Reports of engine failures?

I totally agree!!! Definitely a design flaw not human error from an employee lol. I also heard when they first produced the 3.4tt in the Lexus there was also an issue with bearing failure. 1 guy had his engine replaced 2 times for the same reason bearing failure.

 

I thought they torture test their products before they sell them. The issues should have manifested? Thus, the engine block cleaning guy took too many smoke breaks? Or smoked pot before shift?

 

During?

 

Supposedly a live action of Toyota employees assembling another Gen 3 vehicle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S7AMveTOLQ

 

I’m sure they did but theirs to many variables to look for probably close to million different scenarios and more moving parts. It’s bound to happen. Nothing is perfect!! Every manufacture has their issues even Toyota. But people buy Toyota for reliability and longevity. Most Toyota owners keep their vehicles 10+ years at least. Buying a Toyota means you might get better reliability but in exchange you get worse fuel economy, less power, not the newest technology such as power inverter or hands free driving like the GMC. And not the most user friendly vehicle. Like for instance you lose storage if you get the hybrid. The bed is the smallest out of the big 3, the windshield is very narrow “low visibility” the hood is so big and bulgy it’s tough for tight parking and the glare on the hood. With Toyota you don’t get the innovative technology that the big 3 gets you. In about 10+ years Toyota will have the same powertrain and it will be vastly out dated but that’s why you buy a Toyota for reliability. If you buy a truck or car every few years then theirs no point to buy a Toyota in my opinion.

 

I agree with all of this

 

Dig

what was the cause ? Is it preventable ? early 2023 Tundra. Kid

 

Well I only got 8 months out of chevy 5.3 motor. So that experience was enough that I didn't like dealing with no rental car no help from gm. I bought a toyota

 

Let me guess... camshaft/lifter failure??? OR oil pump failure???

 

Lifter failures, bent pushrods and after repair burned oil.

 

Kind of sad. 1999-2000 when GM introduced the "LS" style small block it was a pretty solid long running engine series. BUT as it evolved over the years it pretty much regressed into the train wreck we see today with the low tension piston rings, "active fuel management" cylinder cancel systems, variable displacement oil pumps, etc, etc. Contrary to most companies try to improve a product as it evolves.

Mostly trying to keep up with ever tightening corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and emission standards.

 

^^^ This. It's not like they've forgotten how to design reliable engines. It's all the EPA-mandated BS forcing them to implement technologies that are making modern engines LESS reliable.

 

When that engine came out, it (the ls family) was probably the most reliable engine that's ever been built.

 

Sure, let's abolish EPA and let the private industry do whatever they want. Let's get lead back into gasoline, it makes engine last longer and cheaper to build. Let's watch our kids grow retarded from lead poisonings, although their retarded parents probably wouldn't notice anyway.
Without EPA we wouldn't have fish in our rivers, our air would like the one in New Delhi, and our drinking water would be full of polychlorinated biphenyls. But economy would be great.

 

I didnt think you could say retarded anymore.......banned by the wokes

 

There's a BIG difference between not allowing companies to dump toxins in rivers and forcing CAFE standards on automotive manufacturers at the expense of engine longevity/reliability.

 

How about we just make it so non-elected asshats don't get to bypass the legislative process? If it needs to be a law it can follow the proper channels, and if people don't like it they can remove the ones that made it. As it stands the EPA can "regulate" stuff with abandon and the public has no recourse to remove them if they are abusing the power.


@ColoradoTJ if this is too political, please don't ban me. Just delete it and tell me to be quiet.

 

Depends. I get to crack fat jokes because I'm fat. Maybe it's a similar pass here?

 

Toyota had no problems selling a simple 20 to 30 year old tech 14 mpg Tundra. Why is everyone not blaming GM and blaming the government. Toyota didn't do anything on their trucks for what 20 years. GM wasn't forced to do anything with their trucks by the EPA. They did what they wanted.

Also GM never made that reliable of trucks. He'll in the 80s they only warranty their motors 6 months or for 12k miles.

 

Hard to say, my neighbour is a total Retard, and I am not....I am just going to go with Retard is back on the approved list .

 

That's blatantly false. ALL manufacturers are required to meet increasingly strict regulations, which are essentially pushed out of California because no manufacturer can afford to lose that giant slice of the market.

GM was forced to do things to appease the EPA regs because the bulk of their sales were from trucks and SUVs, whereas the bulk of Toyota's were from cars with far better fuel economy. If you sell enough great MPG cars they keep the average up for your fleet to cover the low MPG trucks. That is how Toyota got away with it, because the regs are based off your total average, not solely per vehicle.

 

"You can't call retarded people 'retards'. You call your friends 'retards' when they're acting retarded."

- Michael Gary Scott
General Manager, Dunder-Mifflin Paper

 

Let's not blame the lead in the gas.

The kids are already pretty retarded for lots of other reasons.

 

Yep, people forget this.

 

I use to work at the Honda Alliston plant in the 90s painting Accords and later Civics. It was very much a team effort and only the "right person" was ever hired. Everyone was dressed in white pants and jacket and a green Honda hat. The purpose of the uniform was to prevent scratches and eliminate any feeling on hierarchy. I'm pretty sure it's still the same today. I saw a video of the plant operations a few years ago and it still looked the same.

 

Ok so I’m here for knowledge and help. I currently have a ford f-150 that comsumed oil. It started at 6k miles and took me a year to get ford to admit there was a problem and replace the motor. Truck now has 181k on it and I’m ready for a tundra. I’m looking at a 22 trd pro with 31k miles on it. Should I run from it or snag it up? Thanks!

 

After reading the many posts about the bearing failures, I'm officially concerned about my 3.4 engine.......

 

I'm not.

3-1-23 build date here.

 

Mr k , mine was built about 5 months prior to yours. Oct/Nov 2022 I love this truck so much I hope that mine doesn't run into this issue but seems as the engines get above 20K there seems to be quite a few with bearing issues. this could also be owners not adhering to the 0-20 oil and using thicker oils with longer than 5 k changes. This would certainly cause an oil starvation and could cause bering failure. I'm changing my oil at 3500 and hoping for the best. Kid

 

If some is good, more is betterer.

Change oil at 2500.