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Originally Posted by dickinsonj
It sounds more like a production quality problem to me. I see a ton of problems that people are having on some trucks, but my '05 had been perfect except for the cab mount TSB. So some trucks are fine, some have a few problems and it seems like some are a complete POS. That is what happens when you don't have good manufacturing quality control, which was never a Toyota problem in the past. But it might be these days, particularly for Toyota products made in the good old USA.
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Well, some of the problems are undoubtedly related to production. Others are design related. This driveline vibration TSB changes the DESIGN of the tranny mount if I understand correctly. There are other instances which point to design/cost cutting being the cause of problems. The exhaust manifolds were redesigned. The 3 leaf packs are a design problem, completely inadequate for a TRUCK of this size. Even something as simple as the air intake vibrating against sheet metal. Why wasn't the intake designed originally with foam to cushion the imapact? IMO, sloppiness. You can't blame everything on factory workers. They cannot improve on a design.