TFL just broke their new Tacoma

If I was Chief Engineer, I would have too. I would want the whole truck to get all of the logs from instrumentation. I'm not sure how much they are instrumented, and how much they keep or transmit, but I would definitely just give them a new truck and dissect the hell out of the one that broke.

 

I’m thinking if the part is same/similar… it got way too much torque funneled through it.

You can hear the turbo spool right before something “snapped” the new motor makes 2x + the torque at low rpm ….

Things had to really be beefed up in order for shit not to snap.

Our anemic 3.5s are soft on powertrain

 

Not sure where the "designed to fail/weak link" talk came from. The Toyota ADD works just like Ford, Jeep, and Chevy. A fork moves a sleeve/collar. The only real differences are how the fork is actuated; manual, electric, or vacuum. Jeep and GM shown below.

 

Synergy the shift collar is the weak link

 

It came from toyota via a third party.

 

give them a new truck lol. Right.

 

And hope they don’t break it too

 

Most here are naive in thinking that Toyota will ever disclose to TFL, or the general public, the details of exactly what failed and why. A generalization, maybe.

 

If TFL is smart they will make the dealership show them the broken parts. I rarely let anyone work on my vehicles but when I do I make them show me what they did.

 

I would be willing to bet a case of Toyota $100 per liter transfer case fluid that Toyota won’t even let the dealership technicians disassemble the front diff if that is what failed. They will just send them a complete diff assembly. That way Toyota corporate will be the only ones that know what actually failed.

 

If they were paying for the work... it will be covered under warranty.

 

Toyota is in no way obligated to show the owner warranty parts. If the repair is customer pay, then yes.

 

It doesn’t matter. It’s still your truck and you have the right to know what was done to it.

 

"Remove and Replace Front Differential, Part no. xxxxx-xx"

 

That’s about it.

 

exactly.

 

On such a new generation vehicle I would bet dealership technicians are not even allowed to disassemble the front differential, only replace the assembly

 

If the old diff is just thrown in the parts bin in the back then the shop guys will most likely show it to you if you are nice about it. They generally like to talk shop.

 

Seriously? You don’t think Toyota will call for that FULLY assembled warranty differential? It most definitely will not “be thrown in the parts bin in the back of the shop.”

 

Damn straight it won’t.