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bajaguy
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2010 Toyota Tacoma Recall
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35372655/ns/business-autos
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wessongroup
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It's hard to believe
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k-rico
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draggin' drive shafts - gnarly
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Bob H
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I'm stick'n with FORD!
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So as with the recall issues, any part manufactured here in the USA is pretty much to blame for the recalls. Toyota should take their manufacturing
back to Japan and send us some Deisel Prado or Hiluxs.
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chippy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by slimshady
So as with the recall issues, any part manufactured here in the USA is pretty much to blame for the recalls. Toyota should take their manufacturing
back to Japan and send us some Deisel Prado or Hiluxs. |
I would think itīs more a question of quality control than manufacturing.
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bonanza bucko
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It's waaaayyy too damned bad. I love my 2004 Tundra Limited 4X4. It's been down "That Road" south of Puertecitos about 20 times and hasn't even
developed a squeak. I had two 4X4 Ford Explorers which cost me $1200 for repairs EACH after ONE trip in and out...100 miles....$12/mile for repairs.
Then Toyota decided to go after the urban cowboy market and built the new Tundra. The only thing separating it from a Dodge is the steer horns on the
hood and the bull's balls on the hitch....it's a piece of oversized, under engineered junk. I have buddies with them who complain all the time about
such stuff as plastic radiator hangars that break on "That Road."
Toyota abandoned it's commitment to "The Toyota Way" which was constant improvement and utter reliability in order to grow to become the world's
biggest auto maker!!?? The used to build all vehicles with parts made by old and trusted suppliers in Japan. But the new way required they buy them
here. The parts that caused the famous accelerator recall were mostly made in Canada.
I will need a new truck for Baja in about a year....my 2004 has 155,000 happy miles on it. I would buy a new model of my old Tundra in a second. But
I will NOT buy anything that they currently produce until and unless they get their act together as of old. It makes me sick to think I might have to
go back to Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair Daily. But, at least Ford is better than that &*^damned Obama Motors from which I would not buy a
hub cap.
Toyota has the NUMI plant in Freemont, Cal. which used to be half Toyota and half GM (before GM became Obama Inc and pulled out) and ALL UAW. If they
have the unmitigated stupidity to start building Toyota anything with the "help" of the UAW they will go broke in short order after building millions
of pieces of mierda.
Waaaayyyyy Toooooo Baaaaad
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monoloco
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It was a design problem. The part in question was designed by Toyota and manufactured to their specs. No one including Toyota has called it a
manufacturing defect. Toyota has known about the problem for quite a few years and chose to ignore it showing a callous disregard for the safety of
their customers.
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TMW
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bonanza bucko
It's waaaayyy too damned bad. I love my 2004 Tundra Limited 4X4. It's been down "That Road" south of Puertecitos about 20 times and hasn't even
developed a squeak. I had two 4X4 Ford Explorers which cost me $1200 for repairs EACH after ONE trip in and out...100 miles....$12/mile for repairs.
Then Toyota decided to go after the urban cowboy market and built the new Tundra. The only thing separating it from a Dodge is the steer horns on the
hood and the bull's balls on the hitch....it's a piece of oversized, under engineered junk. I have buddies with them who complain all the time about
such stuff as plastic radiator hangars that break on "That Road."
Toyota abandoned it's commitment to "The Toyota Way" which was constant improvement and utter reliability in order to grow to become the world's
biggest auto maker!!?? The used to build all vehicles with parts made by old and trusted suppliers in Japan. But the new way required they buy them
here. The parts that caused the famous accelerator recall were mostly made in Canada.
I will need a new truck for Baja in about a year....my 2004 has 155,000 happy miles on it. I would buy a new model of my old Tundra in a second. But
I will NOT buy anything that they currently produce until and unless they get their act together as of old. It makes me sick to think I might have to
go back to Found On Road Dead and Fix Or Repair Daily. But, at least Ford is better than that &*^damned Obama Motors from which I would not buy a
hub cap.
Toyota has the NUMI plant in Freemont, Cal. which used to be half Toyota and half GM (before GM became Obama Inc and pulled out) and ALL UAW. If they
have the unmitigated stupidity to start building Toyota anything with the "help" of the UAW they will go broke in short order after building millions
of pieces of mierda.
Waaaayyyyy Toooooo Baaaaad |
BB I did not know the new Tundra was having problems. I work for a TV station here in Bakersfield and I have a 2007 Tacoma for my transmitter truck
and two other stations have 2009 Tundras. We're all 4x4s. While none of these trucks run on a road anywhere close to the Gonzaga road for being bad we
do run on dirt roads and in snow and pull snowcats up the mountains. My Tacoma has 42,000 miles and has never had any repairs, just oil and filter
changes. It's still has the original brake pads and shoes, which are inspected every oil change. I make at least one and sometimes two trips up a
7,500 mtn per week. Last year due to the installation of a new transmitter and antenna and building roof I or one of my techs went almost everyday for
4 months, a 45 mile drive taking 1.5 hours each way.
I do think part of what you say is true, maybe Toyota was building too many vehicles to fast and getting into a QC problem. I think that was a problem
Ford, GM etc had for years.
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bonanza bucko
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I's my impression from guys I trust....like David K. on this site....that the Tacoma is a good piece of gear. But it ain't big enough and the Tacoma
doesn't come in a Limited version as the Tundra does. Toyota has always been a little shy in the cab amenities department but made up for that with
overall quality.
I might have to buy a Tacoma...but I don't wanna very bad. Toyota has screwed the pooch pretty bad with their apparent abandonment of high quality
and reliability in favor of market share....among folks who don't care for the good stuff...only the flashy and sexy.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
I'm stick'n with FORD!
Bob H |
My truck is not recalled... only 8,000 with a drive shaft made by Dana (a U.S. company) out of how many Tacomas???
MSNBC is a loser network, anyway! 
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
My truck is not recalled... only 8,000 with a drive shaft made by Dana (a U.S. company) out of how many Tacomas???
MSNBC is a loser network, anyway! |
David, didn't say anything about YOUR truck, it was just for information.........
OK, how if it's from FOX News does it make it any more believable??????....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585722,00.html
[Edited on 2-14-2010 by BajaNomad]
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bajaguy
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Tundra
I'm still buying a 2011 Tundra........with all of the current bad PR and quality control, I'm guessing that Toyota will bend over backwards to ensure
there should be no problems with next year's models.
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David K
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Sorry BajaGuy... I was responding to Bob H and not you (note quote). Let me say thank you to YOU for the information.
It is BAD news for Toyota... and for Dana Corporation. As someone else said, Toyota would be well advised to quit this globalist idea that we are all
the same... and parts made in America, Mexico or where ever are as good as parts made in Japan.
Since my truck was assembled in Tijuana, I can only hope that all the parts came from Japan... But, that probably isn't the case.
Thank you again BajaGuy.
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Toyota promises new look at Tacoma acceleration complaints
"Toyota acknowledges that the complaint rate of unwanted acceleration on the 2005 and later Tacoma models is higher than on most other Toyota models."
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/02...
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David K
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If you say there is a problem... and people who want easy money or free stuff have that vehicle... the number of complaints goes way up!
I had a 2005 Tacoma and put 102,000 miles on it... My 2010 has over 3,000 miles... They both never had any such issues. (well at least so far on my
2010
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wessongroup
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Calm down folks, they are after all only cars/trucks and they all have problems of some sort..
Used Edmunds.com to check again, the cost per mile to operate a 4WD Crew Cab pickup and associated reviews submitted by a few owners.
They appear overall to be very closely matched.. With operation per mile being a factor which one should consider also.
That said, take a look at some numbers.. Yeah, I know.. What about, and how about.. .
Let me just say this, my father favorite saying to me: spend a nickel, spend a dime, spending money is a crime"
If you don't think my fathers words did not make an impression on me
And here are the numbers on trucks operation costs per mile
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[Edited on 2-13-2010 by wessongroup]
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bajaguy
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Toyota designs Baja Tacoma
Standard equipment........
http://www.brian894x4.com/images/MilTacoma3.jpg
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David K
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That's funny... photo taken on Laguna Salada or Chapala?
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wessongroup
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The Taliban swear by them too...
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