For all anyone knows that could very well be one of the ones in Toyota's use that blew a camshaft. They did say most of them were theirs and not sold to customers.
What is the guy in the foreground handling up on anyway?
They actually said 'some', not 'most' were in their possesion.
All this talk about only 20 units being affected, I read that response by TMS and the way I read it is there are 20 units that have physically broken. They still aren't giving a number to how many may actually be affected. I wouldn't think it'd be unreasonable of them to give an actual number of possibly affected units, and maybe not sending out a Recall, but give those owners piece of mind by saying something like, 'If your camshaft EVER breaks, it's on our dime'. One more reason to wait til the 3rd year model. /Mike
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My pleasure--BTW, contrary to what amounts to a sensationalized story appearing today in a Midwest newspaper, there is no recall for the Tundra. As posted yesterday, the camshaft failures were caused by improperly manufactured parts that were discovered very early in the initial production phase, but not before a few units were assembled and shipped--20 that we are aware of, and some of those are actually in company service, not in the hands of customers. A correction was immediately implemented, and we are working to ensure customer satisfaction and confidence in the product by those owners who did experience the failure by replacing the engine.
That's about as sensational as it gets for this story, albeit make no mistake that we are embarrassed by this incident and regret any concerns, worry, even anger experienced by those customers whose engines did fail.
Toyota conducts a very thorough investigation of production anomalies that result in any kind of product performance problem. That's underway now. Once concluded, tmsusa will be happy to report to interested members here any additional information that may be of interest to our customers and other consumers.
Read it again, he says 20 made it out the end of the assembly line.
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I think Toyota is well qualified to answer for themselves, I would like to hear it from them.
If I wanted a 4.7 I would get one. I want the 5.7 and some kind of assurance that when I buy it it will not leave me stranded 1000 miles from home due to a known problem that could have been fixed before I drop my 30 grand plus on it.
No need to be a dick.
You tell em Pup, that goof doesn't work for Toyota or even have a job I'm sure. And don't get yourself in the same boat as me...buying a new Tundra two days ago, then reading about this issue tonight, and now waiting to hear if my engine will grenade on a 1300 mile trip from FL to MI and back pulling a 7800# trailer. Trust me, it's not worth the stress if you can hold out before you commit and drive what you have now.
Just checked mine and it has the same date 02/07. I'm assuming that means the truck could have been assembled anytime in Feb.??? Motor could have been assembled on a different date prior to that???
How many other forum members have the same production date out of Indiana? Interested to see how many of us there are out there. Any problems?
Has me a little concerned now.
Mine has the same date.....I`m not worried about it,all my other Toyota`s have been great,if it breaks I`ll fix it then.
Chicks are so silly. I heard that as soon as they unhooked that truck from the semi-trailer to drive it off the set, the engine puffed massive blue smoke and threw a rod out hood.
My truck was built on 02/07 in Indiana as well. Yes, i had the camshaft go on it at 3000 miles.
Toyota stepped up to the plate with a brand new long block complete with heads and all.
Plus, i got a 7yr./100k platinum warranty w/ zero deductible, & they paid one payment for me. So no worries here my friends.
One thing you won't have to worry about is whether or not toyota will take care of your problem.
Yes, they will pay for the towing of your rig from anywhere also. And, i was even offered another DC tundra to drive.
OTFM, I think your personal experience should speak miles to the rest of us. I'm sure you were very upset at this happening, but I am glad to hear that you feel that things were put right. I don't think we need to look further than your story. Your cam broke, you got a new engine and it sounds like all is well again.
I have an 03/07 build and I know this MIGHT happen to my truck too, but I'm not worried since it will be taken care of promptly and without any finger pointing. Toyota HAS acknowledged this situation and HAS stepped up to the plate. I'm going to just drive my Tundra and not give myself an ulcer over this. Seriously guys, we really need to stop all this anxiety and worrying. The whole world knows about the cam issue. It IS being taken care of. And NO I don't work for Toyota, but I do think very highly of them. I've always received nothing less that top notch service from them and haven't seen anything that would make me change my mind at this point.
This is your opinion, not fact. There is without a doubt a trend on this forum to bash anything American. Just because it's not Toyota or it's not made in Japan doesn't mean it is total crap. You are contradicting yourself by claiming that Toyota designs their product for the long haul, yet they decide to use cheap, poorly made US parts to build their products? It can't be both ways. According to you, Toyota starts with a brilliant idea, uses crap to build it, and ends up with the best vehicle on the road. Sorry, it doesn't work like that.
Furthermore, how did you come to your conclusion that domestic manufacturers don't design their products to last long? Where are all these Tundras and Tacomas with 300k-500k miles? They have been out plenty long enough but I have not seen any. I'm sure there are some out there, but they are the exception, not the norm.
If you want to see the real high mileage vehicles that are used for severe duty, look no further than the domestic 3/4 and 1 ton offerings. There is a lady in my neighborhood that has an 04 Dodge diesel that she uses to haul horses from KY to NY and FL for a living. It has 456k miles on it and just recently had to have the head gasket replaced. I seriously doubt there will be many Tundras used in such a fashion that will see those kind of miles without some major issues along the way.
Not to bring up the Toyota vs. Domestics again but there is so much BS that flies around here from people who have no clue what they are talking about sometimes so someone needs to inject some reality. The Tundra is an awesome truck, but it's not going to rack up half a million miles with ease. If it's made by man, it will have flaws, even if the men that make it are Japanese.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I love my tundra but I also had a 93 chevy s-10 with the 4.3, with 143K on it and it ran flawlessly.
Let's be reasonable. There is no denying that Toyota has had a superior reputation for quality compared to domestics. Does that mean that Toyota's don't break? No. Does that mean that the new Toyota's won't have problems? No. But it chaps domestic owners knowing that Ford, Chevy or Dodge hasn't built vehicles as well as Toyota, whether they will admit it or not. The numbers bear this out.
If you want to talk about the durability and reliability of domestics compared to Toyota then come talk to me. I can tell you that my last Toyota was far superior to the domestic I owned previous to it. That's just one case, but my odomoter was not far from the numbers you said you wanted to see. I now have a new Tundra. Maybe it will be a great truck. Maybe not. Time will tell. If I do have a problem, I'll say so in this forum.
I think the point made earlier is that the new Tundra wasn't just a new vehicle for Toyota, but an entirely new manufacturing model, using U.S. parts on a scale never seen before, and in newly-built U.S. assembly plants. That again cannot be disputed. It's not that anyone wants to bash anything American. In fact, I have seen Toyota owners on this forum proudly hailing the fact that the new Tundra is as much an American truck as the next one.
Which is exactly why I DO NOT buy the first year of a "new" truck. Tundra was out a few years before I bought my 02. All "new model" vehicles have bugs in them and they have to work them out.
My truck was built on 02/07 in Indiana as well. Yes, i had the camshaft go on it at 3000 miles.
Toyota stepped up to the plate with a brand new long block complete with heads and all.
Plus, i got a 7yr./100k platinum warranty w/ zero deductible, & they paid one payment for me. So no worries here my friends.
One thing you won't have to worry about is whether or not toyota will take care of your problem.
Yes, they will pay for the towing of your rig from anywhere also. And, i was even offered another DC tundra to drive.
So this post right here confirms the fact that the number will be much greater than 20. You have a build date of 2/07. Toyota states this only occured in a few trucks, in very early production stages. So I doubt they built only 20 trucks between the early stages and 2/07.
I dont buy the story of a "bad batch" of cams. They dont make small #'s of cams at once, like 20-100 at a time. THe provider is making a bunch, thousands at a time, if not tens of thousands.
Also, if toyota knew about this problem early on like they state, they would have made sure they got a hold of the trucks affected VERY quickly, before problems arose and hit the press. See, the problem is toyota didnt know early on, and I am guessing all the 5.7's will be recalled to replace cams, or at least hoping.
What toyota is doing now is damagae control by stating low #'s. THey are also calculating how many cams will actually break based on what they now know.
I am a huge toyota fan, not bashing, so keep it to yourself. I only drive toyota's, and have since day one. I hate looking at that xterra you may see in my sig, its not mine, its the mrs!
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Imagine my shock when I started reading about a camshaft problem on a truck I have been drooling over for two months. I have been a rabid Toyota fan for 29 years. I have owned most of the product line. Usually two to four at a time. I never had a problem with any of them until my 2003 Camry. It's had a couple of warranty issues. I started reading about the camshaft but still traded my low mileage 2004 F150 to get a crewmax. Ford was not very responsive to my complaints. My leather seats started cracking at 9000 miles, tilt steering lever fell off in my hand at 11000, couldn't get ford to fix either problem. I will take my chances with Toyota. I wouldn't have bought the Ford if the old Tundra had the towing capacity I needed. Just my 2 cents.
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