One Guy w/Two Million Mile Tundra Trucks? Yup! 

Tim talk to the TFL guys, that had a guy with a 675,000 Tacoma. He also added a turbo to it. They just drag raced it against a last and current gen Tacoma, and Andre's Colorado Trail Boss.

@@RossMalagarie what would I talk to TFL about?

@@Pickuptrucktalk Dang you right, you said you talked to a guy with 1 million miles twice so I was thinking you would want to talk to another guy with almost 1 million miles but yeah no reason you already talked to a guy with 1 million twice. Never mind, my bad. 😂😂👌👌

@@RossMalagarie I’d want to talk with the owner for sure once he hits 1 million.

@@Pickuptrucktalk ok. keep the content coming. Have a safe enjoyable holiday season.

As long as it does well, it will either prove everyone skepticism is right or wrong.

Indeed!​@@agentcarder

I would keep the truck!

He would be a fool to take a 2022+ Tundra over a previous gen Tundra. The new ones are a joke quality wise. The number of engine and transmission failures is enough to make me sick.

heres the video where he says he does 10k mile oil changes. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7araxjGZxWI.html

right around the 5:50 mark in the video

@@Enchanted3DPrintswhat about transmission?

@@Enchanted3DPrints Thanks for posting that. 10k intervals for oil changes seem about right for the amount of highway miles he drives.

Tundra's 6-speed transmission is "sealed".

Except Toyota isn't offering a V8 anymore. That's going to detour a lot of guys.

he might get 50 k out of that one

Hopefully, Toyota will give him a new Tundra. I actually think it would help them put to rest any reliability concerns that people have.

@@mjuberian you have a new tundra with first hand bad experience?

@@bubba4072 a few of the early turbos had issues, some with front main bearing failures, but the vast majority seem to be working great, some with over 100k already

@@northerntoyota7584 No but have seen all the horror stories. talked to a few that have them and they are not impressedto say the least. It is so ugly I would never buy one either. Saw one completely torn down with engine failure at 4500 miles. No thanks!

I'm never parting ways with mine. I've never had a problem with it. I have only replaced my battery, brakes, and all fluids. Nothing has ever broke. It's the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned.

never parting with my 2015 that's the same as what the Million Mile Truck driver has. Most I've replaced is upper ball joints, calipers, fluids, and pads all the way around. Engine and transmission solid and only 70 something thousand miles on it atm

Can't wait to see how long that one goes before needing major engine work

@@Travis12861 that's a pretty good oil change interval given how quickly he runs through the miles.

Have you been following these new tundras lately? I had a 23 but not anymore but these 3rd gens are having catastrophic engine failure at an alarming rate for a Toyota. I hope they get the bugs worked out

Well, as long as the crank bearings don't fail, the trucks might do well in terms of accumulated miles.

@@corydelbiondo5773 a coworker has a really nice 2022 Tundra. waiting for a short block at 26k miles.

I haven’t and I doubt he has as well.

I get 19 on the highway in mine all the time

@@ChaoticDave69 How? let me in on the secret

2wd highway miles with limited or no mountainous terrain is my guess.

Pedal down!

I’ll make sure I ask him. Most million Mile owners I’ve spoken to recommend Michelin.

He said in the old video of his first million mile Tundra that he did them every 10k.

@@bubba4072 thank you ,

How do you know he has a 3rd gen?

@Pickuptrucktalk he gets interviewed and shows off his current tundra that almost reached a million and his current new gen tundra

@@Pickuptrucktalk also please get an update on his current 3rd gen tundra. I need to know!!! Thank you

@@mannysalamanca24 He didn’t tell me he had a 3rd gen Tundra.

Well he's got explaining to do 🤣🤣🤣. But please don't blame him there only the best trucks ever made. He's only proving it

I’m going to go on a limb here. I don’t think the 3.5 will do that many miles. If I was in this gentleman’s job, I would buy a 2020 or older Tundra.

@@JAMESWUERTELE yup, your on a pretty solid limb. I wouldn’t think so but Toyota is know for quality and you just never know. Turbos are the big question foe me..

Your lifters squeaked? wtf?

Nope.

If I was that guy I would tell Toyota to keep their 3rd gen. the 2nd gen will last 10 times longer than any 3rd gen tundra tbh

Patience!

I would probably wait until Toyota figures out why so many new Tundras have had engine failures.

No, we know what the difference is between a truck that gets driven on lots of short trips and one that accumulates hundreds of thousands of miles of steady state highway cruising. You don't accumlate that kind of mileage by driving a truck in a way that 99.9% of people would. You accumulate those insane amounts of mileage by driving hundreds of miles every day on highways and only highways down in Texas, running parts for the oil industry.

lol you mean like the 3rd gen Tundras waiting for short blocks because the crank bearings failed?

The tacoma could never handle loading the weight and abuse he puts on the tundra. The tundra is even being stressed to the max for being a half ton. The Tacoma just could never handle what he does .

His 2007 did 1 million miles with the 4.6 engine.

@@Walterrinho 4.7L V8.

@@Pickuptrucktalk yeah that’s what I meant.

Is he committed to reporting on how his 3rd gen Tundra does and if he has any engine or transmission issues? if the crank bearings fail, it's only right that it be reported on here

It’s his family’s truck, not used for work.

I wish it was 2014 sometimes.

@@Pickuptrucktalk. Same! Prices would be much better lol

There’s no routine maintenance schedule for the transmission FYI.

The Tundra has a "sealed" 6-speed transmission.

I’d argue 780k miles on a transmission, sealed or not, is pretty damn good. You can service it. I interviewed a service manager. The suggestion was unless you are towing consistently or driving in harsh environments, you shouldn’t have to service it.

@@AkioWasRight that's strange since the Toyota Warranty and Maintenance Guide has a "Special Operating Conditions" section which says that for towing, using a car-top carrier, or heavy vehicle loading that says to change transmission fluid at 60k and 120k (since it doesnt specify additional mileage intervals that such fluid should be changed every 60k for those special use cases which I think this guy would fall into).

I find this comment interesting. I mean we didn’t know the 4.7L V8 could do a million miles until he did it. Now we didn’t know the 5.7L V8 could do it until he did it. Why doubt the new I-Force max hybrid?

@@Pickuptrucktalk just because of the hybrid system. I’m sure replacing the batteries will be expensive. I’m sure you’ve seen and read about the Hyundai Ionic 5 battery cost. Plus then you have the turbos. I think the non hybrid will last longer. It’s just a more complex design with a lot more to fail on it

Yup. He follows the owners manual maintenance schedule. You don’t service the transmission.

That’s amazing! That transmission fluid is unbelievable to last 500,000 miles or more. I never felt comfortable using the Toyota 10,000 mile suggested oil change intervals. I do oil changes at 5,000 miles. My dealership will service my transmission. I did that at (old habits die hard) 60,000 miles. I guess this guy is proving all us guys that shortened service intervals wrong.

My 2021 has 16000kms

@@Shoppersshopping don't drive very much.

What's to tell??? He's putting more miles on in a year than what most people do in 7-10 years...

The difference for him is that he obviously uses his truck for some kind of work that requires him to drive extremely long distances and he probably lives in the south (I think he's from the Texas area). What the guy is really demonstrating is the difference between a vehicle that is short-tripped (particularly in very cold climates) and a vehicle that is driven almost exclusively on the highway where it can run at a steady state and accumulate hundreds of thousands of miles without that punishment that comes with lots of cold starts and short trips. Maintenance is also key and we never really got a comprehensive list of maintenance and repairs that either truck required outside of timing belts and fluid changes. For instance, I don't think they ever disclosed if they had to change rear main seals, head gaskets, transmissions, rebuild rear axles, etc.

Exxon-Mobil had a 2015 Silverado 1500 test truck that they put 520k miles on before tearing it down to see how the engine held up using their full syn oil and long oil change intervals.

900k miles is 900k miles no matter what your doing.

He also travels on alot of rough oilfield lease roads.

​@@PickuptrucktalkTim, all respect as I truely enjoy your chan but your statement in this comment is just not factual. Ask any mechanic they will tell you that all miles driven are not created equal. Start stop, how many miles between engine on off cycles, rpm range and fluctuations due to towing or terrain grades, and temperature variations all play a part in how much stress an operating engine and vehicle is subjected to during those miles on the odo.

@@duncdunc76 I understand that for say 100k miles. Once you get nearly a million, things are different. Besides, why do people assume Vic is only doing highway? He drives through cities and hauls weight in the bed. That doesn’t count for anything?

@@Pickuptrucktalk Driving conditions absolutely do count for something for sure Tim. It's just the breakdown of those conditions that adds up to a vehicles ability to stave off the eventual deterioration due to driving. I'm certianly not discounting the fact that getting a vehicle to 1mil miles isn't an achievement. And lots of credit has to be given to Vic for how he treats and maintains his Tundras imo. And Toyota makes great vehicles, im not disputing that either. All I'm saying like many others are, is that if a significant amount of your vehicles miles are long trip highway miles then you are more likely to be able to achieve much higher mileage on your odo then if you were driving the way most personal vehicles are driven. I will say this. Vic seems to be the perfect guy to be able to test the above argued theory. Considering he has his work Tundra and he also has his personal Tundra. I'm assuming it's going to take him a good bit longer to be able to rack up the same amount of miles on his personal Tundra if possible, but if he's able to get even close with different driving conditions then that might be some great coroberating evidence supporting your theory that 900,000 miles is 900,000 miles. I was able to get my 2008 Nissan Frontier 4.0V6 4X4 to 416,000 miles with the original engine and transmission before it had a serious headgasket issue. And that issue was pretty much my fault due to poor maintenance. But I do mostly attribute that achievement to average daily driven miles of 175 plus of lots of highway, minimal hard driven miles towing and off roading, and timely oilchanges with quality oil and oil filters. Some praise obviously goes to Nissan for making a great truck imo but other manufacturers make great vehicles as well that are also capable of high miles with the right driving conditions imo. And my curiosity of super high mileage vehicles is just figuring out what percentage of that achievement is attributed to the vehicle vs the owner and the driving conditions. Especially when you dig into the weeds on the matter you see that there stories of vehicles out there from many different manufacturers with very high miles.

I think that depends on whether or not Toyota can solve why crank bearings are failing. It sounds like LSPI is the culprit but that doesn't explain why only some engines are failing. If it comes down to not being able to use any engine oil other than Toyota's, that would be extremely annoying. The biggest cause of LSPI-induced bearing/piston failures is using engine oils with commonly used additives that cause pre-igntion, or excessive oil consumption, which Toyota hasn't been great about.

Google F150 ecoboost 500k miles here on YT

I agree. He's racking up miles extremely fast. It may have 900k miles but it's still just a 9 year old vehicle.

This is something I've wondered about myself. I was able to get 416,000 miles out of my 2008 4x4 4.0V6 crew cab long bed Nissan Frontier until it blew a headgasket last year in the heat of summer due to low coolant and my damn maintinance procrastination on fixing a small coolant leak. I often wonder how many more miles I could have gotten out of it if I was stellar on my maintenance and continued to drive it daily as my work truck which usually encompasses and average of 175 daily miles driven. Not so sure the newest vehicles out there are up to 1mil miles but I feel like there are probably a lot of different quality vehicles out there aside from just Toyotas that you could get super high mileage out of depending on how you cared for the vehicle and what kind of driving it was subjected to.

People will still hate and say the tundra is junk. Facts are facts, they are just better made trucks. How many domestic trucks get over 700k miles out of a transmission. Most don't even get half that.

​@Jackmerius_Tacktheretrix how many Tundras 8:56 get 700,000 out of a transmission. No doubt Toyota makes a quality truck but I'm sure there are domestics out there that have similar stories. Don't get me wrong though I'm a foreign vehicle quality believer. My 2008 4X4 4.0V6 Frontier went 416,000 on the original engine and trans before developing a headgasket issue due to overheating from a small coolant leak. And I blame myself for the issue as my poor maintenance of checking fluid levels and letting it leak for too long because I was procrastinating on getting it fixed is what did it in.

It is.