Coveyleader
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Sorry to hear that, you must want to vomit.FWIW: I have a brand new 2024 Tundra 1794 with factory 3” TRD lift. I thought that by 2024, they’d have the kinks worked out. WRONG! It’s a super nice POS! I sold a perfect running 2006 Dodge 2500 Cummins and a flawless 2017 4Runner TRD pro to buy this truck and I regret it every day!
The transmission overheats (according to the dash gauge, who knows what’s really happening) under low speed hill conditions. They all do it. It’s a design issue. They did away with the trans cooler.
There’s no tow hooks! Toyota literally just forgot them on all Tundras. It’s not an option on any trim level. A good aftermarket fix requires removal of the entire front grill and cutting and drilling. Inexcusable on any 4x4!
Annoying application of modern tech. Bells whistles and chimes for everything. Took me a month to figure out how to turn chit off. Took an aftermarket OBD dongle to hack some of the crap. Auto stop/restart is the worst I’ve seen. Put in park, motor dies, take seatbelt off to get out and it starts back up. Wtf! Why?
Wind noise is terrible. None of the gaskets on the windows fit tight to the glass. Drivers rear door doesn’t fit/close snug. Interior plastic and trim is flimsy. All kinds of squeaks and rattles at less than 5000 miles. CV joint pops in reverse with a hard wheel turn. Brakes squeal like holy hell in reverse every morning. Dual pane acoustic glass windshield gives a distorted view. Headaches on long drives.
Worst of all Toyota can’t figure out a fix for any issue. Not one. Been to two different dealers. Unless the “mechanic” can plug in and read a thrown code, or there’s a recall, they can’t fix a damn thing. I have had a case pending with Toyota customer care for 2 months now. Zero progress.
My take: Toyota realized they were getting beat in the tech race. They channelled all R and D into updating the tech, which they did, and over did, but at the expense of what makes Toyota desirable, reliability. They cheaped out on actually building a quality truck in order to build a high tech truck for city people who are impressed by needless tech nonsense and never actually use their trucks for truck things.
And now there’s hundreds of thousands of recalled boat anchors with blown or about to blow motors with metallic sand in them. All needing a major repair where the entire cab must be removed from the truck and the short block replaced. Getting those done will take years and all other needed repairs will just have to get in line. A long line.
Shame, shame, shame on Toyota!
For anyone shopping for a Tundra, I strongly suggest waiting until the mid cycle refresh in 2026 when hopefully many of the necessary design changes will be addressed. Sorry to be a downer. This just isn’t the Toyota we’ve all come to know and love.