Tacoma Production in San Diego?

Not worried about stonks or "stability in trade." Just bring back the good manufacturing jobs to the American middle class. They deserve more than being 20-hr/wk baristas at Starbucks.

I'm able and willing to pay more for a Tacoma made in the U.S. by our own people. It's the right thing to do. Too bad CEOs lost sight of that while chasing their bottom line.

 

I'm sure most, if not all, agree with your "made in the U.S by our own people" statement. The "able and willing to pay more for a Tacoma" part, probably not as much, sad to say.

 

From someone who has been through this a handful of times reserving a handful of 2024 build in San Diego...
Here's a heads-up,
Youre sales guy will get a notification at the time the build starts, & it automagically gets built & destination reached at the dealer, all in less than 1 week, less than 5 days......

For San Diego it all happens super quick....
This was text book for me- 4-5 times until I found a white tacoma that was expectable....

 

I don't might call dealership tomorrow and get it.

 

I am in Tennessee so we will see how long it takes. I ordered a long bed and I believe they build more long beds in Baja . I have read that a toyota plant in California makes most of the actual long beds and ships to the plants for assembly.

 

That CEO is Japanese. He didn't lose sight of anything. Creating American jobs is no more concern of his than creating Japanese jobs is for you and I.

 

Toyota USA has a separate CEO from their Japanese parent company

 

And the TMNA CEO is Japanese, installed by the new TMC CEO and report to.......wait for it.....TMC.

 

Yes. And he is not an American. He is Japanese. And he reports to a Japanese boss. Toyota North America is not an American company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

As soon as your configuration link on the temp vin stops working, your build finished in the factory. Reach out to your sales rep and ask for your official VIN (they should now have it). Edit your configuration link to the new VIN string and it'll work again... Not that it gives you progress updates, but it'll confirm and let you see if the factory forced any changes so you're less surprised (bc it'll now also have your virtual window sticker).
(It's how I find out that they changed my interior color selection on me)

 

Thanks for the info. Glad to hear that that the temp VIN will stop working once the build is finished and not at its inception.

Can't believe they changed the interior color on you! I purposely requested the Premium upgrade package so hopefully that isn't altered.

 

Just making sure I read this right..you're saying that from the time the build is completed to arrival at dealer is about a week? If so, that is pretty fast

 

There are literally thousands of skilled labor jobs that are available now and in coming years as the folks currently holding those age out.

Welders, plumbers, AC techs, electricians, roofers, commercial painters and on and on.

I have friends who are business owners in all those trades who struggle to stay fully staffed with competent people, even though they are willing to train and pay fair wages.

Some folks just like being baristas, think they need 30% tax free tips and free college.

 

Not a chance. Mine was finished being built. It took 3 weeks to get to Ohio. Maybe if the dealer is a car carrier away from Mexico but if it is getting on a rail to get somewhere in the US, plans weeks, like 4-6.

Mike Rowe has been preaching this for a decade and no one of any power wants to listen. My wife is in education. If you are graduating HS she can have a kid in an accredited HVAC program at a community college where all they do is take HVAC classes (no gen ed) and they will finish with a starting job of about $75K in KY and the company will pay for the school. That is how bad skilled laborers are needed.

Problem is MOST (not all I know) of the current generation of kids 18-29 do not want to work that hard. They think they can make a living doing YT videos and TikTok. The US is in a world of hurt and I do not mean anything about politics. I am talking about younger people wanting to work a lot less and make more for doing less. Just look at the UAW trying to leverage a 32hr work week yet get paid for 40. To even think this, it is the entire root cause of the issue. This is just one example of people wanting more for doing less.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uaw-strike-update-four-day-work-week-32-hours/

 

YES!!!!
It's weird as you would think it takes more than a few weeks to build, let alone build & transport....
Didnt happen just 1x, as I reserved over a handful of allocated 24 Tacomas before I agreed to one with good paint.

Salesman made me aware of this the first time & then after that, it was text book.
They get notification that the build has started, week later truck is at the dealer...
Its like 3 days to build & 2 days to transport, even if im off a few days here & there, still super fast...
Not sure if it really happens that quickly or if its just smoke & mirrors with their operations / notification system, etc....
But makes you go....

 

In the past, I believe, it was just the opposite. Beds were made in Mexico for truck assembly in the USA.

 

This is how my journey played out

 

Please share those first 5 of the VIN of those trucks made in San Diego. Anyone also put eyes on or know where that production facility is? Born and raised in CA. Aunt just retired from Toyota after 30 years working there at HQ for a couple different VPs and neither of us have heard of or seen a Toyota production facility in San Diego.

 

I appreciate the detailed response, this helps a lot. I’ve read that the 12th and 13th digits of the temp VIN correspond to the build week (ie if 12th/13th digits are 12, then the build date begins on the 12th week of the year). Did this hold true for you?

Also, where did you enter a VIN on the Toyota Inventory Search page? If I go the search page, it makes me select model and options, then it shows me matches based on my zip code (https://www.toyota.com/search-inventory/)

 

First five of my temp VIN is 3TMLB. I’ve heard this VIN corresponds to Baja, but I swear I saw San Diego on the computer screen when I was at the dealer.