliability goes back to WW2 with production of the first Land Cruiser in 1951. Land Cruisers are built for developing countries without decent roads. That’s why you see them in all the old National Geographic films and why they’re still the vehicle of choice in Africa, South America, and Asia today. They used to be tough, simple, and easy to repair.

The US doesn’t get the diesel versions unfortunately but the 5.7L V8 in the gas LC is the same engine that’s in the previous gen Tundra and Lexus LX570. The Lexus GX460 is known as the LC Prado overseas and is a very durable vehicle as well. Can’t think of a more durable vehicle than a diesel 70 series Land Cruiser.

Toyota has always had a very conservative approach to building vehicles. They never have the latest tech. They let the big 3 figure what works and what doesn’t then incorporate what works.

I had a ‘76 Toyota Land cruiser and the 258 6 cylinder burned a quart every 4-500 miles. It only had about 50,000 miles on it. Spent $3,000 to rebuild it.
You couldn’t kill it off road, though.
Friend of mine has the Lexus version-said it was very similar to the Land Cruiser. I would seriously consider one of those. Comparable to a Tahoe.

 

[5030]

Early Land Cruisers had a bad habit of rusting while sitting on the dealer lot. They were tremendous rusters.

Good thing about the oil burning engine was, you could yank it out and replace it with an American made inline 6 and live happily ever after or until the body corroded entirely away.

I owned one as well, a red one. Rode like a tank but could go anywhere. Bought it new. I believe I paid around 3100 bucks for it. Wish I had it today, it was a kidney buster however.

Owned a 41 Willis Overland as well, which is what the LC copied.

 

[sd455dan]

Early Land Cruisers had a bad habit of rusting while sitting on the dealer lot. They were tremendous rusters.

Good thing about the oil burning engine was, you could yank it out and replace it with an American made inline 6 and live happily ever after or until the body corroded entirely away.

I owned one as well, a red one. Rode like a tank but could go anywhere. Bought it new. I believe I paid around 3100 bucks for it. Wish I had it today, it was a kidney buster however.

Owned a 41 Willis Overland as well, which is what the LC copied.

They were built heavier than many other brands. An FJ 40 outweighed a same year Jeepster by about a thousand pounds. Have owned both.

 

[5030]

Wish I had one today as they are very collectable and very capable. Gotta give the Japanese credit for copying an iconic American 4wd utility vehicle. Too bad the sheet metal they used corroded quickly.

You cold drop in a small block V8 as well...

I really liked my Overland more. Problem was, it was severely underpowered with it's 4 banger and it was 3 on the tree with a dashboard overdrive and top speed with a tailwind was around 50 mph. Would go anywhere sane or insane as well, just went slow. Solid front axle and rear on leaf springs and like the Land Cruiser, rode like a Sherman Tank.

When Toyota came out with their modern day Cruiser, I wasn't impressed at all and far as I can tell, it was basically a flop anyway.

 

[sd455dan]

Wish I had one today as they are very collectable and very capable. Gotta give the Japanese credit for copying an iconic American 4wd utility vehicle. Too bad the sheet metal they used corroded quickly.

You cold drop in a small block V8 as well...

I really liked my Overland more. Problem was, it was severely underpowered with it's 4 banger and it was 3 on the tree with a dashboard overdrive and top speed with a tailwind was around 50 mph. Would go anywhere sane or insane as well, just went slow. Solid front axle and rear on leaf springs and like the Land Cruiser, rode like a Sherman Tank.

When Toyota came out with their modern day Cruiser, I wasn't impressed at all and far as I can tell, it was basically a flop anyway.

It's funny, I actually had more rust issues with the Jeeps especially around the edges of the floor steel. Those were Kaiser built Jeeps though.

 

[5030]

I bought only one new Jeep, was a CJ7 and it was a total turd. Never again for me. I reside just north of Toledo Jeep (20 miles) and you will never find a Jeep in this driveway, ever. Stupid expensive and poorly built.

 

[Blue Mule]

Toyota has always made junk. They've just had a better P.R. campaign than the domestic brands.

I recall the 1980s Toyota trucks that were already rusted when they unloaded them from the ship. The 22R engines lasted a long time.....because they made absolutely no power. Hard to tear up an engine when there's no compression going through it. Junk.

Then the 1990s came around, and Toyota trucks had a new feature called the folding frame. The entire truck would fold in half, presumably to save space in the garage. Customers didn't like the feature at all, so Toyota had to buy back entire trucks at 15% above market value.

Then the 2000s... the all new V6 ate head gaskets, the all new V8 ate emissions parts, the plastic cargo boxes would crack under hard use, the new Tundra in 2007 had crank shafts failing, rear differential failures, etc.

By the 2010s they finally had most of their issues sorted out, so what do they do now? Reintroduce fresh junk for the 2020s! Naturally! Entire engines being replaced in Tundra, transmissions blowing up in Tacomas, electrical issues, even one YouTube video of a front differential exploding on a snowy trail. Junk.

Toyota deserves massive credit. They were able to convince the U.S. public that they had a superior product when in fact the exact opposite was true.

[politics removed]

 

[RayIN]

No irony at all. Never will be a Toyota anything in this driveway. Just Fords, GM's and Dodge's.

Hummf. I've been a Chevy man all my life. I bought this 2013 Silverado 5.3 new. It had 86,xxx miles on it and began leaking oil from the pan gasket and oil filter adapter housing fit to block.
I retorqued the pan bolts and housing bolts; no joy.
Took it to the Chevy/GM dealer and they quoted me $3,600 to pull the engine, and replace the gaskets.
I said no thanks, I'll just drive it this way and add oil as required. Perhaps the oil puddles it leaves will be good advertisement for GM.