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One week later and she is running and shifting great. No issues to report. I’m still concerned something could have been hurt by the low fluid level. Lesson learned - follow FSM and do this service yourself!

Here is a pic of the service report from today…

Drove home in 95 degree temps perfectly. Engine was “cold” but presumably over 100 since it was outside. Pulling out on feeder road and u-turning were perfect. I’ll check again tomorrow morning when it’s “cold”…. Fingers crossed it’s not damaged.

Lazy excuse but I don’t have a good home setup and the ranch is 2 hours away and I haven’t made time to get it up on ramps and pull off the bottom plates to open her up and check myself.

Update…. And it’s not good. Toyota kept her overnight and this morning at cooler temps (80 in Houston), checked the levels and she was 3 quarts low on transmission fluid. WTF Toyota! I can’t believe (yes, I can) they they would miss on the amount of fluid by 25%. The thermal expansion from 80...

Thank you! FSM says 109-118 I’m at Toyota right now…. We’ll see what they say.

Fair point. It’s not known that it’s low, that’s my theory on why it is bouncing or slipping I paid the Toyota dealership to replace all of the fluid. I am driving it to them right now to get them to double check and figure out what’s happening. I let it heat up before driving it. It does not...

The video and FSM say it will be pouring out and once it slows down from a constant stream to a heavy trickle, that is the level needed. Do you concur?

Thank you!

I’ve been letting it warm up before driving it… I didn’t this morning but once she bounced, I let off the gas and the transmission behaved OK.

I am going to do this myself 10/8 weekend. I’ve watched a few videos and have the service manual printed out for this… I am 99% sure it’s 1/2 quart low and that’s all it is. Once warm, it’s OK. The thermal expansion on 13 quarts from 80 degrees to 120 degrees is less than 1 quart. My hope...

Yes on Toyota WT fluid. Only 4 quarts on the first fluid job. Just the pan, filter, gasket, etc. I did try disconnecting the battery and it is better. I think the issue is that she’s low on fluid. Once warm, she is perfect. Only when 80 degrees at start up does she have the “bouncing”...

2015 Land Cruiser with 125k miles. Took the cruiser to a Land Cruiser shop in Houston. Did the 120k mile services there instead of dealership. Transmission fluid was part of the job. When I picked it up, it would “slip” when u-turning under the freeway at speeds of 15-20 mph. I would idle...

Received mine in Texas quickly. Installed in minutes. I purchased one for Heritage Series with auto gate and a 2015 without the powered tailgate. Both are easy and great. Powered tailgate option takes 2 minutes max. Great product. Quick shipping. Thank you Brendan!

I use it as a ranch/hunting truck