Another Tundra Recall...

[Saturn69]

Is it wrong for me to clap like a giddy schoolkid and giggle while reading this? Yes? Huh....I can live with that. So, is Toyota's new slogan going to be, "Moving Forward.....er, not so much"?

[steinravnik]

That's moving forward. Err, if the transmission breaks I gues it's moving not at all.

[Saturn69]

Originally Posted by paul8488

Actually no, I'm not done...Does this not mean that quite literally Tundras are half-baked?!?

I don't know about the truck, but I'm sure some of the owners are.

[MelvinJ]

Totally new platform, powertrain, assembly plant, and, I'm guessing mostly new supplier base, all thrown together with a stretched engineering/management staff. I don't care how good Toyota's reputation was, people should have realized that buying a Tundra this first year was a serious roll of the dice. I can't believe Consumer Reports couldn't look at this situation rationally when they first gave the Tundra their recommendation, only to have to rescind it later.

[paul8488]

Originally Posted by steinravnik

That's moving forward.

Ha! Toyota's new slogan:

Moving Forward*








*Toyota in no way guarantees that you will, in fact, be able to move (either forward or rewards) in your Toyota vehicle. The slogan applies in a metaphorical sense.

[elderon]

My favorite threads on GMI- Toyota recalls - especially the Tundra.

2nd only to Camaro updates.....

[ronald mcretard]

“The front joint on the rear driveshaft may have been improperly heat treated by our supplier,” a Toyota spokesman said. “In the worst case, the shaft may separate at the joint.”

That is a pretty despicable thing to say. Does Toyota not inspect the parts they put in their vehicles? If there was a problem with the supplier's parts, and Toyota did not catch it, it is just as much their fault as it is the supplier's.

But Toyota would rather just blame the supplier entirely and take no responsibility themselves.

[sprsprt]

What gets me is that they throw their supplier under the bus. It is the their fault. They have an obligation to check the parts they are using if they are going to be putting their name on it and sending it out the door. Of course you cant check them all, just seems like a convenient excuse.

[marinerbc]

Sigh.

1) Taking pleasure at seeing another Company have all sorts of troubles...is that beneath us here?

2) So it doesn't like to go forward and backward sometimes. Is that such a big deal? After all, it's a Toyota, it has NO quality issues.

3) The tailgate issue is a complete red herring; no one actually uses their truck to HAUL things, especially Toyota owners. Serves them right for putting heavy items in the pickup bed and on the tailgate.

4) There have been NO issues with camshafts in the Tundra. That is flat out impossible, as it's a Toyota.

5) Jim Press brought that Texas plant in ON TIME and on budget. He does NOT work for a rival car company, nor was he recalled to Nagoya to commit ritual hari-kari.

6) The Tundra is a fine truck, better than all of the competition. Oh what's that? Toyota's own Consumer Reports says that the Tundra V8-4WD is NOT recommended? Oh..silly, that was a misprint.

Now move forward, dammit.

[tgunnd39]

Originally Posted by paul8488

I can see the recall... errrr voluntary callback... errrr customer service... errr goodness of their hearts notice... "We kindly asks you to bring your Tundra in to the dealership so that we can give you the shaft!"

Okay, that's enough out of me.

Well looks like dear old Toyota just wants to get more intimate with its Tundra buyers. Seeing as they are giving them the shaft and all...

Sorry, couldn't resist, although I must admit to some gleeful gloating whenever the company that can do no wrong suffers one more problem after another.

My .92. (Yeah that's right, .92. Inflation and all that!)

[Hurricane]

Well, while I do not wish failure on anyone's vehicle, I am very glad that it is not GM that is getting this negative press.....

[1G6]

Tundra lol

Toyotaphiles lol

Asia lol










It never gets old!

[Jnielo]

Even the current offer of $4,000 in incentives until January 2? can't overcome quality, can it?

[nascarnate326]

Originally Posted by elderon

My favorite threads on GMI- Toyota recalls - especially the Tundra.

2nd only to Camaro updates.....

heck yes

[goochman]

Just out of curosity when was the last time Toyota had a vehicle launch with so many problems in the first year - can only remember?