Official TSB for automatic trans failure from Toyota.

Only to save face for being unaware of the TSB I guess. However my logic didn’t track anyway once the guy above commented that his vin was in the 60s yet arrived before mine.

 

No pictures of his VIN.

FAKE NEWS

 

Just because it’s outside the VIN range doesn’t mean there won’t be the occasional transmission failure for other reasons.

There’s a reason there’s a warranty.

 

Let's not try to normalize transmission failures. This shouldn't be happening.

 

i don't disagree, but it's something to keep an eye on. this could easily be a one-off, but if more reports start popping up again, i'm going to feel a lot less comfortable than i did when i picked mine up 6 days ago.

 

You guys don’t even know if this is a valid report. The Reddit reporter could just be trolling Toyota.

 

none of its valid and we will never know the true failure rate.

 

Well, sure. But if people think there will never, ever be a failure at all, they’re in for a bit of a rude shock.

We’ve gotta be realistic here. It’s going to happen from time to time. Just because it happened to one guy — or even a few guys — doesn’t mean that every transmission’s just waiting to blow up or that there’s some conspiracy on Toyota’s part to cover it up.

 

as per my original post about it, i don't disagree with this either.

people generally aren't very bright, so i am not even discounting the possibility that his last FOUR digits are 59xx and he does still fall within the TSB

 

This guy gets it!

 

But what if they start failing left and right like the tundra engines?

Again, since only Toyota knows, this could already be a widespread issue, or it could be minor. You can't claim it's minor without knowing the data.

Regardless it's still going to make people apprehensive to buy one.

 

They may! I’m not making a claim one way or the other. We don’t know yet. My point is that one or two failures outside the TSB is not a reason to panic.

 

Weird, like I've been saying and so many here dismissed me.

 

Like they did the Tundra? Surely not. lol.

 

Too much sense that will fall on deaf ears in this section.

 

It must be Friday.

 

Transmisson Fail Friday!

 

My local dealer had a fleet of SR5s, one of which fell within the VIN range. It was red, while the others were in grayscale. The other day, I saw that truck parked at someone's house; the temp tag confirmed it was the same truck. I thought to myself, "Well, that sucks for them."

 

Why? They likely got a huge discount on a truck that was manufactured six months ago.

 

I know this dealer, while they may have gotten a discount, it certainly wouldn't be massive and hardly enough to make up for the potential hassle they may have to experience.