Hello all - thank you in advance for your thoughts on this issue.
I have a 2006 Land Cruiser (3rd owner) - currently 140,000 miles - that has good maintenance history and is rust free (always a Southern California vehicle).
The timing belt / water pump / thermostat were changed just prior to my ownership by the listing dealer at 115,000 miles. I have the invoice for this work.
Recently, I had an oil change performed by the mechanic whom has worked on my vehicles for the past 3 years. He's been great and always straightforward, going the extra mile to diagnose issues and get things repaired quickly.
I picked up the cruiser Tuesday afternoon and brought it back to work - no issues, ran great. Left work Tuesday evening and the check engine, VSC OFF and VSC TRAC lights were all on (solid light - no flashing). I've run into this in the past and its come up as a CAT code - after clearing it never returned...this is what I expected it to be.
Left for work Wednesday morning with the warning lights all still on. Reach the on ramp to the highway and found there to be limited power when pressing on the accelerator with a slight shudder under throttle. I maintained speed and decided to continue to my mechanic and see what he thought.
I received a text several hours later that all signs pointed to the timing belt jumping a tooth. He confirmed today (Thursday) that it did indeed jump a tooth.
My question: Is this common? I've searched and found limited information. How does something like this happen?
Since taking ownership, I've religious saw to it that maintenance was current with extra preventative maintenance being performed. Complete blank checkbook with said mechanic to insure everything that should be taken care of was in due order.
Again - thank you in advance for any and all thoughts!!
I have a 2006 Land Cruiser (3rd owner) - currently 140,000 miles - that has good maintenance history and is rust free (always a Southern California vehicle).
The timing belt / water pump / thermostat were changed just prior to my ownership by the listing dealer at 115,000 miles. I have the invoice for this work.
Recently, I had an oil change performed by the mechanic whom has worked on my vehicles for the past 3 years. He's been great and always straightforward, going the extra mile to diagnose issues and get things repaired quickly.
I picked up the cruiser Tuesday afternoon and brought it back to work - no issues, ran great. Left work Tuesday evening and the check engine, VSC OFF and VSC TRAC lights were all on (solid light - no flashing). I've run into this in the past and its come up as a CAT code - after clearing it never returned...this is what I expected it to be.
Left for work Wednesday morning with the warning lights all still on. Reach the on ramp to the highway and found there to be limited power when pressing on the accelerator with a slight shudder under throttle. I maintained speed and decided to continue to my mechanic and see what he thought.
I received a text several hours later that all signs pointed to the timing belt jumping a tooth. He confirmed today (Thursday) that it did indeed jump a tooth.
My question: Is this common? I've searched and found limited information. How does something like this happen?
Since taking ownership, I've religious saw to it that maintenance was current with extra preventative maintenance being performed. Complete blank checkbook with said mechanic to insure everything that should be taken care of was in due order.
Again - thank you in advance for any and all thoughts!!
