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Transmission Getting Replaced at 5K Miles
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I went about 12 miles home and then 2 miles to the dealer the next morning.
I see. What you described happened to my 6th Gen. I have a 26 hybrid, purchased in January. I drove <1 mile between occurrence and it being serviced at the dealer. They drained/refilled my transmission and wasn't able to reproduce the issue, but they did find my fluid level to be short ~ 1 quart.
It hasn't occurred since then. The transmission still sucks though. It feels like I'm running over small animals when at slow speeds.
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Yeah...it def needs a tune. really surprised they did not iron that out before releasing for sale. $650 tune will iron it out.
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I used to get a clunk when shifting from 1st to 2nd uphill. To eliminate this I now use manual shifting to stay longer in 1st, shift to 2nd later than auto would and turn back to auto shifting in 3rd.
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Got my rig back today after 3 weeks. They did provide me with a loaner 4 runner while I waited. Posting a picture of the techs notes for reference. In the end they replaced the transmission, torque converter and hybrid module. All of which had “foreign matter” found in them.
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I took it on a drive tonight on the freeway, some backroads highway and stop lights through town. I know I am ultra tuned into how it feels, but honestly I think it feels better than it did prior to failure (and better than the non hybrid loaner I had the last few weeks). There was always a bit of unsmooth shifting, especially from 1st to 2nd and I just thought it was normal and how this car drives. That seems to be all but gone now. Need to give it a few more days, but I am thinking something wasn’t quite right with mine from the get go.
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I’ve put about 600 miles in since getting the car back last week including a trip to hells canyon and back. Still isn’t the smoothest shifting thing but I think that’s just how it is with these. No big issues and no odd clicks or awkward shifts. Fingers crossed it’ll be a reliable vehicle from here on out!
You can add my wife’s pro to the list 2026 got August 15 and seven days later with 231 miles we throw the hybrid malfunction take to dealer. They test drove it. Three more errors came up and they pulled the pan found metal shavings. They have a call into Toyota corporate to replace the transmission, torque converter and some of the heart hybrid parts. I guess from what I understand.
Hopefully we find out something from corporate tomorrow. We are going to down to the dealership tomorrow to get some stuff out of the vehicle and hopefully get a rental car.
