Tundra engine recall - interesting news

I leave the worrying for others. I just enjoy my new Tundra.

 

Right....plus mine is driving me to a Toyota dealer at least 5 days a week anyways lol

 

We liked our 2019 Ridgeline and it did a great job towing our trailer. It wasn't the fastest but pretty dependable and Honda Canada had no issues fixing things like paint pealing off the doors, etc...

It is smaller than the 6.5' bed trucks but had a 1,500 lbs payload.

We decided to trade our Ridgeline for a 22 Tundra because of the Toyota's famous reliability and the brochure stating the mythical 1,940 lbs of payload! Our Tundra payload was 1,390 lbs. The tech in the Tundra was newer than what we got in the Ridgeline and the 10 spd trans vs the 6 spd was nice to eliminate the gear hunting. The Gen 3 Tundra does come with a laundry list of issues but the power certainly is nice and so is the great big sun roof if you get that feature.

The newer Ridgelines come with more gears (8 or 9 if memory serves) which would really help. We went away from the Ridgeline in search of more capacity for our work, after trying out the Tundra and Toyota Canada we went to something with more capacity.

Out of one frying pan and into another

 

What's so bad about it? 12 speakers from a higher end brand isn't enough?

This truck is basically on par with a BMW, possibly even worse. Never know when the next problem will take place.

Yeah, good old marketing. It's like gas mileage ratings for a truck. Only tested on a dyno or if some "auto journalist expert" gets ahold of one, it's with an empty bed and no trailer.

Nice Ridgeline and color. Drove one (an 18) and it was very nice. May still consider one but it would have to be the right one.

I bet the power in the 3rd gen Tundra is nice but it's not like the gen 2 was a slouch. The 5.7 handled everything and more.

And I've never driven a 10 speed but wouldn't that create a lot more gear hunting than a 6 speed, simply because there are more gears to choose from?

 

nevermind

 

The name says it all…

 

ya, I gave up the second I saw a speaker count and JBL being higher end, my lord

nevermind, lol.

 

Parents couldn’t keep him away from the lead paint chips.

 

I think it is more of a perception. I found that the V6 in the Ridgeline was either revving too low or too high for a climb so it seemed to jump between gears and never really find a happy one. With the extra gears it would have a better match for the demand.

The Tundra seemed happy to sit under 2,000 rpm most of the time as it had lots of gearing choices and a lots of torque and low rpm's (sort of diesel like torque ).

I borrowed a buddies 2023 Taco and found the same sort of thing happening when travelling through the Rockies. His had the 6 spd and V6 configuration (similar to the Ridgeline).

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/500-miles-since-engine-replacement.162485/

This doesn’t sound good. OP said it’ll be on its way to the dealer ASAP. We will have to see what the diagnosis is. Hopefully just something not connected right, but it doesn’t sound like it; OP says his wife told him it got louder as she drove.

 

The part of 395 I referred to is a straight line highway or freeway through an uninhabited desert. I’ve been around for a while and respect safety above all else!

 

It’s easier to fool yourself than it is to fool others.