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At least one of the failures was a 2/07 Indiana built model. That is the same as mine and I have 4,800 miles with no problem yet. I suspect (but don't know) that it is the kind of thing that will go pretty early if it is one of the problem ones.
I just did a Google news search on the story and one report I saw stated that Toyota officials, along with the camshaft manufacturer, found the metallurgy issue in February and they said it was immediately corrected. My truck was built 3/07 in Indiana so I'm wondering if I got an engine already assembled with the suspect camshaft or if I got one of the corrected ones. Think about it: What did they do in their ongoing manufacturing operations when they determined there was a problem? I'm sure they didn't push a little red button and shut the line down for a week. The plants were running, so did they continue putting the engines in them?
Lots of questions. Then again, thus far only 20 failures reported out of 30,000 trucks. That's a .06% rate, so it's hardly a panic issue right now.
I was wondering the same thing. I would think that Toyota has traced the VIN's & contacted the owners or dealers by now. I'm sure most of these are owned by people who aren't ts participants. Either way, I would like to know the affected dates, plants, & VIN's.
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Plus, Toyota and most other manufacturers work on the JIT (Just in Time) production platform. I doubt there were a lot of engines stockpiled so I'm thinking that trucks made after Feb. might be okay. Just my thoughts so far. I guess we won't know for sure until more official info comes down the pipe.
This whole thing gives me that bad gut feeling I had after I bought my 3.0L Highlander in '02. Right after I bought it, all this news about sludge was everywhere. I was quite upset at first that I might have problems in the future, but it had 60,000 miles on it when I traded it in and never had any issues with it.
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Originally Posted by TundraMaxxer
My truck was built 3/07 in Indiana so I'm wondering if I got an engine already assembled with the suspect camshaft or if I got one of the corrected ones.
Plus, Toyota and most other manufacturers work on the JIT (Just in Time) production platform. I doubt there were a lot of engines stockpiled so I'm thinking that trucks made after Feb. might be okay. Just my thoughts so far. I guess we won't know for sure until more official info comes down the pipe.
This whole thing gives me that bad gut feeling I had after I bought my 3.0L Highlander in '02. Right after I bought it, all this news about sludge was everywhere. I was quite upset at first that I might have problems in the future, but I drove it had 60,000 miles on it when I traded it in and never had any issues with it.
The good news is that Toyota has declared it will replace the entire engine free of charge for any camshaft failures in the 5.7. I take that to mean that if the camshaft breaks anytime over the life of the truck, they will stand behind it. Then again, I'm thinking that if a camshaft is going to break then it should do so under the first stresses that are put on it. Maybe it's not likely to break if it hasn't done so in the first few thousand miles.
The good news is that Toyota has declared it will replace the entire engine free of charge for any camshaft failures in the 5.7. I take that to mean that if the camshaft breaks anytime over the life of the truck, they will stand behind it. Then again, I'm thinking that if a camshaft is going to break then it should do so under the first stresses that are put on it. Maybe it's not likely to break if it hasn't done so in the first few thousand miles.
That is what I am hoping since I have a Feb 07- Indiana model. Sometimes you are better off not knowing about things
When/where was your 07 built?
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