toyota tundra camshaft failures
05-29-2007, 09:28 AM
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toyota tundra camshaft failures
for such an anti-toyota forum i was rather surprised when even a search for "tundra" didn't come up with this as being posted already.
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=50065
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=50065
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Automotive News
May 28, 2007 - 1:00 am
LOS ANGELES -- A batch of camshaft failures in 5.7-liter V-8 engines has dinged the launch of the Toyota Tundra pickup.
Camshafts in 20 engines have snapped, says Toyota spokesman Mike Michels. The outside camshaft supplier, which Toyota declined to identify, has traced the problem to "a metallurgical defect in the casting, a flaw in the metal which they have corrected," he says.
To date, Toyota has built 30,000 of the engines, and the company is determining how many might be affected. Michels says that it was "an early batch," and that "Toyota is confident in the production from that point on."
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../70525073/1128
Automotive News
May 28, 2007 - 1:00 am
LOS ANGELES -- A batch of camshaft failures in 5.7-liter V-8 engines has dinged the launch of the Toyota Tundra pickup.
Camshafts in 20 engines have snapped, says Toyota spokesman Mike Michels. The outside camshaft supplier, which Toyota declined to identify, has traced the problem to "a metallurgical defect in the casting, a flaw in the metal which they have corrected," he says.
To date, Toyota has built 30,000 of the engines, and the company is determining how many might be affected. Michels says that it was "an early batch," and that "Toyota is confident in the production from that point on."
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../70525073/1128
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05-29-2007, 09:39 AM
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Ouch - the one area where Toyota looked so good compared to the competition - its drivetrain.
Frame - not so much
Interior - hell no
Gas mileage - not really
I wonder if it really was just isolated to a small batch, or if it this something that will affect all/most of the V8 motors sold so far?
Frame - not so much
Interior - hell no
Gas mileage - not really
I wonder if it really was just isolated to a small batch, or if it this something that will affect all/most of the V8 motors sold so far?
05-29-2007, 09:43 AM
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The more I hear of the engines in these things, the less I like them.
I'm pretty sure they have timing belts instead of chains as well. Not what I would expect for a truck engine that is supposed to be reliable.
I'm pretty sure they have timing belts instead of chains as well. Not what I would expect for a truck engine that is supposed to be reliable.
05-29-2007, 10:09 AM
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05-29-2007, 10:56 AM
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Good. The toyota people pissed me off at an 'off road' tundra test drive.
Guy who I rode with was kind of a jerk and the truck didn't impress me.
Maybe it will motivate them to make it better, which forces the competition to get better and so on and so on.
Guy who I rode with was kind of a jerk and the truck didn't impress me.
Maybe it will motivate them to make it better, which forces the competition to get better and so on and so on.
05-29-2007, 11:17 AM
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If they've got 20 now, I could see it climbing high fast once they start getting some more miles on them, people start ragging on them harder after the "new" wears off, and they start seeing "truck" duty pulling and hauling loads...
05-29-2007, 03:54 PM
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