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I am close to purchasing a new pickup. I have already driven the new Tundra. It is an impressive pickup and a great ride. I will not however, purchase a vehicle with a known problem. Especially, when the manufacturer has been so lackluster with a response to their customers.
If the problem is resolved, before I am ready to purchase, Toyota has my business. If they post some kind of acknowledgement of the problem, and a guarantee to fix it when resolved, they have my business. If not, I'll march right over to the Ford Dealer and resolve the issue myself. How many others are perched on the fence waiting to see what happens. Can Toyota afford to lose any business just when they have made some inroads in the American truck market?
Car manufacturers better listen up. Today's consumers are well informed and savvy. We know more about pricing, quality and customer support than ever before. I wrote this with the hope that someone at Toyota might just read it. Are you listening Toyota?
Blame it to the tires mounting personnel, road surface, the wind, the exhaust, the brakes, warped rotors but ...themselves.
I hope Toyota will learn the lesson that Audi had
learned with their Audi 5000 "sudden acceleration"
For those of you that are experiencing legitimate problems, vibrations; you shouldn't stand for it. Hound the dealership all the way up to the owner, hound Toyota, write letters. let them know that you want it fixed or you want your money back or you want another truck. Remember, your the customer! I bought a 94 dodge ram (1st model year), wasn't even new, was a demo with 4k miles. I made them repaint the bed rails and tailgate and give me a lifetime warranty on that truck. they did, and they repainted the bed 3 times in one year. Finnally, after they couldn't get the rough idle smoothed out (7 trips to dealer), I made them take it back. You can too!
FYI: If you want to read about problems, go to a jeep site. We are getting our "99 Jeep Grand Cherokee lemon lawed soon. This vehicles are having driveshafts replaced, differentials rebuilt, trannys worked on, fuel pumps replaced, front ends rebuilt, windshields replaced, window motors replaced, brake rotors replaced, power seats replaced, engines reprogrammed (they stall), and more all within THE FIRST YEAR of ownership. Now THESE are serious problems, not to discredit the Tundra vibration. Our new Jeep spent over 60 days in the shop in less than a year, talk about a lousy ownership experience.
After driving the Tundra limited and finding that it had most of the luxuries that we were used to on the Jeep and was a smoother ride, we decided that it was the vehicle for us.
Is there anybody else out there that would simply tolerate this on a new $26k truck without taking legal action?
Don't you have anything better to do than look for people who have legitimate problems with their trucks and pester them? Your major skill seems to be in letting people know how cool you are by slamming other people. Congratulations, you are officially a Toyota Fanboy.
Thank You in advance for any responses
Maybe we can all learn something or help someone---isn't that what it's all about????
In the mean time Robbie, chill out man, and let the people vent!
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Front Porch Philosopher
SUV, Pickups, & Aftermarket and Accessories Host
I drove a Tundra and really liked the drive... but I am still a little stuck on 'BIG' being synonymous with 'Full-Sized'....
So, why is Ford seemingly the runner-up favorite to the Toyota?
I guess this also begs the question: why ISN'T either Chevy/GMC or Dodge the #2 alternative for would-be Tundra owners? I like the way Dodge trucks look... even better than Fords... I think Fords are really very 'swoopy-looking'.. not bad, just different. However, I haven't heard a lot of rave reviews, or even good votes of confidence for the Dodge. I have not heard anything either way on the Chevy/GMC side of things and I don't like the interiors of Chevys anyway... there's a lot of plastic, as in any vehicle these days, but it looks like cheapy plastic and I can see being nickled and dimed to death replacing little snaps and gadgets that weren't made to hold up in the frist place... BUT if the guts fo the thing works, then I could put up wiht a little cheapy plastic, I guess.
I DID drive the Tundra and I loved the way it handled and its guts...it seemed to have a lot of power and it didn't behave as though it was herniating itself just to get off the line at a stop light. A little on the smallish side, but not too bad of a compromise.... still... I keep hearing this "...I love the Tundra, BUT.... its off to the Ford dealer for me..."
So I am just curious about the logic behind the order of things... Tundra, Ford....etc, etc...
I bought a Tundra Limited 4x4 and after 3700 miles have not had any vibration problems.
I've had three Ford F-250, all 4x2, all diesel. No complaint with any. The '99 SD is the first new vehicle that I've owned that didn't have to go back to the dealer to "fix" things that the factory didn't do correctly. There was one MAJOR and CRITICAL flaw, however. There was a couple of spots on the mirror support arms that the paint was flaking off. The dealer replaced both mirrors at 34K miles under warranty.:)
On the vibration problem.....
Has anybody had your Toyota dealer set the caster angle slightly greater than specs? (This setting shouldn't affect tire wear nor handling.) It seems to me that if the angle is too small the wheels would get into a fluttering situation and produce the steering vibrations that every one is complaining about.
Rich
Obviously, you don't hang glide. So why are you bagging on that? It's an awesome form of aviation, you can get more info from www.ushga.org
R
Consumer Reports manages to admit that the F150 is much more reliable than either the Chevy/GMC or Dodge. Given that Toyota buyers rank reliability as a high priority, it's logical they'd go for the Ford as a second choice.
BTW, I almost bought a Tundra but chose a Ford for a few reasons:
--the Ford was about $1500 less
--the Toyota dealer treated me like dirt (this is the second time those jerks at that dealership lost a sale for that reason)
--the Ford dealer treated me with respect and patience (I like to test drive...and think about it)
--the Toyota handled and ran like a dream, but I definitely felt much more cramped inside
Bottom line: no major problems with the Ford. I'm happy.
And now back to our vibration problems...
I'm curious if newer trucks still have a vibration problem. Afterall, Toyota has had several months to hear the complaints and address the root cause of the problem, even if they aren't admitting a problem publicly.
Thanks. LMURF
What a joke that reliability claim is.
I've seen your opinion numerous times in other threads. It's starting to sound like a broken record. Don't you have anything new to say?
(PS It really should be relevant to the topic at hand.)
My comments here are definitely about the subject at hand. All you Tundra owners walking around in a stupor with your eyes blindfolded shut, saying, "My Tundra is the best truck I have eeeeeeever had". Yeah, maybe so since it's most likely the first and only truck you ever had and you only use it to haul your cricket gear.
Good luck paying for the repairs "WHEN" your Tundra breaks as it will be at least twice, maybe even three times as expensive to fix.
Oh, and don't ever plan on rebuilding that engine. They are like all [non-permissible content removed] and Tiawanese parts....use once, then throw away.
it is unwieldy to manage, and difficult to use for "newbies." There is entirely TOO much topic duplication, so I will be doing some SERIOUS topic consolidation in the next few weeks, getting us down to not more than 2-3 topics per vehicle type, and ultimately down to 200 topics or less.
THIS weeks consolidation candidates are: Tundra's, Tacoma's and Rangers.
In that vein,please consolidate this Tundra topic to Welcome Toyota Tundra - V and continue these discussions there.
Thanks!
Front Porch Philosopher
SUV, Pickups, & Aftermarket and Accessories Host