Toyota to replace nearly all 3.5L TTV6s in Tundra and LX
Today, 10:36 AM
#76
Lexus Champion
I was thinking the same couple days ago then I built one and at $80k the thought faded away seeing I wouldn’t daily it and it would sit parked unless it’s time to hitch up. However It tows great but I wasn’t happy with the quality. Then also reading on tundras forums about quality issues doesn’t help either.
Not trying to be funny but how long is proven longevity in Ford world? Even on the 3rd gen Tundra, I don’t buy extended warranties but due to replacement cost of the Toyota’s TT engine, I would definitely purchase their longest warranty. Then after the warranty runs its course I would be on pins and needles owning it out of warranty.
Not trying to be funny but how long is proven longevity in Ford world? Even on the 3rd gen Tundra, I don’t buy extended warranties but due to replacement cost of the Toyota’s TT engine, I would definitely purchase their longest warranty. Then after the warranty runs its course I would be on pins and needles owning it out of warranty.
Today, 10:39 AM
#77
Lexus Champion
Today, 10:54 AM
#78
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Today, 10:58 AM
#79
Lexus Champion
It is still ford after all, but their stuff does work fine. Not great, but fine.....
Gm is the same but they tend to cheap out even more for the lower end cars than ford, Chrysler is the same but they generally have great designs but it's a dice roll if your particular car will be good or not.
Gm is the same but they tend to cheap out even more for the lower end cars than ford, Chrysler is the same but they generally have great designs but it's a dice roll if your particular car will be good or not.
Today, 11:03 AM
#80
Lexus Fanatic
Manufacturing defect or design? Pathetic either way. Ford has building trucks for how long? Just don’t blame the Union Labour lol
anyway.
good for Toyota to replace the engines. I always said it was manufacturing defect and not a design problem. Good work Toyota for stepping up 👏
Today, 11:05 AM
#81
reaplcing the engines is the right move, not just the short block. I wouldnt be surprised if they found out short block repair only still had high failure rates. Debris contaminates the oil system, turbochargers. I saw one video that said short block repair is around 30 hours and ties up an enormous amount of shop space. If a short block repair fails again thats more time accumulated for lemon law and toyota has to buy it back. Its going to be less risky and less time consuming overall to just put a whole new engine in it than to cheap out and try a short block repair.
it took ford around 5 years just to get to a gen 2 ecoboost engine to iron out the issues, it had issues early on. Tundra has only been out 2 years, we dont know of any long term issues, its too early.
Just sounds like salty old guys clinging to the past. Ford has been using turbocharged V6's in trucks for almost 15 years now. The 3.5 and 2.7 both tow fine and have proven longevity.
Toyota messed up their implementation, that doesn't mean turbocharging is stupid. It's not the boost that's destroying these engines, it's the fact that Toyota apparently doesn't know you're supposed to remove machining debris from the engine block when you manufacture it. Did the turbocharger enter the factory and blow metal shavings into the rotating assemblies?
Toyota messed up their implementation, that doesn't mean turbocharging is stupid. It's not the boost that's destroying these engines, it's the fact that Toyota apparently doesn't know you're supposed to remove machining debris from the engine block when you manufacture it. Did the turbocharger enter the factory and blow metal shavings into the rotating assemblies?
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