New Toyota Tundra’s Recalled for Spun Crank Bearing

[big bubba]

good point, totally understand, life is about finding a pickup that fits the needs. i've worked mine hard on the mt farm, but would have required something different were i commercial, etc.

 

[tacticalturnip]

good point, totally understand, life is about finding a pickup that fits the needs. i've worked mine hard on the mt farm, but would have required something different were i commercial, etc.

If I were a smaller person, especially without children, I'd have a Miata and a mid-size extended-cab pickup.

I wasn't destined for that life.

 

[Racer4]

I think a lot of these engine problems (across all brands) stem from rushing engines to market without sufficient testing. And the ever-changing emissions standards don’t help either. Damn government just can’t let things be. A company has to design a whole new engine just to get the required .25 mpg better than the last, or .5% reduction in X chemical. It’s ridiculous.

 

[big bubba]

If I were a smaller person, especially without children, I'd have a Miata and a mid-size extended-cab pickup.

I wasn't destined for that life.

actually today's market offers maybe more diverse options to fit our needs than back then.

 

[sd455dan]

don't remember the sludge issue recall. the mid 90's v6 on the T100 & Tacomas had a huge defective head gasket recall. thankfully i purchased the 4 banger @ 330k original engine miles today (purchased new '92)
say what you will re: japanese trucks of that era, sure glad to have one still in top shape rather than taking out a 2nd mortgage for the living room sized domestic pick ups these days with multiple sensors waiting to go out. to each his own ride, regards

Yep, we did them on the sons 1995 4 runner at about 160K miles looked like the head gaskets were poor quality IIRC, and Toyota used those torque to yield bolts so they had to be replaced as well. Ran fine after that.

 

[sd455dan]

The first image is what I remember, but your truck is gorgeous in it's own right- and it hides that 330k for sure. I admire the simplicity.

On the other hand, I couldn't fit in your truck.

Sounds like me trying to fit in the grandkids 2 door Wrangler. Jeep made the seat slide rails to short.

 

[big bubba]

Yep, we did them on the sons 1995 4 runner at about 160K miles looked like the head gaskets were poor quality IIRC, and Toyota used those torque to yield bolts so they had to be replaced as well. Ran fine after that.

`correct. the head required a thicker gasket, apparently the engine design bolt pattern needed more head bolts, regards

 

[tacticalturnip]

Sounds like me trying to fit in the grandkids 2 door Wrangler. Jeep made the seat slide rails to short.

That makes me think about squeezing into my Grandfather's extended cab Sierra back in the early-90's. Looking back it was a tight fit, but it was a hell of a lot better than my parents and I squeezed into my stepfathers single-cab, stick shift, K2500. That was rough.

 

[Milo]

In 2004 I bought a barely used (600 miles) 2004 Tundra 4x4, V6, 5-speed and it was the most trouble free vehicle I've ever had. It had just under 100,000 miles when I gave it to my son who still has it. At that time it still had the original brakes, all I did was replace fluids, spark plugs once, and the timing belt at 96,000. It wasn't the greatest for mpg, getting 14 in winter and 16 the rest of the year in mixed driving, and 19-20 on trips once out of the hills.

Contrast a 2003 Dodge 1500 that my friend bought about the same time new. I think it had the 360 V8 and seldom got 10 mpg, generally 8-9. He was always having to fix that truck and was considering turning it in for $800 cash for clunkers program when his son hit a pole totaling it, which was a blessing. By that time 4wd wasn't working nor was AC.

 

[5030]

Despite Dodge/Ram/Stellantis have a good diesel (Cummins) and possibly a good (Allison) trans, the rest of the vehicle components are junk as in lowest possible procurement cost versus the highest possible profit margin and I know that as factual as the outfit I retired from was the largest provider of interior component steel (axle housings, suspension components, frame steel) and a bunch of other stuff, including some engine components (not diesel related) but gas engine related and I can say with experience that they buy the cheapest materials possible, could care less about grades or quality (don't care about mill certs or origin of materials), so long as it's cheap. I remember them even buying from us, Russian steel that was very poor quality but they cold have cared less, all they were even concerned with was price. Why I'd never buy a Stellantis product as I got the see the inner workings and it wasn't pleasant top observe. In reality, Fords and GM isn't a whole lot better but they are better than Stellantis ever hoped to be.

Sadly, none of them are even close to being worth what they ask for them anyway and that includes Yota, Nissan and all the rest and why I'll never buy a new vehicle. My 97 Ford F350 4x4 diesel is just fine, has no rust and sleeps in the garage all winter so it's never seen snow and back then, they actually built REAL light duty trucks with real 8 foot beds and not the poser crap built today.