I was just thinking about the title of this thread as well. For a moment, I thought I'd have to eat crow, but I think I stand by my statement that this isn't a major issue for all Tacoma's built. Rather, it is a crap deal for those who are affected and it will be remedied quickly.
I don't think any crow is needed but I also don't think we're at the point in declaring this a none issue. It's clearly more widespread than initially thought and Toyota's history of handling TSB is shaky. It's put the option of diagnosing and performing the work on the dealer instead of a recall which is a requirement.
Interesting view on TSBs. I didn't realize there was that concern about them.
That's the problem with TSB's, you have to prove your having the issue or the delaer won't do anything. It's a cop out on Toyota and the dealer. Frustrating for owners.
Possibly, that should be a pretty easy solution though. They have the fix ready and issued a recall. Imagine having to prove your Canyon has this issue to get a TSB completed.
Do you have any of the error messages as reported on the TSB?
I'm guessing those wouldn't display to the driver most likely, they'll need to run a diagnostic. I don't have the equipment to check the codes myself. I think to @Fightnfire 's comment above, this is my only vehicle and I'll have an 1100 mile journey back to Colorado. Plus since I'm often overlanding it some happens out there then what? Will Toyota or the dealership in Wausau pay for the super expensive trail recover too? If the problem is big enough it can cause the truck to fail, I'd much rather know they replaced the parts with parts they know are not defective than hope mine isn't.
That's something we've never been able to really figure out. It's clear there's hesitation to perform the work, I don't know what happens on the back end to cause the dealers to deny the service.
Those thoughts are similar to what I've also always heard.
I was thinking the same thing.
In reading further they also don't get paid any diagnostic fees which is where they make a huge percentage of their profit. Because the TSB has made the diagnosis for them they only get to do exactly what the TSB says and then get short paid on it.
That is the difference between a recall and a TSB. A recall, you get a new transmission. A TSB you might get a new transmission,
Hopefully it stays that way.
I hope so too! I was talking with a family friend last night and he was saying someone he talked with had already had 3 transmissions in his new Tacoma and while that's possible I suppose I have not seen anything like that thus far and that's how I replied. I do hope that Toyota and their suppliers have figured out how to manufacture their vehicles without getting debris in them now though! It is unfortunate as these types of things, as @testerdahl has said before lead to people talking about how turbo engines are crap, but it has nothing to do with that. That same family friend was like well the turbo.... and I was like it's the transmission we are talking about here not the engine and maybe they just have too much torque, but that's a different issue. So it's just unfortunate, because in terms of driving, Toyota really did a great job addressing the issues from the 3rd gen.
