Anyone worried about their V6TT? (11 Viewers)

[JG550]

The Issues of the V35A-FTS have been seen since 2017 with the ls500. Fine, but based on my research for the J300 platform, it took around 10 years of development and testing for the chassis to withstand what a land cruiser should be able to survive.
Indeed this new engine is a marvel of complexity, might wanna read the SAE paper for the development of this powertrain.
Many things that made it better than the engines before and others not so good.
I stand by Lexus and toyota, if this 2026 engines still have problems , we have the 10 year , 200,000 kilometer warranty.

The problem with this recall is not what the recall is about, it has to do with the fact that is Toyota/ Lexus doing an engine recall, something that as long as i have learned to discover, has not been seen in a long time. That why it has become such a trend on youtube. While Gm has a worst recall right now, that hyundai and kia also have a worst recall. Pallaside right now has a nation wide sale stop because it killed a 2 year old boy crushed by the rear seat, the system did not detect that there was a person and he was crushed.
Only time will tell.
The other engine that you might not know from the J300 platform, a new diesel from toyota, F33A-FTV 3.3L TTV6 diesel with the same hot V configuration.
It had failures running 0w-20 oil, oil burning problems too...
Golden times of unmtached reliability is gone, but we have a good powertrain.
Lets stay positive.
I was pretty scared buying My 2026 gx and my family is friends of the lexus regional manager of the caribbean. Here in Panama the engine replacemente takes 30 days, they do it completely, and she assured me based on the meetings they`ve had with Japan, that the issue has been resolved.
fun Fact we here use 0W-20 in Panama, we have same heat as australia and dubai (UAE) and worse quality of gasoline, so I do not think that oil Thickness might be a problem in this engine, unless its used for hard continued work.

I do not know if any has been curious as I have been,
But this engine runs extremely hot, try when ending the trip put the engine to cool down between 1 minute to 5 minuted.
The engine bay plastics are extremely hot, I know it sounds stupid, but it’s hot.

Any idea when he says the engine issues were resolved? Also my family thinks I’m crazy because I sit in the car and let it cool down for a minute before shutting the car off.

 

[Angelitopstar27]

Any idea when he says the engine issues were resolved? Also my family thinks I’m crazy because I sit in the car and let it cool down for a minute before shutting the car off.

She meant the same, that we have heard from lexus techs, that the debri has bee cleared and discovered the cause. that the 2026 is not in ttrouble

 

[tacobuffet_w/sideofGX]

Look, if you are able to get an allocation for a 2026 Gx , go for it and sell the gx for 76k. I f you can not, the only great option for replacement is the Armada Pro-4x, which wins in every single characteristics except longggg term reliabilty.

This was a not Lexus dealer trade offer. Carmax and Lexus were at $72k last I checked and ours is PPFd and ceramic coated it’s a 25 not in recall so I’m fine with it. Probably snag another one when we get closer to 100k but moving to a 26 doesn’t make sense unless of course it was that offer for a 26.

 

[280driver]

She meant the same, that we have heard from lexus techs, that the debri has bee cleared and discovered the cause. that the 2026 is not in ttrouble

The issue was discovered and fixed in ‘24. That means not all ‘24’s were effected and no ‘25-‘26’s were effected. Of course that’s assuming what Toyota/Lexus have said is accurate.

 

[JG550]

The issue was discovered and fixed in ‘24. That means not all ‘24’s were effected and no ‘25-‘26’s were effected. Of course that’s assuming what Toyota/Lexus have said is accurate.

The problem is if that were true then tundra engines would not be failing in 25 and 26 models, and yet they are.

Someone on this forum told me about Ryan Gregg and I went down a rabbit whole. He seems to be as well informed and tuned in on this issue as one can be. What he has said in a YouTube video is that the debris issue got under control in November 2024, but he also said that there was going to be a fairly significant upgrade of the V35 engine coming this spring.

That might be why production is slowed on these things, at least that’s my thinking.

 

[280driver]

Are you saying engines built in ‘25-‘26 are failing or that engines built in ‘24 but not part of the recall continue to fail?