Transmission leak at 800 miles - Trailhunter Hybrid

I've seen similar (but less advanced) decay with a 2UZ 4th gen in my off-road club. The driver didn't use floormats. Wet carpet soaks on the footwell sheetmetal continuously, which is simultaneously attacked from the outside by road spray:

 

Toyota's new anti rust automatic drip technology. That's a $1500 option if you had to pay for it by itself.

 

I was gonna guess 4th gen. They did not hold up well to rust.

 

Was he in the Air Force? That’s what crew chiefs say about older planes.

 

Looks more like a FloorRunner to me

 

Wow!! That saying even pre-dates me!! Perhaps Recips?? If ours were leaking be damned sure we were searching for it! Who in the right mind wants to keep washing their jet??

 

Truck is leaking like that and the dealer tells you to come in next week? Lol, sure thing Boss. BTW, by next week it won't move under its own power and smells funny.

 

That dealer is saying "fuck off with your warranty work."

 

LOL. You brought back memories of when I was Crew Chief on the A-7D Corsair II. That thing was a hydraulic nightmare. The belly's of some of those planes looked like candied apples. When the pilots did their walk around and saw a leak they'd say "Hey chief, what's this leak?" All the Crew Chiefs had the same answer. "No problem sir, it'll stop once you crank up". A leak at zero psi but at 3,000 psi all is well. They bought it every time.

 

Or they'll try to make him pay full price up front, like GM is famous for doing.

 

F-4 and older.

 

Yep I worked on F-111 and they leaked everywhere too. Not as bad as A-7, F-8 or F-4

 

Is your vin # under 45000?

 

Just an update on this: Transmission is leaking Pt.2... Leak is in the same location and the same amount as before. Original leak at 1,900 miles. The second go-around = 3,500 miles. Yeah!!

 

VIN ends in: ...003304

 

WTF!

 

Tranny leak and blown shock… hmmmm

 

45,000? I just bought a 2025 made in December and it's in the 16,000 range. How did we get up to 45,000?

 

2 things….over 200k truck made so far and infinite possibilities with letter/number combinations.