Sad to say goodbye
With a heavy heart, the decision has been made to trade in the 25 Hybrid with 58k miles. I will start by saying that I am team Toyota. My family owns the tundra, a Taco and 4Runner. The Taco and 4runner are amazing vehicles and both do not owe us a dime. The tundra is my work vehicle. Not exaggerating but the tundra has been to the dealer more than the 4runner and Taco combined. With recalls, sensor recalibration and what feels to be an alignment with every oil change, I feel like I was on a first name basis with the service department. The big decision for me was the down time and the fear of Toyota not backing the hybrid engine. As you can see, I drive a decent amount. This new tundra is not confidence inspiring like my Taco which has almost 200K miles on it. Again, I love the truck but it seems like Toyota has sacrificed robustness for bloated tech. I was told when trading it in that the Ford dealership cannot even sell it due to the reverse light pending recall and that it will be sold to a Toyota dealership to sit and wait for the recall to be complete. Thank you all for good advice over the last year and I hope Toyota can address some of these issues especially based on how crazy the cost is for one of these.