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Great Realiable Truck
MrW, 02/16/2018
2012 Toyota Tundra Tundra 4dr Double Cab 4WD SB (5.7L 8cyl 6A)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
This was a city truck for several years. We lived in the burbs and I commuted daily with it. Tires, Oil and Gas are the only thing it needed. I love this truck. Obviously you don't buy a full-sized truck for it's mpg, which is the only negative i can say about it. The acceleration was surprisingly quick for a vehicle it's size. While driving it around in tight city streets, I found it handled its size and weight extremely well. I never felt it wallowing around the lane, drifting lazily. No it stayed on it's line and moved. In snow, it's average until you engage 4WD. With 4WD on, this thing is a freight train and feels like it's on rails. I HAVE recommended the tundra to many people. My only reason for selling is a growing family. But I'll always have the good 'ol days with my tundra.
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Better Than Average
jmlabs, 11/17/2014
2012 Toyota Tundra Tundra 4dr Double Cab 4WD LB (5.7L 8cyl 6A)
11 of 14 people found this review helpful
Prior to purchasing 2012 Tundra 5.7L LB, I did extensive research on Chevy, Ford, and Dodge. I felt like the U.S. mfg trucks used excessively thin sheet metal and were about $10K - $15K overpriced and in my opinion that was due to unions. I found thin sheet metal in the Tundra too, but I wasn't paying a union add-on for the Toyota. What sold me on the Tundra is the large pinion gear, quality wrapped wire bundles in the engine bay, the quality interior, and transmission cooler. I've owned the truck for 2 years 7 months now and have had no problems at all. The body style is attractive - I prefer it over the new 2015 body style. I'd repurchase a Tundra mfg prior to the new body style.
Nice But Bouncy
Chuck, 09/05/2015
updated 03/08/2018
2012 Toyota Tundra Tundra 4dr Double Cab SB (4.0L 6cyl 5A)
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
I love it, but it has some challenges. I bought used but got a great price and great deal. No complaints. Interior is super comfortable and bigger than expected. I'm 5'8" so getting up into it was a challenge until I added Westin side steps. Power is incredible. Set up nicely to tow, but is limited to about 6700 lbs. I use it to haul my motorcycle and enclosed trailer, does fine at their combined weight, Like the hook up for brake lights to the trailer with options on types of plugs. I just notice on the road it sucks gas and seems to bounce along when not towing--maybe it needs a significant payload to smooth it out on the road. Mine has a rail system and bed carpet type thing, but I added a three piece tonneau of hard shell plastic like stuff, and covers it nicely. May also add an OEM bedliner....Anyway, this sucker has new aggressive tires on the 18 inch wheels, and I'm looking forward to winter this year....UPDATE--March, 2016-- Did great in the snow! 33 inches in snowfall and this beast just rolled on out and through in 4x4. Payload in the back leveled it out and helped with traction. I added a backup camera and proximity sensors on the back, so even better now backing and parking. Nice truck. 9/8/16-- Added a cold air intake and Interceptor tech adjuster and now get 333 hp where I got 310 before. Also, better fuel economy now and very fast acceleration. By the way, this is an 8 cylinder model with 4.6L engine. UPDATE: March, 2018– truck was totaled when a young woman ran me off the road. No injuries. Front end took the impact. Airbags didn’t fire but like I said, no injuries. Looked to replace it with the same, but the prices were high. Great truck while it lasted.
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Do your research first!!
New Chevy Owner, 11/17/2016
2012 Toyota Tundra Tundra 4dr Double Cab SB (4.6L 8cyl 6A)
22 of 31 people found this review helpful
I purchased my brand new Toyota Tundra SR5 double cab 4.6L in 2012 from a local dealership. Two weeks ago my check engine and TRC OFF lights came on so I rushed to a nearby Toyota dealership an hour later the service tech approached me to explain that my secondary air injection valves were closed reason why my truck would only get up to 40mph and felt bogged down. He then informed me it could be a matter of resetting the computer and the valves could reset themselves and I will just be out $100.00 for the computer testing. Or my air injection valve assembly could be bad. Another hour later he returns to tell me resetting the computer did not work and I would need to replace the air injection valves if I got it repaired there and right away it would be $2,500.00 if not $2,800.00. Between all of this fiasco they are trying to sell me a new truck I need to mention. So after me asking a million questions he then says its nothing I did NO NEGLECT on my part to my truck it's a manufacturer issue but unfortunately my truck is not covered under the recall/warranty. The recall/warranty is only on the 5.7L Tundras so after lots of research I have found Toyota has had many issues with this valve system since early 2000. I went to the dealership where I bought the truck and was told unfortunately I just have really bad luck and I could be 1 out of 10,000 people this happens to then of course they kept me their trying to sell me a new truck. I do need to mention my truck is still at the dealership that diagnosed my truck originally. Then I'm told we can not help you at dealership level you have to call corporate. I call corporate and they made a case but then of course pointed the finger at the dealership. Bottom line Toyota YOU bought a faulty manufactured part YOU need to take ownership of it, it is not my fault your vehicles have rust issues, break issues, airbag issues and air injection valve issues. I have never been so rudely mistreated like this by a company that supposedly has great customer service...NOT TRUE at all. They care about one thing and one thing only their bottom line and profit. This was the first Toyota I have ever owned and needless to say it will be my last. My truck had 130k miles on it and I owe 5k on it, now I have to put 3k into it....BS!
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GWooldridge, 02/22/2019
2012 Toyota Tundra Tundra 4dr Double Cab LB (5.7L 8cyl 6A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I bought the Tundra brand new off the lot in 2012. The actual buying experience at the Toyota dealership was a nightmare! It was the regular routine - you initially are unable to come to an agreement on price with the floor sales person so he gets his manager, still unable to come to a meeting of the minds, so the manager gets his manager - so now you have three sales people hammering you. Ultimately an agreement is reached, but not before the head manager says, "you're taking money out of my children's mouths." One of the benefits the dealership will tout is they'll give you free lifetime car washes and oil changes. Maybe not all dealerships offer this kind of package, but this one did. However, for me this benefit was completely irrelevant because after I take possession of the truck, the dealership will not ever see me again for maintenance. I do all my own. The actual ownership experience has been decent. I haven't had any issues with the mechanical aspects of the truck. I'm currently at 77K mi. and the engine runs like a top - no issues with the transmission whatsoever. I've had absolutely no issue with the interior - I covered the fabric seats both front and rear from day one with seat covers. None of the plastics have broken or become brittle. The one issue with regard to the interior has to do with the radio plastic cover. It gets easily scratched and once it does get scratched it becomes difficult to see the read out or the green LED radio station information that's displayed. With regard to the exterior, I do see a fair amount of rust beginning to occur on the underside of the vehicle on the frame. I will coat it with undercoating this season. There have been three defects that I've encountered since owning the truck. The rubber strip on the roof top came off. The rubber part around where you insert the gas pump handle into the gas tank neck is broken - I didn't notice it until after I took possession of the truck. It wasn't a big enough issue for me to take it back to the dealership. Lastly, the passenger side map light wouldn't extinguish when the vehicle went into sleep mode. It would happen intermittently. It would stay on and cause a parasitic draw. It left me stranded a couple of times before I finally and accidentally figured it out. I came back to the vehicle and noticed the passenger side map light was still on while the rest of the vehicle had gone into sleep mode. I fixed the problem by removing the bulb. Since then, I've had absolutely no problems with the electrical.
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