{"podcast":{"title":"The Drivecast","slug":"the-drivecast-7679263","podcast_index_feed_id":7679263,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thedrivecast","website_url":"https://thedrive.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d7009d68-c3da-11f0-ab0b-27730799ec2e/image/5e5027867576f73364084f450272a356.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Drive","episode_count":22,"summary":"The Drivecast gives you an inside, behind-the-scenes look at the biggest stories, controversies, and people shaping the car industry from one of the top automotive news sites in the country. Each week, The Drive's editor-in-chief Kyle Cheromcha, director of content Joel Feder, and a rotating cast of expert staffers will break down how automakers are navigating a transformative time. Massive shifts in technology, manufacturing, and consumer demands are changing the ways cars are built and sold quicker than ever, and the way car companies are navigating this moment will shape the way our roads look for the next century. It doesn’t matter if you’re an enthusiast since birth or just curious about why cars are the way they are today—we’ll give you the inside line with our exclusive reporting and break it all down for you. If you like what we're doing, check out The Drive for the latest news, analysis, and in-depth car reviews, sign up for one of our newsletters, and subscribe to us on YouTube. We're also posting all the time on Instagram and Facebook.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T06:19:23.382800+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263"},"episode":{"title":"Inside Toyota's reliability crisis","slug":"inside-toyota-s-reliability-crisis","published_at":"2026-06-03T17:43:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263/inside-toyota-s-reliability-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RECU6243763021.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/RECU6243763021.mp3","summary":"Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, who for decades has been known for building more reliable cars than anyone else. But lately, some big cracks are starting to form in that foundation. Last month, Toyota added another 44,000 vehicles to its ongoing recall of Tundra pickups and Lexus SUVs with the company’s troubled 3.4-liter twin turbo V6, bringing the total to nearly 270,000 trucks over the last two years. And this isn’t some precautionary move—metal debris left in the engine during assembly is causing sudden and catastrophic failure, a previous attempt to stop it didn’t work, and so far Toyota has had to replace tens of thousands of engines for free. So today, it’s Toyota’s reliability crisis—how it ended up here, what’s really happening beyond the headlines, and what might be next. Stories mentioned in today's episode: Toyota Turbo V6 Recall Campaign Grows to Include More Than 250,000 Trucks We Finally Know Why the Toyota Tundra V6 Keeps Self-Destructing ‘Total BS’: Engine Teardown Specialist Says Toyota’s Explanation for V6 Failures Doesn’t Make Sense Toyota Will Replace Over 100,000 V6 Engines in Recalled Tundras, Lexus SUVs Toyota Recalls Another 127,000 Tundras and Lexus SUVs Over Self-Destructing Turbo V6s Is Toyota’s New Twin-Turbo V6 Really Less Reliable Than Its Old V8s? Toyota Dealers Brace to Replace 100,000 Tundra V6s 00:00 Intro 06:07 How did we get here? 09:40 What's happening? 18:26 Where do we go from here? 25:51 What do you tell potential buyers? 30:06 The competition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, who for decades has been known for building more reliable cars than anyone else. But lately, some big cracks are st…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2198,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drivecast-7679263/episodes/inside-toyota-s-reliability-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drivecast-7679263/inside-toyota-s-reliability-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}