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Ok Tundra Baws.... Tell me I'm just overreacting....
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:31 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:31 am
My 2018 is turning into a piece of junk.
Quality of materials on this truck is a joke. 1st I have a guy slide into me during a snowstorm in Northwest AR. Dude barely made contact with my rear bumper and displaced it nearly 2 inches. Shop time for that and about a $500 fix just to reset the bumper brackets.
Next I hit a deer (or more accurately the deer hit me). The front corner of this truck looks like it's been hit by a bulldozer. Ungodly repair cost on that ordeal.
3rd.... and this one is totally on me... I'm backing up a trailer.... get out to check and see if it's where I need to drop it. It's not... needs another foot. Jump back in and leave the door open... yep... the top corner of the door catches a tree limb and peels back like a can of sardines. The piece is so weak I can bend it back into place with my hands. Now there's just a nice crease in the top of the door. (again... that one is totally on me....stupid stupid!!!)
Fast forward to last night.... leaving my parent's house and my wife realizes she left her phone. So like an idiot I choose to just back up down a curvy driveway relying on the backup camera while listening to my wife and two kids tell me to just turn around. Yep. Totally got an oak tree in my blind spot and caught it just left of the trailer hitch. Less that 5 mph and you would think I hit it with a battering ram.
all I heard was how indestructible these trucks are .... but jeez. It hasn't been half the truck of my last F150.
Are my expectations too high or is crappy materials just par for the course in all vehicles these days?
It just feels like the dang thing would dent if you look at it wrong.
I know every one of these deals just sometimes happens but What happened to the days where a dang truck bumper was actually tough?
Anyone else feel this way about theirs or did I just buy a lemon?
Quality of materials on this truck is a joke. 1st I have a guy slide into me during a snowstorm in Northwest AR. Dude barely made contact with my rear bumper and displaced it nearly 2 inches. Shop time for that and about a $500 fix just to reset the bumper brackets.
Next I hit a deer (or more accurately the deer hit me). The front corner of this truck looks like it's been hit by a bulldozer. Ungodly repair cost on that ordeal.
3rd.... and this one is totally on me... I'm backing up a trailer.... get out to check and see if it's where I need to drop it. It's not... needs another foot. Jump back in and leave the door open... yep... the top corner of the door catches a tree limb and peels back like a can of sardines. The piece is so weak I can bend it back into place with my hands. Now there's just a nice crease in the top of the door. (again... that one is totally on me....stupid stupid!!!)
Fast forward to last night.... leaving my parent's house and my wife realizes she left her phone. So like an idiot I choose to just back up down a curvy driveway relying on the backup camera while listening to my wife and two kids tell me to just turn around. Yep. Totally got an oak tree in my blind spot and caught it just left of the trailer hitch. Less that 5 mph and you would think I hit it with a battering ram.
all I heard was how indestructible these trucks are .... but jeez. It hasn't been half the truck of my last F150.
Are my expectations too high or is crappy materials just par for the course in all vehicles these days?
It just feels like the dang thing would dent if you look at it wrong.
I know every one of these deals just sometimes happens but What happened to the days where a dang truck bumper was actually tough?
Anyone else feel this way about theirs or did I just buy a lemon?
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Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:37 am to ElDawgHawg
All trucks are pieces of shite. Tundra is least shittiest of them. You are overreacting.
You could have a Ford with a blown up $13k fuel system and no warranty, or a dodge with 8361593 electrical problems, or a chevrolet with a trashed transmission at 20k miles.
You could have a Ford with a blown up $13k fuel system and no warranty, or a dodge with 8361593 electrical problems, or a chevrolet with a trashed transmission at 20k miles.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:42 am to ElDawgHawg
Dude, YOU have turned your truck into a piece of shite. 
you need a god damn M1 tank.
you need a god damn M1 tank.Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:44 am to ElDawgHawg
sounds like you need your reverse gear disengaged.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:50 am to ElDawgHawg
It’s not the truck. Try to keep it between the lines and don’t back up in the dark.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:52 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
The ford fuel line is not covered?
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:56 am to ElDawgHawg
IME, Toyota drivetrains are the indestructible parts. Build quality, especially interior materials, is downright awful.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 8:59 am to dstone12
Not if they decide that you had water in the fuel system, even if your WIF indicator never went off.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 8:59 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:02 am to ElDawgHawg
quote:
Totally got an oak tree in my blind spot and caught it just left of the trailer hitch.
That's not a blind spot. You backed directly into a tree.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:06 am to thegreatboudini
quote:
You backed directly into a tree
Only missed the middle by a few inches!
My wife backed my 2018 F250 into a stump and the bumper was mangled up like a beer can. All of that stuff is built to crumple for energy absorption in a crash. It's more delicate than old stuff, but it's smart design. New stuff is many orders of magnitude better than old and despite the high costs, I would argue that it's possible to get much more for your money than the "old days"
250k miles used to absolutely unheard of. 100k was an anomaly, even if the engine held together the body would rust off. 250k miles on a vehicle that still looks fairly new is not any kind of feat to pull off these days. We really forget just how unreliable old stuff was.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 9:10 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:07 am to ElDawgHawg
Can't fix stupid
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:10 am to ElDawgHawg
lol. None of that is your trucks fault.
Learn to drive bro.
Learn to drive bro.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:13 am to ElDawgHawg
Stop
Hitting
shite
Hitting
shite
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:20 am to ElDawgHawg
quote:
I know every one of these deals just sometimes happens but What happened to the days where a dang truck bumper was actually tough?
It's called technology and physics. Modern vehicles are designed to take the brunt of the crash instead of your body. You old 65 Chevy Truck would withstand a minor crash but your body bears the brunt of the force.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 9:28 am
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:21 am to ElDawgHawg
So, you beat THE HELL out of a truck with collisions and complain about the truck being beaten to hell?
Interesting strategy...
Interesting strategy...
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:26 am to Ace Midnight
Never said any of that wasn't my fault. Everything but the deer and the first fender bender was TOTALLY my fault. I'm just frustrated with the quality of materials.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:28 am to ElDawgHawg
quote:
I'm just frustrated with the quality of materials.
Modern cars and light trucks are DESIGNED to disintegrate in a collision to absorb versus transferring kinetic energy to the occupants. It's a feature not a bug.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:28 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
My wife backed my 2018 F250 into a stump and the bumper was mangled up like a beer can. All of that stuff is built to crumple for energy absorption in a crash. It's more delicate than old stuff, but it's smart design. New stuff is many orders of magnitude better than old and despite the high costs, I would argue that it's possible to get much more for your money than the "old days"
Yeah I guess I get why they build them that way but I guess the days of beating on an ol' truck are over!
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:31 am to lsufan1971
That Bellaire crash is a great example of why new vehicles are better. That driver needs a closed casket after that crash and the Malibu driver probably lives.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 9:34 am to ElDawgHawg
thats long been over...if you aint happy with it then get one of those aluminum cans on wheels, what they call em again...oh yea, Ford
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