New 4th Gen Tacoma Owners: Expert Advice from a Veteran Mechanic

In this video, I'm sharing my top tips for when you get a new Tacoma. Things that will help you enjoy your brand-new 4th generation Toyota Tacoma for years to come. With 26 years of experience as an auto repair technician and 11 years as a shop owner, I've seen it all and fixed it all. Now, I'm here to help you keep your Tacoma in top shape.

Congratulations!! Great looking Tacoma!!👍

[@Beacon_Offroad]

Thanks, I really like it.

[@spuzzum100]

Nice. I'm getting Underground Grey Sport Premium next month. Thanks for the great video

[@Beacon_Offroad]

@@spuzzum100 Awesome. You're going to love it.

[@billw8476]

i think the underground color is just "old man grey"......boring

[@Beacon_Offroad]

@@billw8476 cool!

[@spuzzum100]

I would have liked to get my o7 taco blue but now it's 🟣 purple. Hate your regular silver white and black and the only other color is 🍊 orange.... really. So my hand is forced. Would be nice if Canada didn't get all the shit colors. U.S. has a lot better colors like iron oxide and such.

[@colinjames2383]

Congrats on the new taco. That’s the color I would have gotten.

[@Beacon_Offroad]

Thank you. I'm really enjoying it so far.

[@GerryHavican]

Hi sir. Do you think that the dealerships will start having their mechanics do a pdi and check the oil pan for metal shavings? Thank you sir for your time. I have a TRD sport 22 that I am very happy with but I really like alot of the new improvements on the 24 Tacoma. I figured that if I can't get a good deal for a new 24 limited that I have no problem with keeping my 22. If it's good enough for alkida and the taliban, it's good enough for me. Thank you for your time. It's not a funeral, make some noise. ​@@Beacon_Offroad

[@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD]

the number on thing the dealer always misses on the PDI is hood tension adjustment.. I'm talking about raising the rubber bumpers to take the shake out of the hood latch/striker. We broke/sheared our hood striker on our brand new GX460 at like 5k miles because it wobbled in the latch. Our new sienna did the same thing but I caught it in time to save the striker 😅

[@Beacon_Offroad]

@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD great idea, ill check mine.

[@ejshelby5460]

Do you have a short video on this? It’d be great to see to understand

[@nvpoolshooter]

Pretty brave buying a new 2024 Toyota Tacoma given the 2022-2024 Tundra engines grenading.

[@Beacon_Offroad]

@nvpoolshooter I don't think so. Everyone exaggerates and likely makes it seem worse than it is. We have a warranty for a reason.

[@nvpoolshooter]

@@Beacon_Offroad I dunno. Recalling a 100,000+ Tundras is pretty significant. You should have went with the Frontier with its silky smooth V6.

[@kevinbradley8613]

Bro, we get it… you like your frontier and you want everyone else to own one. That’s fine, but what are you doing here commenting on a Tacoma maintenance video? Maybe if Nissan still offered a MT in their truck, I’d have considered it 🤷‍♂️. Why not let folks make their own decisions and drive what they want to drive? Tacomas and Frontiers are both awesome trucks! There are a bunch of solid choices when it comes to mid sized trucks and SUVs.

[@nvpoolshooter]

@kevinbradley8613 Trying to educate the Toyota fanboys into making smarter decisions. Toyota has had some serious issues of late. You're a mechanic. Have you seen the kind of recall issues on the Frontier and Titan like seen in the Toyotas? Rusted out frames. Grenading engines. The Tundra is dead. We'll see how the new Taco holds up. I've already seen reports of trannies going on the new Taco. My point was, again, why take a chance on a Toyota truck when clearly, they got some serious issues. BTW, your maintenance tips were spot on. Especially changing the original oil at a 1000 miles.

[@noxnyc23]

I wanted that color but there was none on the lot.. I ended up with the blue crush taco sport.. drove it easy for the first 1K miles. Change the oil and filter at 2500 miles..also a 3rd gen owner , i can’t tell you enough how awesome this 4th gen’s are.. congrats on your taco.. I also have a 2014 wrx sti turbo 4 with 175k miles stock. Best thing to do with these engines are to leave it stock and follow maintenance. Should last a long time.. oil change is your best friend with turbo engines..

[@Beacon_Offroad]

So far, virtually everything in some way is slightly or alot better than the 3rd gen.

[@glennanderson2790]

I would do the first oil change at 500-750 miles

[@ejshelby5460]

I would have no idea that yellow dip stick is NOT a dip stick!! I tried to pull it from my 2024 tundra…couldn’t move it….shit