Ram or Toyota
we're down to a couple of choices that fit our budget a 4 year old Toyota tundra, big v8, 4wd, all the usual bells and whistles, 40,000 miles, $28000 new (demo) ram 1500, hemi, 6 speed 1500, 4wd...
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ib516 wrote:CaLBaR wrote:ib516 wrote:
I know the Toyota units had transmission issues in the early generations of those trucks, a buddy of mine (who doesn't tow) had one fail at 70,000 miles, so they're not perfect.
Transmission problems? Really? That is not something that I have heard of before. True they are not perfect but haven't heard of many transmission issues on the Tundra forums. Used to hear about air injection pumps but that seems to have gone away. The occasional cam tower leak or water pump leak but next to no transmissions. Maybe your buddy had one but not common from what I can tell.
Surprised me too. A guy at work had the issue, and doesn't know much about cars/trucks. He came to me for advice. Google was where I learned it's not as uncommon as you would think given Toyota's well earned reputation for reliability.
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My buddies vehicle was a 2007 Sequoia with the 5.7L
Thanks for the link. I do recall this one now. Mine is a 2009 and I haven't had this issue and don't see it coming up anymore on later model years. Hope I haven't just jinxed myself though.
