Faulty part prompts Toyota to recall 15,600 Tundras

Dec 14, 2007 25 Replies

I am definitely seeing a large number of the Crewmax versions (at least for the ones I am up close to). They are easy to spot becasue they have "real" door handles on the rear doors. Probably some of the ones I see passing on the highway are double cabs and I just didn't realize it. I just don't remember seeing a single regualr cab, but I just looked at the local dealer inventory, and they do have at lease one regular cab, regular box model in stock, so they do exist. I was a little shocked at the price - with minimal options, the 4x4 version was over $30K (before the $2K rebate). On the other hand, a similar Tacoma was only $2K less. I guess the Frontier will have to last another couple of years.

Ed

Regular cab models are pretty scarce around here as well. Although Toyota is targeting the work truck market, I think the majority of Tundra buyers are still recreational users who travel off road or tow campers or boats and small entrepreneurs who need a truck for work and personal use. As Toyota gets the kinks out and gets pricing more competitive, we may start to see more regular cabs used for work.

Nice cross-posted troll, arsehat.

I posted the original news article without comment. I thought it was appropriate to post the article to the generic auto group, the main Toyota group, and the Toyota Truck group. Is that a bad thing? Would you prefer to not know about an important recall? Hiding information doesn't solve problems. Myself and others posted opinions as a response to the original news article, but since newsgroups are intended for people to share ideas, opinions, and facts, this seems appropriate as well. Calling someone an "arsehat" (whatever that is) seems a silly response. As far as I know, no one is forcing you to pay attention to news articles. If you are attempting to defend Toyota, disparaging me is probably not the best way to go.

Ed

: You think Ford's "largest customer base" is homophobics? :

More likely pro-NASCAR mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging cretins.

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