Tundra engine recall - interesting news

@Breathing Borla - See what he did there?!?

 

Is this considered copyright infringement or just creative marketing to rename? PsuedoRyan does have a good ring to it. But @hagrid missed the opportunity...

Its "SudoRyan"

Now trademarked.

 

FFS...

 

I wouldn’t doubt a bit if there are failures beginning to appear with replaced motors. I do believe Toyota dropped the ball and waited too long to actually begin corrections on what they claimed to be the cause of failure. Additionally, the part number for the motor changed finally in April of 2024(from what I recall), for internal part changes. I also believe 2, #1 main bearing being one of them.

I would imagine motors were installed from the bad run of manufacturing to basically buy time to ramp up proper production models to eventually come out.

That’s why I am in no hurry to have my motor replaced anytime soon.

 

only 22s and 23s have been recalled at this point mainly focusing on the non Hybrid models. I have not been included in the recall yet.

 

Understood. I am sure 2024’s will be included soon actually. IMHO.

 

Source?

 

If I don't hear it from a Toyota press release or SudoRyan, I'm not sure if I would believe it.

 

You have a 23 Tundra can not tell if it is Hybrid? Has it been recalled?

 

I have a feeling that the recalls are not as bad as everyone is making them out to be, Toyota is replacing their engines for crying out loud.

 

IMHO

In
My
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I am my own source. It’s my thoughts that 2024’s were not fixed yet all the way into the middle of the year.

 

Regardless of what your thoughts are, I know for a FACT that the cleaning retool took place in January to February of 2023. I had an allocation for a 2023 Tundra Hybrid Limited in November of 2022. I was upset that I was supposed to have a December 2022 production date. It was pushed back to January and went delayed 2-3 times. It was an early March 23 production date. The engine factory was shut down at that time and they sent back motors to Alabama. The engine factory was cleaned and retooled to ensure QC/QA work. That took 4-6 weeks, iirc. That time is when they handled the issues they were having. I know this for a fact because I spoke to Toyota customer care and the regional rep as to why I couldn't get my truck on when it was supposed to be produced.

 

But we do have it on good authority that the problem went on until early November 2024

 

Who, exactly, said the "contamination issues" continued thru early Nov 2024?

Was that an official Toyota statement, or just internet babble?

 

At what point did that regional rep invite you over to the engine factory to verify the cleaning and retooling was being done?

I figure they must have since you "know for a FACT" that the cleaning and retooling occurred.

 

I would say toyota NA (toyota care) and a regional rep are pretty good sources to quote. Not to question TRDOFFROADPRO, but i will also assume he is not lying.

 

I just know what they said and why my truck production was delayed. I believed them since I did not have a reason to think they would lie. I doubt Toyota knowingly sold a defective product. As a matter of fact, I would tend to believe that engine failures are within the normal statistical range for most automakers. COVID did mess things up for a while and I would suspect that it had something to do with that. The rest are bandwagon people who wish there was a bigger problem then there is bandwagon jumping and creating a bigger issue then there is. You cannot make everyone happy, unless of course you are Toyota building v8 Trucks again.

 

My point is to truly know something for a FACT, you would have to see it for yourself. If someone tells you said facts then you could probably say, "I believe these facts, based upon what Joe Blow told me."

I thought it was a bit overzealous of @TRDoffroadPRO to state these "facts" so definitively based upon a phone call with a Toyota Care rep.

 

If it's true that Toyota continued to have "contamination issues" into early Nov 2024, then they knowingly sold almost 2 years worth of defective engines.

Again *if true* this could get a whole lot uglier for Toyota.

 

That's a bit of a flawed ideology. There are many things that are facts but yet have not been seen. Having to see to believe (while does have merits) will severely limit ones scope of the world around them.

 

Has your engine in your truck blown up? You drive a 2023, and what month was it produced? Have you had all the recalls done to it? I have, the permanent fix for the fuel line is out.

I did not drive in my car and go to Alabama to verify that the retooling was taking place. I believe them for what they said, the people who have had engine failures are always going to be a lot more vocal than the ones who don't. I see this issue as being blown way out of proportion by either people who wish there was a larger problem or by people who want to hope their truck blows up. I don't see what the problem is. All manufacturers have issues and Toyota is handling this better than most. Putting new long blocks into peoples trucks is standing behind your product.

 

Conversely, believing everything one is told is also moronic.

Again, some dude told some dude that they cleaned and retooled the engine factory. Yet, V35-FTS engines have continued to fail in the same fashion, and supposedly it's still because of the same cause [debris].

But hey, since I'm skeptical that Mr. Joe Blow taking customer's calls really knew what was going on, I'm just the dinosaur-loving, hater, who's rooting for the failure of Toyota.

 

I hope you are right, I do not want my motor to blow up.

 

Drive without fear my man, I have 24.5k miles on it and 2 flawless years of ownership.

 

@RealRyan had over 40k on his and still suffered the failure. Many variables at play.

 

But seeing all these unverified failures on Facebook and other social media is proof enough?

 

Ryan Gregg was the source of information that block contamination continued into November 2024 and the only thing I’m aware of he has been wrong about in this whole situation was stating his engine wouldn’t blow up.

Proving contamination continued and proving they knowingly sold a defective product are two very different issues.

 

One thing I did do differently since I knew about this situation is I had my oil changed at 1k miles and again at 4k miles. Was that enough to clear unwanted debris form engine? I am not sure- did Ryan have a Hybrid or a regular gas engine? I have seen more failures in the TT gas motor than hybrids.

 

Someone will correct me if I’m wrong - I believe he had a non-hybrid and did about 5 3 oil changes before 5k miles.

ETA SudoRyan providing more accurate history.