2024 Lexus LX600 Engine Failure. GX550 Next? The Same V35A-FTS in the 2024 Tundra and Sequoia...

Calling all Toyota/Lexus Technicians. whether your agree or disagree with me, I'd love to chat with you (anonymously if requested). If you are interested in providing your perspective/images/videos or data on how many failures (or lack of failures) you see year over year at your dealership, I'm all ears. I am not trying to bash Toyota nor paint them as infallible. Email me at cars AT thecarguyonline dot com to discuss further. Why do you think the front main bearings are failing? My speculation is something with the design in the ladder frame/cap design. I don't think it's bad bearings as the issue has been going on for years now.

My 2023 Tundra engine blew up, Toyota fixed it. 17k miles. I traded it in two days later on a 2024 4Runner... Gonna wait a few more years till Toyota gets this right...

Toyota should build a good inline-6 engines for their vehicles, instead of this v-6 thingy. A good one, with inherent balance and smoothness.

If you throw a sheet of plywood on the ground, it’ll sit flat… if you lift up one side and put something underneath it the side that doesn’t have anything underneath it has been disturbed, right? YES. So in the past having independent bearing block if the rear of the engine that gets the least amount of airflow gets hot, the metal expands very slightly, that’s fine, everything is still within spec. But the new engine, if the rear gets hot, the front has air flowing over it, what is that going to do? The back is going to pry up on the front. It’s one of the many reasons why we have expansion joints in concrete. That’s just my two cents

those last v8's in the last generation of GX's are definitely going to age like fine wine

It's mind blowing that the bureaucracy that now exists at Toyota is so entrenched that it could allow this bearing problem with the V35A-FTS to continue for 6 consecutive years. So totally out of character for the company. I'm taking no chances with the all new A25A engine in my 2018 Camry. It gets 5W-30 oil instead of Toyota's "required" ultra thin 0W-16 and it gets changed every 4,000 miles instead of 10,000.

I am glad I got my 20 Tundra. The 5.7 is no slouch. It is the most powerful vehicle I have ever owned.

I don't have much to say, but I'm enjoying my 2001 4RUNNER 251k miles original engine, transmission ,transfer case ,starter, and alternator Still running strong 💪

Worst engine I’ve ever experienced. Been a yota fan for 17 years and I’ve had the heads replaced 2 times on my new Tundra. I currently bought my wife a 2023 QX60 instead of a new lexus because of the bad quality I’ve had with toyota recently. I only got her the new QX60 because she liked it and it does ride very nice with the 9 speed. Might just get myself a new Frontier Pro4x… This is our 1st Nissan we have ever owned.

A good reason to have bought the old tried & true GX 460!

Toyota and Lexus have ruined their own brand with his turbo charged bullshit that nobody really wants

Precisely why we went with a low mileage LX 570 over the GX 550… that, and the latest trucks “feel” more Toyota than Lexus.

I recently had my LX570 for routine service and I got the usual “would you like to trade in” text but this time it was followed up by 2 separate phone calls pushing me to trade for a LX600. Next time I was there I saw at least 6 unsold examples in the showroom. Normally I never see more than one LX on the lot…

THE ENGINES aren't worth $10,000 Dollars and they Want $35,000 dollars to fix New Tundra ! New Platform Has lost Reliability That Toyota was Built on !

This ought to help clear the lots of unsold older model Lexus and 4Runners.

I've been saying this about these bearings since they decided to push 400hp out of a V6 3.5, and have posted this on other vids even before the failures started being talked about. That is, unless they increase bearing areas, they're going to have failures. It might be ok to do this in a light vehicle where the engine isn't under heavy load very often, but in a heavy vehicle expected to tow and haul, it's a problem waiting to happen. That's why aircraft piston engines are overbuilt. So that they can withstand 100% engine load reliably during takeoff. I don't care if Toyota makes the main cap one unit, if the bearings are still small. They are taking all the stress that their V8 made, and now expecting a smaller piece of iron to do the same. 6 pistons, 6 rod bearings, fewer main bearings all need to absorb the same power as the V8 did. Sudden bearing failure only occurs from lack of oil, whether it's a plugged galley, or the oil film psi has been exceeded by overloading. However, they can make this work with turbos. After all, plenty of turbo diesels are V6, but they're built heavier, and have increased bearing surface areas to take the increased stress, and prevent oil film breakdown.

Thanks for the shout out!

Toyota is starting to look like the new Ford. We're watching them give up 50 years of reputation.

Just bought a 2021 trd pro tundra. Hopeful to keep it for a very long time. Might be one of the last true trucks in its class left years down the road.

I have a 2022 LX600 with 21,000 miles. The engine failed and now its being replaced.