My 2011 dropped a valve that destroyed the engine. 4 years after it debuted…..doesn’t seem like something that was fixed quickly unfortunately.

@@debratakahara2494 well there’s multiple million mile engines out there both the 4.6 and the 5.7

excllent point! thanks for that reminder. Manufacturing of anything is dynamic, not static. The issue is not problems ... those are guaranteed.. but rather how you correct them... something Toyota has an excellent track-record of as noted by your 5.7L example

The main issue is why create a new design when they had already a great proven engine?

​@flight2k5 There were major issues with the 4.6 engine as well including coolant leaks. Stop it

Needs larger main bearing, they are way to narrow, similar to the rod size and definitely undersized for a v6 configuration. Inline 6 that bearing wound be fine with 7 sets of mains as opposed to 4

tinkerers adventure, when are you going to release next video

It's not metal shavings. That's what they're saying...I hope that's what it is, but I'm thinking it's not. It's a newly designed engine here in the states. It's not a basic simple motor.

Why u hate Toyota?

His assumption of 50% is flawed! This is a voluntary safety recall! The only reason that the other hybrid engines are not on the recall is because the hybrid motor will take over if the engine fails and safely move the vehicle off the road!

Talk about a boring driving life.

@@ford88mustang keeping my GX in no way precludes me from also driving my BMW Z4 😉

Nothing wrong with the old GX460. It's reliable, thirsty, rugged, has buttons for the HVAC, and still has a CD player in it. I would still have that over the new one because of the engine if I was looking for a luxury SUV.

I have 2012 gx460 the best suv I ever have I’ll keep it forever no issues at all

Those use to have head gasket failures the first two years of production. Almost every new Toyota engine had issues

Actually the best one is the 2UR-GSE.

Me reading this and starting up my 2UZ LC with 350k miles purring like a kitten!

@@davidperry4013 is that the one in the gx460?

Purchased my ‘24 Toyota 4Runner TRD OFF-ROAD PREMIUM in the Underground Color back in December and very pleased. This is my second 4Runner and they are well built tanks💪🏼

Like you, exactly why I bought a 2023 Tacoma vs. taking a chance on a completely redesigned 2024 with turbo 4 cylinder.

I gave my son my 2011 4Runner. He's had it all through college back and forth. My 2019 with 77,000 going strong

Smart. Toyota is now living on their name.

🍿😋 should be an interesting show to watch...

That’s why I brought a 2024 4Runner TRD ORP, the most refined of all 5th gens. No worries there.

I have a GX 550 on order. I was told all GX 550’s that are at the shore have been placed on a 56 day hold for safety issues. Hopefully that means they’re fixing them before we get them.

Toyota will make it right but how do you know the mechanics isn't going to fuck up your truck. You can't even trust car manufacturers to deliver a brand new truck or car with full oil these days. Just keep your finger cross that you get a very good mechanic.

preach! 👐

Toyota wasn’t smart on this because in a 5 year period they changed all their engines over for all their cars. A more pragmatic approach that is more spaced out would have been better for them

Not likely. Short blocks to be done at dealership? Not reassuring. It’s the turbo small displacement and made in USA . Bigger repair than replacing rings. I bought my first Toyota 6 weeks ago. A huge mistake

Responsive??? These engines have been failing for over 2 years and they often tried accusing owners of causing the failure. Also, Toyota didn't fix all of them and back when that was going on they made a point to change their new vehicle warranty to state that it's "normal" for their engines to burn 1 quart every 1,200 miles so they wouldn't be forced to warranty hundreds of thousands (or even millions) of engines in the future. The 3rd gen Tacoma has had terrible rear diff howling issues after they moved production of their rear axles from the US to Thailand. They denied the issue existed and then they eventually began to state that it's just "resonance" and normal. Any shop that knows about ring & pinion howling would say that the gears are poorly machined or improperly set up. Still nothing done to address it fully.

Thank you and thank you for subscribing... yes we are not fear-based here ❤️

yep... which is why you might as well add the GX550 & Sequoia here

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD uh this is worrying me because I’m about to pick up Grand Highlander and wanted to know if their V6 Turbo will have issues because I heard it uses same as Tundra.

The problem is that who is making a batter vehicle right now? I feel like auto across the board have gone down in quality and reliability but Toyota is still at the top of the heap

@@jrfish007 its model specific Don’t buy on brand buy on model and brand E.g. F150 is better than a tundra RAV4 is better than an escape etc

F150 is built better.

@@1FiftyOverland F150 is an evolutionary product The tundra had very little evolution for 14years and then went to a revolutionary product All it needed was the new frame and transmission and some tweaks to the interior Body styling and engine could of remained the same

@joeblack1052 The old tundra looked like a beluga whale lol. Got horrendous fuel economy. It needed a full refresh

You could be right 😢

Absolutely. The idea that multiple factories are experiencing problems with the exact same issue points to something more than left behind debris.

It's obviously design problem, which they're never going to admit. They're just looking for appropriate bandaid.

It's certainly not just debris in the engine from the manufacturing process. These engines seem to frequently fail at around 20-30k miles. If it was caused by debris, they would be failing much sooner and the mileage would be more random. It doesn't add up. But deception isn't out of character for Toyota when it comes to reliability issues.

Trying to '; save face' is the most important thing in any Asian Country. Never admit defeat. We saw that back in the early 1940s,s didn't we?

per Toyota's official word the machiners forgot to clear their shavings out the engine properly, so the official explanation is assebembler error. Hopefully better employees and QA will be the remedy 🙏

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD I'm more interested in what they will offer for remediation for the already produced units. Flush and new bearings in the lower end? New Short Block? New Long Block? What about the Turbo's? Do these trucks have oil coolers?

I'm curious about remediation because my phone uncle owns one...

@@johnrolf4952the remediation is they are going to fix it

The only acceptable remedy is a completely new engine. It is impossible to know how far any of that loose debris got into the engine.

it's interesting because "shavings" should be caught by the strainer and then the filter... this issue seems more like "chunks" engine trapped... but that's just wanton speculation

​@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROADthey said debris in the engine, but didn't say where. It can be from drilling oil galley ,oil passages, so you won't see it in the pan. It can be trapped in the oil passages that supply oil to the main bearing and cause a oil restriction.

​@@rottenrottie1515 EXACTLY. And I'm betting shavings are getting to the main crank bearing and jamming right there in the hole just grinding those shavings right into the crank and slowing oil flow. That said, I am suspicious that there is some sort of other issue. Could be low oil volume from the oil pump at low RPM. This engine produces so much torque at low RPM, that could be a problem, especially with such thin oil. Also, I'm wondering if that iron cradle that holds the crank bearings is expanding at a different rate than the aluminum that aupports it (basically the entire engine), being aluminum. Maybe closing the gap between bearing and crank reducing clearance. The tolerances are incredibly small. Even a couple thousandths of an inch could damage the bearings and crank. I don't know, we may know someday.

As a tech with 25 years of Toyota engine experience. The main flaw of these new V6 turbos is the 10,000 mile oil change, lower oil viscosity and metal shavings making its way into oil supply of crank bearings! Causing starvation of oil and super heating bearing and failure! Short block replacement will be fix as approved by Toyota? Which means pulling of old engine rebuilding with new short block! Just remember all the body parts have to be pulled to get to engine? And using old heads and assemblies that had contaminated oil passing through system! Not a great remedy at all?

@@abw121 in that case don't get the recall done until your engine blows.by that time hope toyota dealerships have done many and become experts on doing it....

Thank you for your kind feedback. LOTS of GX460 offroading videos coming SOON please stay tuned 🙏 ❤️

Ya the QC "hold" is suss... it's speculative... but hopefully they're triple checking that the engines are clear of debris

I sure hope so. I wonder what took them so long to figure this out?

Yes but they'll prolly give you a TX for a loaner 😃 so that's nice

So why was there a recall on naturally aspirated 4.6 and 3.5 engines in 2010?

you'll be fine!! Toyota will make things right.. IF there's an issue ❤️ ✌️

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD yes sir! I'm not worried whatsoever. I'm not one of those The sky is falling people 😂😂🏚️🚗 🌠🌠🌠

The GX460 has the 4.6. The GX470 was made from 2002-2008 and had the 4.7, 2009 and up had the 4.6, hence the name change to GX 460.

Just search the recall ✌️

The US govt mandates recalls only if they're "saftey related"... so a coolant leak from chemical gaskets post 100k won't be recalled... Lexus may have fixed ot internally by using a different kind of FIPG... but that's just speculation

Even my 2013 had valley plate coolant leak and timing cover leaks. I traded it after having to these expensive fixes. The Gx460 is not as bulletproof as people claimed to be.

@@keithk007 if Lexus never fixed the valley plate leak which I believe is relatively simple fix after all these years that is a shame for Lexus preaching a quality and Luxury brand. From what I reading must valley plate issue around 100k. At what mileage did you need if fix? did you do both together? How much did it cost? I know it's not cheap.

I mean people do genuinley appreciate early buyers beta testing...

Toyota's business model has always been providing customers with million mile engines... that's exactly hiw they make money and keep customers from going over to domestic brands 😉

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD it's true but manufacturers are building cars that last 5 years. I think Toyota has been unconsciously trying to do the same. The metal shavings is a bigger issue because it has to do with them overlooking something. If it's a valve or a bearing issue then that had to do with an engineering and design issue. Those things can't be avoided when releasing a new platform. Metal shavings in two different factories in different countries is a manufacturering reflects how the factories manage their workers. Or some new machinary proceeded to save cost. Toyota did praise tesla for their clever methods to save cost and be more efficient, maybe that had something to do with it?

The LX is made in Japan and is included in the recalls..? Remember, the LX is a Land Cruiser.

We had a LS at my dealer and I think cyl 1 and 3 a exploded but other dealers have been having LS500s with main bearing issues

Toyota and Lexus will give you a new short-block, according to anecdotes Lexus will then give you a TX as a loaner (nooice!) and Toyota will give you a Grand Highlander as a loaner "with compensation".. the compensation part is just anecdotal... someone claimed that on this channel in the comments

A redesigned part would prove and engineering error. The SAME PART would prove manufacturing error. So far all repairs have been the same "shortblock assembly" hinting at lazy machiners not cleaning out their shavings properly... time will tell ❤️

I think its just metal shavings...the block is put into a bath after machining using robots for a short period of time on an assembly line...this may be where the S up took place.

I wonder which factory had this assembly line cleaning issue?

I do not believe, shavings story...

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROADsome owners are onto engine number two and three so don't think so this is Toyota saving face

That will be a personal choice you'll have to make unfortunately 😢 🙏 ❤️

There are some anecdotes about LS500 engine failures out there... unknown how many though

😢 🙏 ❤️

perhaps the milling/flushing robots went out of calibration?? Only Toyota knows

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD Hahaha I think you may be right 😅

Nope. This issue has been found in engines built both in USA (Tundra) & in Japan (LX). Highly unlikely it was just a contamination problem since it’s impacted more than one factory

might be a good time to buy a used 2024 Tundra?

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD maybe for someone. I got my dream car )) last dinosaur 23 460😎

​@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROADI wouldn't pay more than $10k for onem

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this had nothing to do with turbochargers... the machinists left trash in the engine which clogged the oil passageways

... who knows... how worried are you personally? Toyota reads the comments here 😉

Will they say now that 2024 are also included when you know that many 24’s are? They need to be sold yet don’t you think. I don’t doubt they will include them as soon as they are all sold.

Go buy a V8 Nissan Titan and you won't have to worry about that mess of an engine in the Toyota Tundra. I promise you, you won't be getting 200k out of that twin turbo platform problem free.

I guess as worried as prudence would dictate. Can’t do anything about it now without a large financial loss but you worry that you will get the same failure many miles down the road and it won’t be covered under warranty.

Yes that's a soft/conservative estimate... the 234k is all V35A-FTS sold in the USA so far... if you just calculate the Tundras and LXs sold in 22-23 here the number is basically 100% of the models are essentially affected.

@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD that’s wild. I had just sold my 23 and checked the vin on nhtsa and its affected. Feel like I dodged a bullet on resale value at least but what are dealers supposed to do with preowned models that are affected? Toyota said not to sell the new ones still on lots but nothing about preowned.

The official recall says "STOP! Do not sell new inventory"