A summary of all the costs for repairs and maintenance of my 2nd generation 2018 Toyota Tundra Platinum 4x4 with 140,000 miles . Used mostly for long distance towing.
Your truck has served you well. The money you’ve spent on maintenance and repairs is actually quite low to normal being at 140k mi. and the majority of it towing a heavy RV. Tundra's are a beast of a truck and are extremely reliable. I have a 2020 CM 1794 edition TRD Off-road and love it. It feels heavy and solid. The upgrades I’ve made to it is I added a back flip tonneau cover, Havoc Offroad side steps, TRD big red sway bar and upgraded the tires from the stock Michelin LTXs to the Michelin Defender LTX ms2 and they are far superior. I've towed a 21ft center console boat on a tandem axle trailer weighing 5700lbs. from Southern to Northern California and return and it handles it no problem. Even the factory brake controller works quite well. I've gotten 18mpg on the highway without towing and can 12-15mpg on the highway towing the boat in Tow/Haul. I plan on keeping my Tundra and driving it until the wheels fall off. I refuse to pay 80k for a new truck.
2021 Tundra TRD Pro double cab here. I just passed 52,000 miles a few weeks ago and still as flawless as when she came off the show room floor. I am averaging around 21,000 miles a year so far and hope to have this truck for at least 20 years. Can't beat the 2.5 gen Tundra.
What would you say your average yearly cost is to drive through tundra? Thinking about buying one however reliable they are but mileage is a major factor in decision.
@@mr.adventure6507 I am at 65,200'ish miles now on my 2021 Tundra and I have done maintenance wise so far transmission flush (I do a lot of towing), radiator flush (live in hot Texas so we do it more often here than 100,000 typically 60,000), I just did the brake pads and flushed the fluid, front and rear differential fluid flush, and then oil changes every 10,000 miles but I use AMSOIL Signature Series so it is the highest quality oil you can buy. I did all the flushes and maintenance at 60,000 which cost me $1300.00. I have money and not a lot of time so I do all my maintenance at the dealership. So, I would say $1300 + $520 for oil changes means I have spent roughly $1,820.00 over 3 years to keep my truck on the road. That is nothing.
@@SuperSnakePlissken thank you for the reply, I appreciate it! I value your opinion on this too, I won’t be doing hardly any towing, the occasional weekend getaway to the lake with the boat, 150-200 miles round trip, a few times a year. I’m here in Texas too, the main thing is a constant 75-85% city and the rest highway driving all over Houston, probably average out to be 20-22k miles a year, maybe more. Is it worth really getting a tundra for this type of daily driving? With how much I’ll be driving I mainly interest in reliability and mpg. My literal only other option is the ford f150 2.7 ecoboost, I’ve heard that it’s great for this particular type of daily driving. Everything else from other engines to manufactures all have serious issues… thanks.
I just hit 50K miles last week on my 2019 1794.. just had my oil changed today. (5K interval) My compliments on your AGM battery choice as I have the same one, haven’t had any issues with it. I plan on keeping this as long as possible as like you say, can’t buy them anymore 😢.. so far been an awesome truck, i love it! 😊
I want to keep my Tundra for at least 350,000 miles! I had the Catatic Converters stolen about 4 months ago. that was a whooping $7,000 repair, but insurance paid for.
Some ford ecoboosts with timing chains and some silverados with lifter problems spend 4k on one repair the fact everything maintenance wise was only 4k including tires is really good
My heater blower motor went at 130,000kms and now my belt tensioner is squealing at 190,000 kms. No need to change plug wires because there are none. Individual coil packs for all 5.7 so no need to change unless you get a code. I’ve done plugs, front and rear gear fluid, transfer case, transmission, and soon break fluid. Coolant should be done every 10 years at minimum.
Have you tracked how much you’ve spent on gas? I know we don’t buy these for the gas mileage but I did the math on what I’ve spent….for 43k miles I’m at $12k being each fill up at $107 with is less than what it normally cost ($120-$130)
I track every mile. Spent $9,300 in worst fuel price year ever, February '22 to '23. Id id 26,871 miles that year, 16,500 was towing a travel trailer. Averaged 10.8 overall mpgs for the year
Nice review, good info. I just purchased a 2018, 1794 with trd off road package with 27k. It is like new. Just wondering what you tow and if you made any mods to handle the load. How often do you change oil being that you tow a lot? Thanks
Great Find! You'll come to find 2018 is the best year, all the tech gadgets, LED headlights, etc. But still had the trans cooler. Currently tow an 23' Airstream across the country handful times of year. Previously had a Lance 2375 and Lance 1995. Lots of videos on towing them across country on my channel and my setups.
@@kedrevs4037 Not sure if I’ve heard that yet but I would wait and see if RU-vid videos start popping up 100k+,200,300k on them and how they have faired. They are thousands of gen2 Tundra’s out there several hundred thousand miles on them and still running strong like new.
