Build Quality of Mexico vs US Tacomas

^ Just look at it this way - when you spend money on repairs, you are supporting your local small businesses...

 

my tacoma built in BAJA CALIFORNIA, EVERYTHING FITS GOOD AND TIGHT AND NICE PAINT. NO PROBLEMS JUST TURNED 5000 MILES

 

My 2012 DCSB TRD OR was also built in Baja California fit and finish are great no interior noises at all very solid and no drive train vibrations. Very tight and rides great only 1500 miles getting 19mpg around town just over 20mpg on the hiway. Very happy with the truck.

 

mine is mexican and minus the driveline vibes (stock) build quality is purty good and has held up through some stupidity and i love it to death and wouldnt own another brand of midsize truck ever.

 

Mine is made in San Antonio; it’s only a few days old but looks great!

I don't think it matter where it was build it’s a Toyota and that's what matter to me! This is my 3rd Japanese vehicle and I’ve always been happy with the manufacturing regardless where it was built I had a Honda Civic built in Canada, a Subaru Impreza built in Japan and now the Tacoma DC built in the US. All good to me!

 

This poll should of had great, poor & POS.
Mine was built in the USA and four years later they are still fixing things. They do it for free and its not under warranty. I have to make lots of calls and talk about class action lawsuits. I bring up T.W. and other Toyota websites.
The truck runs a looks great it's just a lot of crap to deal with. They give me loner cars so what can I say.
I guess it's the luck of the draw.

 

Better than a ford, but had more issues with my 09 in 1 year than I had with my 98 which I owned for 7. Which isn't much (overhead compass, blower motor, somehow shifted into reverse when my shifter still said drive resulting in an accident. No damage done but of course could not be replicated at the dealership. I have a video on my old phone of my truck showing drive after the accident and then moving in reverse when my foot let off the brake on flat ground.)

 

when I ordered my 2013 I told the sales guy I want one from texas he asked why I told him I rather have americans build my truck and keep them working than having the guys down south do it and that guy got stupid pissed at me so much so that I had to get another salesman to complete the sale funny I think

 

I just took a tour of the Tacoma Plant in San Antonio. I specifically asked if Tacomas were still made in Baja and I was told the following:

Since 2012, all Tacomas are made in San Antonio.....all the "decks/Beds" are still made in Baja and sent to San Antonio. The engine is made in Japan and sent to San Antonio.

So if you have a 2012+ and you open your drivers door, on the door frame there should be a white sticker with all the tire and weight information that says "Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Texas.....made in the USA"

And on a side note, there is 2 separate assembly lines for the Tundra and Tacoma...until the body meets the frame and then the Tacomas and Tundras are all randomly in the same assembly line.

Here is my little write up on my experience:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/252728-tacoma-tundra-plant-tour.html#post6113154

 

All Tacomas aren't manufactured in San Antonio, I wonder why they would tell you that. My 2013 OR DC was made in Mexico (de baja california), says it on the white sticker above the tire weight information.

Aside from some minor drive line vibs, build quality seems to be great.

 

My 2013 is built in Baja California Mexico... I don't think the engines are built in Japan unless I'm wrong I would like to see proof

 

I don't care where my truck was assembled. People are people, and there are professionals and non-professionals everywhere in the world.

Edit* I lived in Vietnam for a year, and have stopped buying products made there. There is a reason North Face, etc.'s quality has declined since they moved production there - the work force literally does not care.

 

I am just relaying what was told to me on the tour. But about the engines, we toured the entire plant, and there was no engine assembly area, just a staging area where they were aready built/being removed from crates.

 

The same workers build in Mexico and the US.....they just travel back and forth across the border between shifts....

 

My tacoma had some problems when i first bought it, but the previose owners did NOT take care of it. I had to fix their fuck up

 

I don't think it really matters where it was assembled. Both locations seem to do a good job. Biggest problem with all cars is the Made in China parts they put in them now days. Just straight junk.

 

From what i've seen over the years with products made in Mexico the workmanship is questionable to say the least.

 

^^^What products? I've worked scrap metal recycling in Mexico with companies like GMC, Linamar(make ford truck blocks), John Deere, LG Phillips, Caterpillar, Rassini etc. Not one time did I see quality issues. What I saw was a very clean and professional environment and many overqualified people thankful to have a job.

 

I have a 2012 made in Texas. Got almost 17k and not the first issue or have a found anything wrong. Go USA

 

Dumbass is that statement you just made....