Are New Trucks Built to Fail? Planned Obsolescence Examined

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For years, online videos have claimed that modern trucks are doomed to fail once the warranty ends. Complaints about turbochargers, thin oil, oil change intervals, plastic components, recalls and more topics fuel the idea that automakers deliberately engineer trucks that conveniently fail right when the warranty ends forcing customers to buy new trucks every few years lining the automakers pockets. Is it true? Is this really going on? Let’s examine key items people believe are leading to engines failing. The Turbocharger Turnaround Fifteen years ago, I started covering the industry and back then, the criticism on new trucks centered on […] (read full article...)
 
Can you ask the truck makers what their service life is? I have always heard the Toyota Land Cruiser (the real one) has a 25 year service life. I would think that would be a source of pride with truck makers.
 
Hilux said:
Can you ask the truck makers what their service life is? I have always heard the Toyota Land Cruiser (the real one) has a 25 year service life. I would think that would be a source of pride with truck makers.
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The engineers WANT to tell me. Legal would take go completely CRAZY if they did. There's zero chance any brand would tell me what their service life is. Imagine if one of them did that. They would open themselves up to lawsuits. "You guaranteed us the truck would last XXX,XXX miles and it didn't."
 
I wonder then if the Land Cruiser 25 year life span is an automotive myth that just took on a life if its own.
 
Did a bit of digging on the 25 year service life and not one quote from Toyota. It seems to be something that took a life of its own on the internet.

You can find statement that a Land Cruiser is built to be use in severe service conditions and last, but nothing about 25 years.
 
testerdahl said:
The engineers WANT to tell me. Legal would take go completely CRAZY if they did. There's zero chance any brand would tell me what their service life is. Imagine if one of them did that. They would open themselves up to lawsuits. "You guaranteed us the truck would last XXX,XXX miles and it didn't."
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That crap would turn into the HP and towing numbers. "At 25.5 years, the Ford F150 is the longest lasting truck on the market!"
 
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