WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YOUR 3RD GEN TUNDRA TODAY?

Just to put a bolt in the topic (sorry..., I tried...). 19 months with this no issues.....

$20 CURT 23518 Black Trailer Hitch Lock, 5/8" Pin Diameter, Fits 2" Receiver

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T9N6DPK?ie=UTF8

 

I also found that out the hard way, lol. Used a mini lathe to turn down a bit of the handle side to get it to fit, but it looks janky as hell. The rhino usa lock is also insanely easy to pick with a wave rake

 

They don't ship to U.S. I have motorcycles and wish they did. Do awesome videos on stuff.

 

Damn, I'm a day late and a dollar short! Just brought home one from Afraid Knot ropes, along with a recovery kit. The receiver mounted recovery unit is one with the rope inserted, rather than like the Factor55 one. but if I saw this I would have grabbed one of these for sure!

 

cant remember what brand this is. tried to look a the brand but its not written on the lock

 

I am interested in these, but for the price, I want to make sure they are worth it.. did you get your issued resolved ? care to share w/ me ??
Thanks in advance..

 

Just keep it lubed. I used to keep a clevis plugged into my hitch all the time and when I sold the vehicle I found there was no getting the key in. Drilled it out to remove it.

 

I grabbed the wrong one... could have gone real bad ...

 

Mine showed up today. Now to thaw this and install them so this snow doesn’t pack in under my bed etc.

 

i remove it twice a year, the cover really helps. have had it like 7 yrs now and it turns very easy to this day. i think i pulled it last week when the wife and friend were stuck at breakfast from the snow storm we had. had to pull it to put a rope hitch on it.

but still good idea to follow you mentioned, thanks.

 

you need some of that lovense lube

 

What is your tire size? I like the look with these wheels.

 

295/70/18

 

Rough Country rear wheel well liners. Literally best $100 you can spend on the truck hahaha.

 

-10 but managed to blast the snow and ice out and install these.

 

Thanks guys for giving me ideas to spend even more money on my truck, my wife will appreciate it lol

 

Always glad to help!

 

Today I went to the dealer to get the long awaited second key. Nearly seven months delay, but it was finally done.

 

Added a softtopper to my SR5.

 

Seven months ain't that bad, when the campaign first popped up I had people wait a year for their keys.

Also, that campaign should be all but wrapped up now. I haven't seen a single model line roll through with one key for probably 3 months, and we're usually 3 months behind the US market. I don't think I have any people waiting for keys either.

Volume knobs, and bed mats on the other hand...

 

My truck was probably among the last batch of the deprived ones.

 

I'd say throw some MudSlinger or something similar on those to help keep them clean/slick.

 

Just think of it as a rite of passage for being a 3rd Gen owner.

 

What campaign was that ?? I just got a used 2023 SR5 , and it only came with 1 key.. I was going to order one , but they want an arm and a leg for it...

 

Because of pandemic nonsense, there was about a year where most vehicles were shipping with one key. Toyota North America basically had to decide if they were selling more cars with less keys, or more keys with less cars. They went the obvious route.

The easiest way to get keys out to owners was a an extended warranty campaign.

If you've got the app set up, you'll get a notification when the key is available to order at your local dealer, and then a snail mail notification letter as well. Depending on your build date, you should have already got that notification. If you haven't, check with your friendly salesclown and see if they have your VIN on their list of egilible vehicles. I can't speak to every store, but our process was call in, the notification should have a reference number or something like. You give them the number, they order the key and schedule a program at no cost to you. If you bought your truck outside of your local dealer's DMA, you can still have the campaign completed at your closest servicing dealer.

If you bought the truck used, you'll need to get in contact with the unfriendly service clowns and see if your truck is eligible for the "recall." And get them to do something called a CIC change while they're at it so TMCNA has your contact info on file for further recalls.

Edit for reading comprehension: you bought it used, you'll need to contact your local servicing dealer to see if its covered under the campaign, or if it was just traded in with one key. I'd say half our trades come in with one key.

 

Took out the Beatsonic amp. Realized that I had no audio in accessory mode if the amp was hooked up. Contacted beatsonic, sent some pics of the harnesses and they SOLD me another harness....wasn't expecting that at all, but whatever. Looks like they pinned it incorrectly so I have to pay to fix their f up. Which might be a good thing actually...found that my subs sound better w/o the lil amp feeding my LC2i. Might have a mini amp for sale here soon, new harness included.

 

Put me in line first for it please if you decide to part with it.

 

Are those the AT4W's? Sounds like they are working out okay in the snow?

 

AT3w. They seem to be doing good but I put them on when the truck was new so I don’t really have another tire that I’ve run on this truck to compare. I know my previous 3 Tacoma’s (Gen 1, 2 and 3) feel a lot more capable in the snow regardless of tires, but that’s likely due to weight. Ko2’s on my second Gen felt almost unstoppable up to 16-18” of snow.
Last trip on the wildpeaks breaking trail to job site was around 10” or so of snow and 6km mostly up a pretty good incline most of the way and besides my dislike for the disconnected feeling between the drivetrain and forward momentum, the truck did great at 20psi with little slip.