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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
IIn this case we know that someone made a mistake contributing to issues with a Toyota product. They are 100% making it right. I seriously doubt if you would get that kind of coverage from an out of warranty 8 year old domestic truck.
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They did the same thing in the 90s. The 3.0L V6 truck engines had an issue with the head gaskets. The 1988 (first year) were fine, but somewhere in 1989 the company that supplied the gaskets changed formulas, without telling Toyota. Those gaskets failed at an alarmingly high rate after about 60K miles. So, years later, suddenly, Toyota ha a rash of blown engines coming in, all from head gasket failure (the engines were otherwise bulletproof). They proceeded to contact every owner they could find, and tell them to come in. They then did whatever it took to give those owners working trucks, going so far as to completely replace the engine. FREE.
Even to this day, you can call them with your vin to see if the work was done, and in some extreme cases, they will still do the engine replacement.