2016 Tundra: 163k miles Recap

So apologies, I'm going to include a pic but don't have a recent one of just the truck so here it is with the 4 Runner I just bought.



So I live in the mountains of Colorado which can be incredibly tough on a truck like the Tundra with respect to the consumables (brakes, suspension, tires et al). With that in mind it has been a super reliable vehicle, some general thoughts below.

The breakdown:
- Truck has been ultra reliable, a few hiccups which I'll list out but pretty much put gas in the thing and drive it.
- I believed I had some issues around the 70k mark and me and a buddy ended up replacing the alternator, but might have been a premature thing. Oh well.
- I'm on my 3rd battery, just replaced the struts and shocks (Pro Comp, 3rd set), about to install my 4th set of brakes, I want to say 4th or 5th set of Toyo Open Country AT3's (used to be the 2's), I buy tires every Nov whether I need them or not.
- Issues were some wiring cut in the engine bay (animals) and my harness which led to the ABS / Speed sensors got frayed in the rear leading to all sorts of warning lights (fixed).
- Gas mileage blows, maybe 10mpg, standard shit.
- Replaced the shitty Smitybilt winch which actually caught on fire with a Warn with a synthetic rope, so much better.

Love this truck. 163k is just the beginning. Lots of guys buy a Yota and say "it will run forever" and there they are trading the shit in 2 years later. My truck has been long paid off and 500k on the odo is the goal, it gets beat up a lot up here but that's ok. Great truck, want to drive it for a long time.

 

Congrats on the miles, you must always be in that thing!
I've only got 40k on my '17, plan on keeping it for a long time too.

 

Nice work my man!! What kind of oil have you been feeding your 2016?

 

I’m on your path. About to hit 40k on my 2021.

 

Been using VP synthetic.

 

not a bad view

 

Very nice. Hoping to update at 200k for mine, I'm a decade or so!

 

Nice truck

 

I don't mind it. Shot off of the deck.

 

Awesome man! Are you using the 0w-20?

 

I am running that.

 

Nice my 2015 is at 107k miles and like yours has been extremely reliable.

 

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

 

Lets see the elk and muley pictures from the back deck.