What do you mean 'underpowered'? The non-hybrid Taco makes more power than the outgoing 4.0 in the 5th gen 4Runner, and the 4Runner never seemed to struggle selling with it's dog of a 4.0L v6.
From the video it sounds exactly like the waste gate noise that Ford Ecoboost engines make, until the waste gate warms up it rattles a bit. Any evidence to dispute this?
We have the same rack on ours as the FE’s. I was cursing the rack when I was washing and drying the roof!
Gasket was replaced under warranty earlier this week. Took them about 4 hours total.
We owned for 4 days when I noticed it. I was getting ready to wash it and seeing where to place the ladder when I saw it. No way it happened in the 4 days we owned it
I see this all the time, and while I feel similar, I think everyone's view is lagging where vehicle prices have gone. Every vehicle from every manufacture feels like it's ~10% overpriced.
This has been my experience with other Toyota hybrids. After 1k miles they were much more apt to run on the electric motor. I assume it is to assist the break in period on the ICE.
no vehicle(unless it has a motor at the wheel) has regen braking located at the wheel. Regen braking is, as you described, accomplished by the electric motor.
Our's has the same roof rack as the FE's and if both of them are getting installed at the port I don't see how this issue would be limited to just the FE's. Or maybe it's got nothing to do with the roof rack? Either way, I'll report back how ours looks!