Interesting video on the Toyota V35A-FTS, the issues, some possible changes, and how Toyota is dealing with the issues.

[PWMDMD]

An interesting discussion on what's happened so far, one guy claims there are part changes coming, the debris issue took way too long to resolve, and a discussion on Toyota's decision to replace engines with a short vs long block. There's also a discussion on poor shifting/hesitation in the 10-speed auto.

I'm wondering what everyone thinks?

 

[RBT]

If true ( it’s the internet after all), very troubling.

If I owned one of these impacted vehicles, dealer service only, to the letter of service manual. Not because it is mechanically necessary, but because it seems Toyota is not being reputable and is looking to shift blame to the owners.

Fwiw, friend owned a CJDR dealer. Pentastar failure is less than 1 percent. Hemi is similar. Some of this Toyota glow stems from a time when they were building the same engine for 10 plus years. Give any reputable manufacturer that long a run and they will iron out the issues for both customer retention and to reduce warranty claims. Toyota will do the same, perhaps more quickly but you cannot go so many years and not innovate without losing some of the engineering and manufacturing skills that allows you to do so flawlessly when the time comes for you to do so.

 

[D60]

This is a place where maybe AI could give us the Clif Notes on a two hour video....

 

[PWMDMD]

This is a place where maybe AI could give us the Clif Notes on a two hour video....

They talk about a lot of topics, the Toyota V6 part is relatively short and it's chaptered down on the slider. The long and the short of it is debris in the motor continued until Nov of 2024, LONG after it was identified. They are going to come out with a bunch of new part numbers for 2026 that are supposed to fix the/some of the issues which means it's not entire due to debris, Toyota is not telling the public the entire extent of the issue because all vehicles with that engine are experiencing failures and because its at least partly a design flaw issue even the replacement motors will fail.

They also talk about the 2.4 spinning bearings too. The design flaw in the 10-speed that makes it hesitate and shift hard, and some other topics too.

 

[sw99]

I watched that yesterday also. I'm waiting on a LX700h so I'm hoping it's a 26' MY. The failure rates are low compared to others but it still makes me cringe.

 

[D60]

I fast forwarded A LOT, watching maybe 25 min all told.

One thing I really enjoyed was around 1:05:00 the one guy says -- paraphrasing -- engineers are no longer able to make autonomous decisions. Rather, they're told exactly what is needed by management and legal, and parts that are TOO reliable are prohibited.

I really want to believe this as we all see soooo many dumb things and it would be nice to think it was not engineers saying, "This is a great idea!"

 

[Elkins45]

I’m being slowly led to the conclusion they aren’t the quality focused company they once were. As a long-time Toyota owner this makes me sad.

 

[PWMDMD]

I had the opportunity to talk with a Toyota Master Tech at a Labor Day party yesterday and he said stay away from anything with the V35A-FTS and that the Tundra/Sequoia and Tacoma occupy nearly 100% of his time now. I didn't press about the Tacoma because I didn't want to turn this into having to talk shop at a party, but I asked what issues is he commonly seeing with the Tundra, and he said obviously the engine recall and they've had a few actual seized motors, lots of interior plastic bits breaking or general complaints about fit and finish and rattles, quite a few head units dying, steering and alignment issues, complaints about the 10-speed and they've replaced a few completely lately, water leaks from around the moonroof/pillars, and some paint quality issues. He may have rattled off a few more things but I was quite a few beers into the day. He did say it used to be rare to have the last generation Tundra in the shop for anything other than routine maintenance and they have several Tundras in per week, if not day, for non-maintenance issues.

 

[nthach]

The funny part is Toyota has built this engine since 2018 for the Lexus LS500/LC500h and Land Cruiser 300 Series(Lexus LX600/700h). The T24A-FTS has been built for a while, again for the Lexus RX500h/NX350 and Highlander/Crown Hybrid Max. But only the trucks are having issues.

No forced induction here, the 25 Camry my parents had has been trouble-free except for 43K of hard Uber miles and one warranty trip to the dealer for a flaky hybrid ECU with false battery HVIL codes. Neighbors have no issues with their 24 RAV4 Hybrid.

 

[RBT]

Given that it is Toyota, they will get it right eventually but I guess caution is warranted until there have been a few model years of production.