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Originally Posted by mxsjw
Read it again, he says 20 made it out the end of the assembly line.
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You quoted the 2nd of his posts. But when you look at the first and second together, it really seems like they are just trying to be political about the situation. If I wasn't an idiot, I could figure out how to quote several different posts.
But take a look at the first TMS USA post:
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The engines are made at our facility in Alabama. We're continuing to investigate this issue so that we may isolate any units that could still be affected, if possible. However, you should know that the camshaft problem was discovered very early in the Tundra production system and corrected immediately.
We're aware of 20 vehicles that have experienced the camshaft failure and have or are in the process of replacing the engines in these units.
Although the number of affected Tundras is very small, we very much regret that even one of our trucks was manufactured with a camshaft processing flaw and certainly any inconvenience caused to our customers.
The Toyota engineering, development and manufacturing processes applied to this new truck are among the most rigorous ever for our company. Nonetheless, when unforeseen problems do pop up, the very same processes also identify them as quickly as possible so that we can implement countermeasures pronto and minimize the impact.
We're committed to building the finest automobiles and trucks on the road today and fulfilling the expectations of our customers that come with that. Hopefully this response gives you dome degree of assurance that we stand by our high quality and customer service pledges and will work tirelessly to ensure that we fulfill those for our new Tundra owners.
BTW, our Toyota Customer Experience specialists are available to answer other questions about the Tundra or any of our products for that matter. They may be reached by calling
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So they are admitting that 20 have EXPERIENCED the failure. But in the 2nd response which you quoted, he makes it seem like only 20 were affected. So, which is it? I guess the real question is, will ANY truck with a defected cam blow right away? If so, then yeah, it'll happen in the first several thousand miles and no big deal it's under warranty. But if it's possible that it could take several years for this defect to show, then that's a problem and I wouldn't want to keep that truck past the warranty period.
Trust me, Toyota has swept stuff under the rug before. As I've explained, I had an '02 Seq. that had just over 50k miles on it before the A/C system took a crap. There was a TSB on it, but my truck NEVER SHOWED signs of a problem until 50k. So, a known problem that was made a TSB, but lucky for Toyota it crapped out after the warranty was up.
/Mike