Transmission has metal shavings!! Now...in waiting game on replacement from Toyota!! (NEW 1958 w/2,500 miles!!)

[KorbsLC58]

My daughter purchased a brand new 1958 Toyota Land Cruiser a few months back (2025) from a dealership in Georgia. She saved and saved and after driving the wheels off her 2014 Camry decided to buy her dream vehicle. Well, this has turned into a nightmare!! Literally, with zero issues she's driving along and when all of a sudden warning lights go off advising her to immediately stop and contact her Toyota dealership!!
The result is a faulty transmission!!!
Now, she is in a waiting game because Toyota is having a delay in providing replacement transmissions!! I've seen other POST where it has taken months to repair these new LC's so I'm at a loss as to what to do. With the number of miles, I'm pressing the dealership to replace the vehicle and let them deal with it...but has you can imagine this isn't moving forward YET.

Is anyone else out there had the same experience with these LC's???

BTW, we have a case number with Toyota but I'm not sure this does anything for her.

 

[No15]

Should look at your state lemon laws.

Others have experienced this. Search the forum you should find some posts

Edit: I see you posted on another thread on the same issue multiple times. Why the need for a new thread? Advice is going the the same.

 

[KorbsLC58]

Should look at your state lemon laws.

Others have experienced this. Search the forum you should find some posts

Edit: I see you posted on another thread on the same issue multiple times. Why the need for a new thread? Advice is going the the same.

Only saw a single post about delays on the transmission which is why I posted.

State Lemon Laws in Georgia requires 3 occurrences so we aren't there yet.

Meeting with owner of dealership today. More to follow...

 

[chris_in_phx]

Didn't i read somewhere on this forum that they know the date codes for which transmissions had this issue of not flushing out the debris and they are under an active recall now? The Tacoma's were also affected (possibly even higher rates than the LC).

In other words… if they are on active recall… should the dealer have still sold it to you?

 

[ATbuckhunter]

Didn't i read somewhere on this forum that they know the date codes for which transmissions had this issue of not flushing out the debris and they are under an active recall now? The Tacoma's were also affected (possibly even higher rates than the LC).

In other words… if they are on active recall… should the dealer have still sold it to you?

Based on what my app says, there are no active recalls for the LC

 

[Doggman1525]

There's this thread:

Transmission issues - Now needs replacement

I have owned my brand new 24 LC for 6 wks. I just did a road trip from Alberta to the Oregon/Cali Coast and she drove like a dream (mostly). I adored the adaptive cruise and her easy handling. I racked up 5500km on my trip with only minor hiccups during my drive time, which I chalked up to being...

www.landcruiserforum.com

There might be one or two others around here that are on topic or topic adjacent. Clearly this kind of thing does happen but is not widespread and there does not seem to be a clear consensus as to if this is due to user error vs. a intermittent manufacturing problem (I'd suspect the latter though as pointed out above there are no recalls or TSB's on the LC for this). Regardless, if it's your truck it sucks, no two ways about it.

 

[chris_in_phx]

Based on what my app says, there are no active recalls for the LC

same. But Do you have this issue? I seem to remember reading it is only for a subset of transmissions with specific date codes - its not a general recall.

 

[ultane]

Meeting with owner of dealership today. More to follow...

Did she buy from Milton Martin?

 

[ATbuckhunter]

same. But Do you have this issue? I seem to remember reading it is only for a subset of transmissions with specific date codes - its not a general recall.

No, I havent had this issue at all. Im only about 1250 miles in mine though

 

[Doggman1525]

Not saying that I subscribe to the whole it's perfect because it was built in Japan out of rainbows and unicorn dung school of thought but I assumed that the Tacoma transmissions that have been subject to the TSB were built by Aisin USA, given current supply chain logistics, whereas the LC 8-speed came from one of their Japanese plants (or somewhere in Asia anyway). F*$%-ups can happen anywhere and if you sell 30k vehicles there will be some defects, sure, but it seems like Toyota's recent large scale quality issues have been centered on their made in North America products whereas these LC transmission problems, while unfortunate and undoubtedly very problematic for those owners, are not reflective a systemic fault in their overseas manufacturing process, at least not yet.

 

[trek805]

Toyota is just less flawed than most.... thats all. Their shit breaks down too... I know cuz my second gen tundra dumped a tranny as I drove off the lot

 

[mountaindesert]

Sorry about what you're going through. I'm curious, did you change the oil at 1,000 Miles or at all yet?

If so, how did the oil look at that time

 

[fatsocells]

Sorry about what you're going through. I'm curious, did you change the oil at 1,000 Miles or at all yet?

If so, how did the oil look at that time

transmission isssues would not be influenced by an oil change cadence. they're two separate systems.

OP, have you tried calling corporate about a buyback in good faith on their part?

 

[TakaraLC]

Don’t we have another thread for this exact issue by the OP. Posting it multiple times only dilutes the discussion.

 

[RideWithYanu]

Don’t we have another thread for this exact issue by the OP. Posting it multiple times only dilutes the discussion.

I don’t think OP has created any other threads, but they have contributed to another thread on the topic that someone else started.

 

[ptahkeem]

Didn't i read somewhere on this forum that they know the date codes for which transmissions had this issue of not flushing out the debris and they are under an active recall now? The Tacoma's were also affected (possibly even higher rates than the LC).

In other words… if they are on active recall… should the dealer have still sold it to you?

I would think that Tacoma transmission issues would be separate from landcruiser 250 transmission issues as the country of origin of the actual transmissions are different? That said, it does seem like a few folks have had similar issues to what the 4g Tacoma people are experiencing with theirs. Makes me want to do a transmission pan drop and fluid change sooner rather than later…

 

[Piggy]

Makes me want to do a transmission pan drop and fluid change sooner rather than later…

I have no experience dealing with warranties, but I have some random thoughts...

If you do find metal shavings but no other symptoms, what are the odds of a dealer saying "that's normal" and dismissing it? Would you get an oil analysis done too?
If you did change the fluid and then they blame any issues that come up on you?

I'm not inclined to touch something that has a manufacturer service interval of 60k miles / 90k km.
If it's going to fail, I'd rather have it fail sooner rather than later and replaced under warranty, rather than potentially doing something that might just prolong what's already destined to fail due to a manufacturing defect. I'd like to think that the volume of Tacomas and 4Runners sold will be our insurance policy in the long run. Other than that, teething issues are the price we pay as early adopters.

However, I'm not taking the same approach with the engine, I'm planning to get the oil and filter done at 2500km at the dealer, because of the known issues on the 1GD (timing chain/DPF).

My 2c.