One Guy w/Two Million Mile Tundra Trucks? Yup!
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Our friend Victor Sheppard called us and gave us a pretty big update. He crossed the 900,000 mile mark on his 2014 Toyota Tundra. This means he is close to putting a million miles on another Tundra.
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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.
Toyota giving him a New Gen Tundra is a no brainer for them to get some huge real world testing done.
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.
I have a Canadian friend that travels the states year round. He's went through a few high mileage tundras. Last year he bought one of the new models and had had nothing but problems. He just traded it in for a used 2019 with the 5.7
‘Went to shake his hand and mine disappeared’. That was my biggest laugh of the week. 😆
Thanks, Tim.
I've been waiting on this. I knew he was getting close. I saw him in another video a while back and he was over 700,000 miles then. If he's not in a Toyota commercial then something is wrong. This is pretty cool, Tim! I'm looking forward to his 2nd million mile video. ...my goodness, these hot shot drivers put the miles on fast! 👍
Except Toyota isn't offering a V8 anymore. That's going to detour a lot of guys.
This guy is a legend. Can't wait to see it hit a million.. Toyota should hire hm as a torture tester
That guy drives a ton. Would be curious to see how often he changed his transmission fluid and his oil change frequency.
heres the video where he says he does 10k mile oil changes. czcams.com/video/7araxjGZxWI/video.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".
Hopefully he gets a twin turbo tundra and see what it’s made of. As the owner of a 5.7 and now TTV6 I’d be interested in how it holds up.
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!
Incredible! Makes me more reluctant to ever depart with my 2016 Tundra.
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
I have a 2002 Toyota Tundra and have not reach 100,000 miles yet. It is a great truck. Very smooth.
I have a 2015 Tundra that I bought new. And I'm currently sitting at 382,000 miles on it. The Tundra before this one I put on 304,000. Take care of them And they will last. I change the oil every 12,000 miles. I change the diff oils once a year along with the spark plugs. Changed the starter for the first time this past April and I'm still on the original fuel pump and water pump As well as alternator. I have NEVER serviced The transmission in any of my Tundras and i've had zero issues
That’s pretty amazing story . A lot of road time for him. He’s down the road a lot !
Think about it his next one will be a twin turbo V6 that’s going to be entertaining
Can't wait to see how long that one goes before needing major engine work
The key is he is always moving that make a huge difference and good oil change intervals
@@Travis12861 that's a pretty good oil change interval given how quickly he runs through the miles.
I can't wait. I love the Tundras.
I would love to follow this guy’s experience with a third gen Tundra.
I think the TTv6 and 10 spd AT will hold up better than people think. Not 1 million miles, but well over 300k. If nothing else, it would be nice to see what does fail and when.
I put 15 - 20k miles per year on my trucks. My ‘22 Tundra is a daily driver with 2 to 3 hour road trips twice a month, towing 8,000 lbs.
no issues so far. Just minor wind noise from the RR door gasket.
Still have my ‘03 Tundra 4x4 Sport w/ 230,000 miles. Decided to keep it for work around the property. Undercarriage rust is becoming an issue, but the 2UZ-FE v8 and 4 spd AT are still crazy strong.
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'm 7.5% of the way to 1 million miles 😅. 2018 5.7.
Toyota should just give him their newest Tundra model for durability testing at this point.
Wow, that hurts my butt & back just thinking about spending that much time sitting in a truck seat no matter how comfortable they are.😮
I know folks love their Toyotas, but driving all highway miles isn’t necessarily a true test of dependability because highway mileage is the easiest and best type of driving for any vehicle.
If ur driving empty or carrying a loaf of bread yes. What’s outstanding about Vic’s story is his truck is always under a constant load. He pulls a trailer with heavy parts as well, from What he said in a previous video.
Awesome. Looking forward to the video. Hopefully you can wrangle Sweers up for that video, Tim.
He should get a brand new tundra so we can see how well that turbo 6 will hold up.
I wanna see him take a new 2022 V6 turbo to a million? Bet it won’t make it ? 😂
I have a 2012 5.7, and this puts a smile on my face. The water pump is the only thing replaced.
I wonder what his oil change intervals are 3k 5 k ……. And type of oil and filter ❤ great story 👍
He said in the old video of his first million mile Tundra that he did them every 10k.
@@bubba4072 thank you ,
Did his 2007 Tundra have the 4.7 liter engine? I'm assuming the 2014 Tundra has the 5.7 liter engine.
I love Tundras, have owned two. I have zero doubt in my mind that his next Tundra will NOT go a million miles. He is the .000001% of users and the new truck just wasn't meant to run as long. The new truck is a solid vehicle but none of these trucks are meant to run a million miles. That turbo 6 is great for 100K-300K miles which is more than 99% of the people will ever need. They don't have people like Victor is mind when they build the trucks nowadays. It's more about acceleration and fuel economy in order to sell vehicles as this point.
Such a great story! Hope Toyota gives him a new 3rd gen tundra. Tim have you heard of any 3rd gen tacomas reaching 1million miles?
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
Amazing testament to Toyota's reliability. I'm on my 2nd Tundra as well. I had an 07 and now a 17. My new Tundra needed lifters which squeaked under warranty. Other than that, they have both been very reliable IMO.
Your lifters squeaked? wtf?
More exciting than 1,000,000 miles is the 18.4 mpg indicated on the odometer. How he do dat?
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.
@@ChaoticDave69me too
That is just insane. This makes me really glad I got a Tundra. This guy is great. I know that he has a 3rd gen tundra with a v6 twin turbo can you get a mileage update on that one???
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
It’s really not surprising, if you want to get the longest lasting midsize/ full size truck, it’s Tacoma or tundra, there’s no debate
I want all the fluid details! How often he changes each one (trans, diff, etc), and which fluid he uses (toyota dealership or something else? Thanks!
Patience!
It's really not that impressive when you break down the miles. 900000 miles in 10 years for and average of 90000 per year. In order to put on 90000 a year it's safe to say highway miles. As a general rule of thumb highway miles equate to roughly 10% of the wear and tear of city driving. For arguments sake let's go with 30%. At 30% we're in the ballpark of 270000 miles of wear and tear that a regular daily driving would see. It's generally not mileage that kills vehicles it's engine cycles. Engine on, warm up to temp, engine off, cools down, engine on, needs to warm up to temp again, engine off. His Tundras are not seeing the same amount of engine cycles as daily city drivers. Engine on, warm up to temp then stays in harmony on the highway for hundreds of miles before it ever gets shut off and goes through another engine cycle.
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.
I'm a Tundra kid at 13 my mom owned a 2003 Toyota Tundra sr5 3.4 v6
You guys called Guinness yet?
I haven’t and I doubt he has as well.
@Pickup Truck plus SUV Talk: Mike Sweers is going to have to buy this Tundra to tear apart now…
Man, that's a lot of seat time.
Awesome story! Toyota better get a new truck ready for him!😂❤
Well it will be interesting when he buys a new Toyota with the 3.5 twin turbo. It will be a great comparison on reliability.
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..
That guy must be a very good driver
We've decided when our current F150 dies we'll be getting a Tundra. We looked at them when we bought this truck and sometimes we wish we would have gotten it instead. Maybe if the prices ever settle down again but that isn't likely to happen.
I would probably wait until Toyota figures out why so many new Tundras have had engine failures.
This is why I like Toyota trucks. If you take care of them they last forever. I wish GM would learn from this.
lol you mean like the 3rd gen Tundras waiting for short blocks because the crank bearings failed?
I've got a 2018 double cab Tundra. If it will last 1M miles, it'll be around when I turn 300 years old at the rate I am going! 😂😂
Pedal down!
Most people get new toyotas because their interior falls apart of they get so bored with it... not because the car stops working.
There is no other gasoline truck that’s capable of a million miles. I did hear of an older Nissan truck with a million miles. Toyota seems to be the only manufacturer that cares how long their vehicles last.
Great story. So....what kind of tires does Vic recommend? He's gotta go through plenty.
I’ll make sure I ask him. Most million Mile owners I’ve spoken to recommend Michelin.
Because Tundra is the best truck in the world.
Vic has found a way to beat Toyota's price increases and Toyota tax. If remember he was a big guy. I'd like to see him do it with the new Taco.
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 .
I have 24000 miles on my 2017
Wow very impressive in amount driving and more importantly the trucks Jesus
What’s the difference between his 10,000 mile oil changes and the 3-5000 mile ones? Curious why he doesn’t tell his “secrets” for the million mile club.
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.
It have the 1. Engine? Original Engine (Motor)?
Thank you
Yes know the guy he lives in my Home town in Houma Louisiana
Do you think that the lack of tow hooks add to longevity?🤔
And 500k in gas money
Zero chance Vic would be able to do it with the Twin Turbo Engine.
I hope he does it again in the new Tundra!
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
Was hoping it had the 4.6 L. That's what is in my 2010 Tundra.
His 2007 did 1 million miles with the 4.6 engine.
@@Walterrinho 4.7L V8.
@@Pickuptrucktalk yeah that’s what I meant.
I’ll be curious how long one of the new tundras will last him. That i-Force Max probably won’t make it 500,000 miles
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
What happened to that silver limited he got from Toyota?
It’s his family’s truck, not used for work.
What oil is he running in his trucks>?
Synthetic, he said in a previous video.
Tim you’re getting really excited about 2014? 😂
I wish it was 2014 sometimes.
@@Pickuptrucktalk. Same! Prices would be much better lol
I’m curious what’s the maintenance on the transmission like?
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).
Now we know why Toyota’s are more expensive
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.
Quality
My 20 only 51 000 kilometres. Barely broken in
My 2021 has 16000kms
@@Shoppersshopping don't drive very much.
Nice 😎😎
How many total million mile Tundra’s are out there now? 7? All on the original engine. I think you’ll be hard pressed to find other brands that can match that at a 1/2 million.
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.
No way a turbo direct injection will do that.
I wonder if a new twin turbo engine will last even half that mileage?
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
Has anyone else asked how often he changes the oil &/or serviced the transmission?
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.
Don’t worry folks Tim will be doing a video soon for a Million Mile Ford F-150 and Chevy Silverado. Oh yes it’s coming 😮😮😎😎
Very impressive indeed, but he is obviously driving a lot of highway miles which is much easier on wear and tear.
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.
Yeah you'll definitely never see that with any of the turbo engine Vehicles anymore
Toyota seats are firmer than Chevy brands but they last longer and are better overall.
Nobody will see a million miles anywhere close in the new Tundras w/ the turbos. Those whole trucks are junk.
Its easy to put 1 million miles on a truck doing hot shot trucking. Now a Nissan Frontier hit a million and it was just a regular work truck. No problems, nothing wrong with it. It was an 07 Frontier. Nissan Titans can easily make it over 500,000 miles with no major problems!! Nissans are just better!!
lmao and ford truck owners say their trucks are better
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.
Well he's not going to be able to do that with the new Turbo trucks.
That looks like 2wd truck
It is.
You said you are exited for 2014 you mean 2024
I owned a 2021 Tundra and the new Tundra interior won't last 200,000mile's. I looked at a used 2022 Tundra with 15,000miles and the exterior/interior and seats was already falling apart. As a loyal Toyota I bought a 2024 Chev trail boss due too I couldn't get over the poor materials in the new Tundra.
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