When it comes to "developing the remedy" I was also confused. It has been pointed out to me, at this very forum that
They will announce the remedy when all that is in place. Just like with the first recall. It's a standard practice as far as I understand.
I am genuinely curious what would be satisfactory from Toyota in terms of "coming forward"? Official documents submitted to NHTSA explain the nature of the failure, showcase investigation that led to that conclusion, and state the steps taken to rectify the problem - improved manufacturing...
No argument here. One thing though is that this is nothing new. I don't recall a manufacturer (for sure not Toyota) ever being very public about technical details of a problem, even less so about improvements made etc. I am afraid official NHTSA doc is best you ever gonna get. In that doc Toyota...
At the end of the day you have to decide what you believe in and what your expectations are. Is an AI generated video that explains how individual bearing caps are better than the cradle, and how Toyota is switching to that design in 2027 believable? Does FB posted photo showing a Tundra on a...
If by “ordering to exact specs” you mean configuring all options and packages as available online then, afaik, Lexus (Toyota in general really) doesn’t allow for that. Lexus builds what they think will sell / customers want and then they send that to dealerships. Dealerships try to match up cars...
There's a lot of (miss)information on that topic online. Who knows what's truth, what's clickbait, and what's AI generated hallucination? Only Toyota knows what's going on. My personal take is to follow the money. Assuming Toyota, as any other business, is in the business of making money, it...
This video has already been discussed. This is not a report. It's a FB post that says nothing about the reason for the car being on the tow truck. It could be main bearing failure, or it could be 1000s other things.
It would be beyond stupid for Toyota to be replacing engines without knowing what the issue is and being sure that replacement are trouble free. Changing engines with those same defective units is like setting money on fire. Even worse because it would piss off the consumers and tarnish their...
Developing the remedy is pretty strange though. We all know what's the remedy, right? They've been replacing bad engines for what? a year now? Do they want to build the supply before announcing the plan?
Here's an interesting video about changing the oil grade. Bottom line is, if you trust the source 😅, test with oil analysis if a different grade is actually better for you're engine, driving state, climate, etc. But don't trust oil analysis before hitting 10k miles mark.
Maybe every replaced engine was manufactured with improved bearings? They announced initial recall in May 2024 and started replacing engines in June of that year? Car Care Nut in his video said that bearing part number was changed in January 2024. So it's possible that everything produced after...
@richord I am not talking about the video OP posted. I follow "I do cars" and I enjoy his content. I am talking about the video gvan1998 posted that supposedly shows evidence that Toyota is replacing engines with the same faulty units.
Btw, there are videos on YT that show the engine swap...