Again in Could it turned apparent that Toyota needed to do one thing in regards to the frequent failures of its twin-turbo 3.4-liter V6 engines, that are discovered within the Tundra pickup and Lexus LX 600 SUV. The corporate regarded into what might be achieved to ameliorate the difficulty, but it surely appears to be like like the one method to make issues proper with clients is to yank out their engines and substitute them with model new items. This recall impacts 102,092 automobiles, together with 98,568 Tundras and three,524 LX 600s. Toyota says it should substitute the engine in “all concerned automobiles” at no cost.
Toyota, the corporate lengthy identified for its steadfast reliability, actually stepped in it with this one. The Japanese automaker says the difficulty was attributable to a producing course of the place the oil passages weren’t correctly cleaned out after machining. That resulted in steel shaving particles floating round within the engine’s lubrication system, clogging up the works. Whether or not the particles causes points within the oil pickup tube or in the principle bearings, it’s going to ultimately trigger a difficulty. And the result’s a blow’d up motor.
This recall covers all Tundras constructed between November 2, 2021 and February 13, 2023, in addition to Lexus LX 600 fashions constructed between July 30, 2021 to November 25, 2022. Toyota says it isn’t conscious of any accidents associated to the issue, which is nice, but it surely has sidelined a shitload of vehicles. Recall paperwork point out at the very least 824 engine guarantee claims related to this drawback.
The report claims that Toyota was first made conscious of the potential subject when a car geared up with the defective V35A engine stalled way back to March of 2022. “Toyota recovered the concerned elements and carried out an investigation of the engine failure. Via this investigation, it was discovered that the crankshaft predominant bearings had seized.”
In July of that very same yr two additional engines had been discovered with broken bearings. At that time Toyota hypothesized it was an engine contamination subject and ordered the cleansing means of its engines be up to date. It’s attention-grabbing that Toyota will prophylactically substitute engines constructed even after the cleanliness course of was up to date. I assume it’s higher to be secure than sorry. And Toyota is already fairly sorry.