Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Pickups Pickups - Archived Discussions Consumer Reports praises Toyota Tundra 
134 messages, Last post on Apr 15, 2000 at 2:00 PM
You are in the Pickups - Archived Discussions Forum. Your Host is kcram
This discussion is ARCHIVED. To reactivate the discussion, post a request in the Lost? Ask the Pickups Host for directions! discussion.
| Service bulletins are exactly that. Bulletins sent out by the parent company to the dealerships, so they can be aware of issues that customers might come in with. One of the TSB's for the Fords was about a toolbox tray that will no longer be available in regular cabs, just so they could tell people that their truck was not missing it, it has just been discontinued. While this added to the number of total bulletins issued for the Ford trucks, is it really a major mechanical issue? NO! Maybe Ford is just better about communicating with their mechanics, so when people come in, they can offer better assistance? I'm not saying that this is the case, but posting recalls and TSB's, and saying it means one truck is better is absolutely absurd. | |
|
|
|
This should shut up BLD and Trucksrme! Of the 5 defects 1 was a tire, 1 was paint and the other three were of the same truck -- due to the rigging of the doors (an easy adjustment). |
|
|
|
|
wow that took up some space |
|
|
Schadenfreude [Ger.] n. 'Expressing satisfaction or glee at the misfortune of others'. Oh boy, am I glad I didn't even look at the Chevy Silverado before I bought my Tundra. What a big fetid turd those can be. I would say that I genuinely feel sorry for the poor schmucks who have a problematic Silverado, but if they're anything like BudLightDude, I hope they're suffering. Let's take a poll of the funniest reports listed above. What are your favorites? Here's mine: 1. The tires popped at 40mph one day, and the Silverado 'fell down'. (.. and go boom) 2. Silverado inexplicably burst into flames out in the driveway in the middle of the night. (Yikes!) 3. Took Silverado to get tires rotated. Noticed gas tank strap broken and hanging down. (Maybe this explains Item 2?) 4. When flooring the gas pedal to pass another vehicle, the driver's seatback collapses. (LOL!) 5. "CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOOR HINGES THAT ARE GLUED TO VEHICLE THAT COULD CAUSE DOORS TO FALL OFF." (... Especially in the event of a spontaneous early-morning fire!) Yeah, Barlitz... "Well when you compare 1,5000,000. trucks to 100,000 you are bound to have more problems and most of those are cosmetic problems that a consumer might complain about" Yeah, a 'cosmetic problem' like a Chevy exploding into an angry orange fireball that illuminates a Silverado owner's whole neighborhood (err, excuse me -- trailer park) in the middle of the night. I suppose that for every ten Silverados that spontaneously combust, one Tundra oughtta do the same. I'll be sure to post if it happens to me, old friend. Don't hold your breath. Say, Barlitz. A few months ago you were bragging in other Tundra threads about owning an F-150 Lightning. Just recently I read that admitted you don't even own a truck of any kind. Gee, did something happen to that Lightning? More like F-150 Lying, I think. BudLightDude -- If I ever see you on the road trying to pass my Tundra (which you can't), make sure to wave 'bye-bye' to me while you're laying flat on your back thanks to defective seats. Would all Tundra-forum Domesticates be so kind as to have a group video taken of y'all standing in the bed of a burning Silverado waving the 'Merkan flag while Lee Greenwood sings 'Proud to be an American'? Us Imperial Japanese sympathizers would love to see it. |
|
|
|
| Zook you're killing me, man! If it was BLD's truck on fire I'd bring the popcorn! | |
|
Another one I liked was the guy who accidentally hit his electric seat's 'forward' control while trying to exit his vehicle, and it wouldn't go in reverse and he got his fat ass pinned up against the steering wheel! Another owner had a problem that his air-bag just went off with no warning. Can you imagine those two incidents happening to a single owner at the same time? First, being pinned up against the steering wheel by a seat with a mind of it's own, then the air bag goes off and blows a tunnel through your chest. Ghastly! They oughtta call it the Chevrolet 'Homocido', especially with all the kooky brake failures mentioned above. I wonder if the GM plants where the Silverados are built are haunted by the ghosts of angry former employees who drift down from the rafters each night and damage the unfinished Silverados on the assembly line? ... Of course, those poltergeists would be Mexican or French/Canadian, wouldn't they? |
|
|
I love it!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!! I'm going out to drive my Tundra now. I sure hope I don't pull up next to a Big 3 truck at the traffic light. They sure intimidate me! What a JOKE!!!!! |
|
|
Liked the way ya doubled up them Chevrolet posts, showin 10 hits, when it be just 3 real troubles. As for them last ones, caught ya on this one, they be made up! That be the knee slapper for sure now! Keep on makin up them ones, it be entertainin for sure. Good luck on this one now! |
|
|
Ya folks be seein this one yet? Toyota Tacoma Fire (Topic #1783) I have a 2000 Toyota Tacoma Pre-Runner that caught fire sitting in the driveway. Dealership says the starter was the culprit. Toyota national says there never was a fire. Anyone else know of this type of problem? Good luck on this one now! |
|
|
This be explainin that "Quality" myth right here: "Toyota national says there never was a fire." Good luck on this one now! |
|
You are here:
Forums
Pickups Pickups - Archived Discussions Consumer Reports praises Toyota Tundra
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
