Sort of thinking about picking up a truck, was looking at the big Toyota's, they seem to be dealing on them pretty hard right now.
Anyone think all of this recall BS is a big deal or just a tempest in a tea pot?

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I told the wife when they started offering the 0% for 5 years that if we hadn't paid off our Xterra 2 months ago, then i'd be buying a new Tacoma.

I haven't heard any problems with the trucks and I think 3/4 of the reports are new just people jumping on the bandwagon. Plus half of these idiots forget that they can bump it into neutral and pull the e-brake...DUH!

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I would.

i would buy a truck, not a car though

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I agree with Tib, just people looking for someone to blame. I would still buy one.

Nope. Wouldn't buy.

I wouldn't either and to disagree with tib after a certain speed the transmission locks not allowing to shift to neutral. The latest one our in CA tried it and he couldn't. I believe some of the trucks are on the recall list


Plus I wouldn't put it past insurance companies to say you knew they were having a problem at the time and you still made the purchase and fight not to pay a claim if something were to happen.

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IMO, this goes beyond just mechanical issues. I said no for reasons in addition to the mechanical problems. I worked on Toyotas for many years as a professional auto tech so know they can be good and bad.

But... I still believe in supporting American companies. Yes, I don't agree with the union bs. And I know that many foreign companies have plants here (I drove past a few to jennings). But, if the us manufacturing dries up, we truly are SoL and have no viable goods to make.

I bought Ford because they didn't acceept a bailout and they deserved my business. No import makes a full size van (dodge and freightliner sell the mercedes) which fit my needs and I also did not buy for reasons already stated.

I've owned one foreign car in my life and won't do so again.

That's a tough one Mike. I'm sure you're looking for a towing vehicle for the trailer so you need to also consider that you may be loaded up with bikes (maybe even someone elses), gear & goods, and the trailer itself if you do experience some sort of malfunctioning equipment with the truck and putting it all at risk also. I would say that the odds of it happening are pretty slim but ya never know. I suppose if you had a great deal on one and no issues have surfaced with the trucks you would probably be OK with it. But I would be sure to drive it a lot and under some stressful situations before loading everything up and heading out for a trip.
I can tell you that after having my GMC 2500HD towing a loaded trailer is much easier and better handling than my full size Blazer was. It's amazing how much of a difference there is with a vehicle that was built for the task. I wouldn't doubt that it would be the same scenario with your Durango to a big Toyota. I don't know if the Toyota's have a similar set up but the GMC's Tow/Haul mode and manual trans. mode are awesome to have when hauling a load.