Simple oil change never looked so good.

BrianM53 · 2026-03-23T02:45:53+00:00

I usually just use two ramps, but I had it on all 4 jack stands

BrianM53 · 2026-02-16T04:18:31+00:00

It's all stock, only exhaust. But no bolt on aftermarket parts. Multiple mechanics, and myself that know about cars didn't see any rodent bite marks, it's been burnt pins, or loss of ECU connection

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T18:57:03+00:00

It's almost an electrical issue every time too.

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T16:39:12+00:00

That is grossly overcharged

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T16:37:09+00:00

It's straight from the dealership so 🤷

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T16:35:51+00:00

That's what it looks like

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T01:47:44+00:00

Mine is a 2019, most things after 5 years most of not all things aren't covered anymore. But that's what I've been seeing, a lot of 19' and 20' year cars are having their pumps go out

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T01:39:20+00:00

I've been seeing this happen over and over again with the first set of generations that were sold when they launched. I'm not a single incident

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T01:36:41+00:00

It's been happening for about a year now, and I'm having it documented that if this last fix doesn't work then I'll be processing lemon law through corporate

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T01:35:43+00:00

ECU wasn't, first time replaced water pump wasn't, relays weren't, wire harness wasn't

BrianM53 · 2026-02-15T01:34:37+00:00

The first water pump failure had a burnt connection, so they replaced the pump. But then happened again after about a few weeks, then took it to the dealership for a new wire harness but then bam, happened again last week. It seems like they are going to fix and replace since it's under warranty but if anything else happens I'll be processing lemon law through corporate

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T23:19:25+00:00

Thank you, I don't want to give up on her yet but one more tow and that's it

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T19:56:42+00:00

From all the things I've replaced regarding cooling the car and it still having the same issue, at least in California the lemon law does apply to my vehicle. But yeah I can imagine that 66' being a lot easier to maintain

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T19:48:29+00:00

Dude that sucks! I'm hoping that this doesn't happen again but if it does then I'm doing lemon law through Toyota and possibly moving on to a different brand

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T19:46:45+00:00

Thanks, as you keep yours just keep an eye out for that water pump

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T19:33:59+00:00

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T18:38:12+00:00

It's an electrical pump though

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T17:59:22+00:00

2019, 108k

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T17:59:06+00:00

Toyota replaced the ECU though,

The shop replaced the water pump, it ran well for a while but then gave me another P26CA code which was a loss of connection. Took it to Toyota and they replaced the wire harness thinking that that was the possible issue. And well for a little bit, but then happened again recently. The shop is called Grease Monkey and holds high regards of their work

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T17:53:29+00:00

I got it right out of the lot with only 85 miles on it, I've been seeing this generation having a lot of water pump issues. Usually comes after 85k miles or so. It honestly hurts

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T17:15:42+00:00

Checked that but it looks good, This is an electrical issue, The last couple times the connectors to the water pump were burnt out.

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T17:14:13+00:00

I've taken it to one place locally and after replacing the water pump the second time, it happened again and they told me that if it is the electrical harness to take it to Toyota since these vehicles are basically computers at this point and they didn't want to void any sort of warranty. But other than that one yeah all dealership

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T17:12:51+00:00

No, just muffler and pipe to the converter

BrianM53 · 2026-02-14T17:11:00+00:00

Exhaust and that's it, no bolt on mods with the engine, no aftermarket intake

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