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It depends if it's after the long/short block replacement or before.

FTR…finally got the replacement keys. When the local guy said for $250 he could get me a key just like the OEM I thought he meant a 3rd party with the same functionality. It IS an OEM key fob and it took him 20 mins to program the car and cut the key blade. Kia dealership is out of its mind.

By gentle, I just mean that it's pretty easy driving - miles of open road between stops and I'm not driving the Tundra like I stole it. That said, I'm not not using the brakes as needed, and do some highway driving so will have the occasional idiot who pulls out in front of me or traffic ahead...

At 10,000 miles for the Tundra and 5,000 miles for the RX 350? That was the first time I noticed this issue. Then again at 60K miles (10k miles after the brakes were replaced on the Tundra) and 35k miles (5k miles after the brakes were replaced on the RX 350). Just had the brakes replaced again...

So in this thread we’ve established my wife and I, who rarely ever drive each other’s vehicle, both stop too hard and not hard enough. Got it!

I believe these are all Lexus/Toyota parts numbers. Again, the exact same thing happened with OEM factory brakes for both vehicles.

One was a Toyota dealership and the other a Lexus. They aren't owned by the same group and the same thing happened to factory rotors.

Thanks for the reply, although it leaves thinking, why do I have to put this much thought into stopping my vehicle? I just want to get in it and drive the thing.

Only OEM parts and done by the dealership - they are actually cheaper than the Indy shops around me.

I can honestly say I haven't had a single hard stop in 10k miles on these brakes. I'm really gentle on the brakes and do mostly country road driving. Thank you for changing the title! Brain moves faster than my fingers! Thank you also for the recommendations. I'm a little bummed because with...

Cool...I just hate their brakes.

I have never owned a Toyota product, from 1996 until now, that didn't frequently have wrapped rotors between brake jobs. My Tundra developed warped rotors after 10k miles, had brakes done at 50k miles, and now 60k miles the problem is back. My wife's RX350 has had warped rotors 3x now every time...

I'm just trying to settle on a single oil for the Tundra, RX 350, Soul, and Forester and 5W30 VRP seems to fit the bill, especially for the Kia and Subaru - I'm hoping more frequent OCIs and the cleaning properties will keep the rings clean. I still have some other oils in my stash that I'm...

Previous was the factory 0W16

So the report acknowledges that the oil has 4,000 miles on it, the engine only has 5,400 miles on it, and clearly the person writing the report lost sight of that with the silicon comments. Thoughts appreciated.