Engine Recalled

[Vision83]

For those following along I pressed the service dept tech for addtl info and he wasn’t able to share much. They reiterated that replacing the short block may resolve the noise, which may (or may not be) caused by an issue with something in the crank/oiling passage/main bearings.

There are other threads where piston slap has been mentioned for this same specific noise. It seems there is just still not consensus on what’s going on here.

Tech was not able to confirm that replacing short block would resolve the issue so I am going to hold off. This service dept has not performed this repair on any other vehicle as of yet.

Don’t want to take apart a brand new engine until I get crystal clear info on what’s wrong, and confirmation that recommended work will solve the issue.

May 2025

 

[Defender-LC]

Car care nut seems to imply, the only reason Toyota did not recall Tundra hybrid engine V35A-FTS is because Toyota believes even with engine failure the hybrid motor can still keep the vehicle moving and bring it to a safe stop.
Maybe that is the reason LC250 engine also is not on recall list

Maybe the engine is made out of cheese. Maybe life is an illusion. Lot’s of maybes that don’t offer any real information going on in this thread.

 

[Defender-LC]

Which seems to have transmission problems. Maybe overblown on the internet, but it keeps coming up.

I have 2 in my family, one in the TSB range and working fine at 44k miles. Overblown for sure as it keeps coming up in the way that one guy said something a year ago and people with nothing real to contribute to the conversation continue to repeat….

 

[Defender-LC]

I pulled a trailer up a very long and very steep incline. Temp never increased. Also did some tough off roading with the trailer. I wouldn’t worry.

This is what’s known as, relevant, valuable, experience based information. Nice to see it in this thread.

 

[Vision83]

Here is the current information for the T24A-FTS all supported by multiple members on this forum. Please make up your own mind and do your own research.

This is not disputed.

1. We have been offered short block replacements.
2. We were told there was a redesign to the main bearings. Prior to anything public from Toyota.
3. We are seeing high amounts of metal via oil analysis. After break in changes.
4. Toyota is actively keeping any information suppressed from the dealer level to the corporate level.
5. We have seen complete failures of the T24A-FTS.

 

[TakaraLC]

Here is the current information for the T24A-FTS all supported by multiple members on this forum. Please make up your own mind and do your own research.

This is not disputed.

1. We have been offered short block replacements.
2. We were told there was a redesign to the main bearings. Prior to anything public from Toyota.
3. We are seeing high amounts of metal via oil analysis. After break in changes.
4. Toyota is actively keeping any information suppressed from the dealer level to the corporate level.
5. We have seen complete failures of the T24A-FTS.

Dear diary…

 

[ultane]

3. We are seeing high amounts of metal via oil analysis. After break in changes.

Soon after I brought Miss Daisy home, I became aware of the problem. So far, I have sent oil in to SPEEDiagnostix for analysis on ALL six oil changes (~1300, 5,000, 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, and 25,000 miles) that Miss Daisy has had, five by me, and one in NW Oregon while we were traveling (which was collected by the dealer who did the oil change). Only the first oil sample showed the expected ‘wear in’ metals on analysis. I truly feel lucky, and will continue to send samples in with each oil change, until I can permanently retire these damn worry beads.