Say at least one nice thing about the 4th gen

The transmission failure rate is multiple times higher on the 4th gens than the 3.5 failure rate on third gens. That’s not how statistics work. You took a sample of a few thousand trucks and compared it to a sample with millions of datapoints. I’d be much more worried about a 100 in 5,000 failure rate than a 100 in 800,000 failure rate.

 

Care to share where you got those numbers from? Rough numbers, based solely off year sales (2016-2023, 2024), are 1.8 million 3rd gen and 88k 4th gen Tacomas sold. I’m sure there’s bleed over from 2015s sold in 2016 and 2023s sold in 2024 but the numbers are close enough for this purpose. If you can find a definitive number of 3.5 failures and 4th gen transmission failures we can talk actual numbers, but until that point we have just anecdotal evidence based on this forum with a decent number of untimely 3.5 deaths and a single 4th gen transmission.

 

Have you driven one? I found the edge where the leather and the weird trim ring thing meet pretty uncomfortable. Not sure what's wrong with smooth leather the whole way around. I don't like the plastic parts that wrap around the bottom of my 3rd gen either.

 

No i haven't driven one yet. But I thought it looked beefy ,is it really bad? Its a Tundra steering wheel from what I know

 

It's not awful I just don't see why they felt the need to put a hard plastic piece of trim right under where your thumbs sometimes sit. Maybe I am too picky. I only drove it for a half hour roughly, but that stood out to me.

 

Sway bar disconnect is nice too. Also, at least they left some models without hybrid.

 

I am digging the new Trailhunter trim in the 4th Gen.

 

Same reason they added bunch of useless stuff like air pump seats or something, hood that keeps flopping and a push button tailgate. Just extra $

 

I have not purchased one nor have i test driven one so i don't really have an informed opinion either way ....but 1 nice thing to say?....hmm, it hasn't cost me any money.

 

My Toyota dealer is listing 47 2024 Tacomas in stock. I needed parts for my wife’s Corolla yesterday and I stopped counting at 26 Tacomas that were scattered around the lot.

It is “Nice” to see a large inventory to choose from if and when I might buy a 4th Gen. When I bought my 2016 from the same dealer they only had 5 Tacomas on their lot.

 

Its new.

 

No one else has pushed a fart into the cushion yet.

 

Those were just an example that the scale of the reports make an extremely big difference. You can’t compare the number of failures that occurred over a 9 year span to those that occurred over less than a year.

 

not some wheezing Turbo Hybrid 4-Banger. Even the 4Runner doesn't suffer this insult.[/QUOTE]

Yet. Give it a few more months and the 2025 4Runner will be just that.[/QUOTE]

Yup. ...and in the mean time, if they don't figure out the current issues with the the Tundra (contamination: you know the numbers) and the Tacoma (transmission failures) before then: it's going to be a very long winter...

 

I’d say more 3rd Gens, bought my 2013 new and for sure not trading it in. Wasn’t sold on the 3rd and now not so much on the 4th.

 

Rear disk brakes.

 

Fresh new looks from the older Tacoma line

 

New car smell.

 

Tacoma drivers

I can climb a mountain but there's no way I can open and close a tailgate with out assistance.

 

4th gen? That swampy looking green color is nice.

EDIT: Bronze Oxide? wtf


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