Waiting on an answer from Toyota about a bad pressure control solenoid

This was me/my post and experience Transmission issues - hard fall in and out of gears

I just heard from the dealership today actually. They have had my vehicle for 3 wks now with no answers. The last i heard was they were waiting for some oil test kit from Toyota canada. I guess that was completed annnnnnnnnddddddd……… It turns out I need a new transmission (as expected) To my absolute shock and dismay… it’s on order and will arrive on this coming monday apparently. Thats left to be seen considering there was nothing in stock a week and a half ago… so fingers crossed I have my girl back by the end of next week once the swap out takes place.
I’m know the ugggg in your stomach you are feeling. It’s mind blowingly frustrating and disappointing. All I can think is I am glad we are getting this fix now and out of the way before our warranty is up… and the mad rush of new LC owners who are going to experience this floods the dealerships. A rough way to experience a brand new vehicle but I genuinely hope this will address the problem for good.
 
This was me/my post and experience Transmission issues - hard fall in and out of gears

I just heard from the dealership today actually. They have had my vehicle for 3 wks now with no real answers. They showed me the metal glitter bomb in the bottom of my transmission pan delicately and beautifully dispersed in my transmission fluid lol
The last i heard was they were waiting for some oil test kit from Toyota canada. I guess that was completed annnnnnnnnddddddd……… It turns out I need a new transmission (as expected) To my absolute shock and dismay… it’s on order and will arrive on this coming monday apparently. Thats left to be seen considering there was nothing in stock a week and a half ago… so fingers crossed I have my girl back by the end of next week once the swap out takes place.
That sucks! Did they provide you any kind of root cause analysis?

Sorry if I missed it what mileage were you at?
 
That sucks! Did they provide you any kind of root cause analysis?

Sorry if I missed it what mileage were you at?
No, I have no answers yet as to what has gone wrong. I assume I will get more details once the replacement is completed. They have been quite tight lipped with me. I know my dealership is shocked as they did say they haven’t ever had this issue even with the known Tacoma issue. I had my vehicle for 6wks and was on my way home from a 5000km road trip thru Wa/Or/Ca and back to Alberta. When I dropped it off at the dealership a few wks back it had 5500kms on it (about 3400 miles)
 
Thank you.. I hope they share more info with you and there are no more issues.
 
The latest update is that the parts will be shipping in early October.

In somewhat related news, it sounds like the 24 Tacoma also possibly has the same transmission issue. According to that article, some low-milage taco owners report the same issues and Toyota has put out an official Technical Service Bulletin (TSB).

The article listed some of the same codes that they found when diagnosing my Land Cruiser, "Pressure Control Solenoid." With the Tacoma, Land Cruiser, and '25 4-runner all using the same build that might make for a real pain for other owners unless Toyota can start stockpiling the parts here.
It seems Toyota on the Tacoma was saying the transmission problems were debris related and was only certain production runs. The TSB if got a selenoid code got a new transmission. In the Tacoma forums early signs were that the car would stick in one gear. You would come to a stop and you would be in 6th gear all the time :) For those that got the transmission issues early signs seems different engine wouldn't shut off at a stop light? I'm curious if the LC transmission manufacturing lined up with the bad transmission production runs with debris? Are people that had issues the FE models? Or if the Line Pressure Control Assembly is a new problem as has different module than in the Tacoma based on forum here? It seems in general if you are going to have issues will be in the first 5K miles at least will be under warranty?
 
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