My gripes:
The tailgate spoiler feels like it's barely attached. When drying it after a car wash it moves up & down far too easily.
The arm rest at the top of the inner door panel is horrible. It's hard plastic and crowned - just the sort of comfy place to rest your arm on a road trip (sarcasm). I bought a door arm rest pad online and it was a great product but far to big and cumbersome so I returned it.
The door panel storage bins are tiny. Can even fit a slim water thermos in there - all it fits is a typical crappy plastic water bottle. I'm used to keeping tools, tape measure, gloves, pens, markers, bluetooth speakers, rocks, spare magazines, etc. in the doors.
Glove box is tiny, thinking I'll have to keep the owner's manual in my office to free up some space. I can barely get the door closed with a D-cell mag light in there, not to mention the Brunton compass, small books, spare glasses, chapstick, pens, spare boxes of ammo, etc. that I stored in my Land Rover's TWO glove boxes.
Not a lot of other available storage. But lots of room back behind the cargo area plastic panels and I imagine more room down below the cargo area floor. Will need to free up a couple days with no distractions to take all that apart and investigate.
Hood flutter, don't even get me started. I have another "fix" in mind if the dealer doesn't step up.
Rear brake squeal in reverse - not a major issue, but wow is that loud and annoying. The good thing is that I don't expect to ever have to buy my own brake pads - I'll just complain ceaselessly at each service interval and insist on replacements.
Those overhead console lights are indeed super-sensitive. Every time I use my windshield sun shade I hit the lights by accident. The overhead console lights are pretty weak too. Should have auxiliary push-button map lights.
The big central screen - this is getting ridiculous. Why can't we have TWO AIR VENTS up there that can blow in your face like a normal car? How about buttons or sliders for air vent settings, dials for temperature range, etc.? Something tactile that you can feel with your fingers and muscle memory while keeping your eyes ON THE FREAKIN' ROAD? The battle of the biggest touch screen is the single biggest case of idiocy displayed by our species in a long time.
Not being able to hit the radio power button and listen for an hour while setting up camp, or listen for 15 minutes while sitting in the shade with the windows down and waiting for whatever. Going to need to find a way around this bullsh*t.
Tiny fuel tank, futile range, and less-than-advertised mileage. I've never seen above 15.21 mpg calculated / 14.9 mpg indicated on the display and this was before the lift and bigger tires when I was trying to get the best mileage possible. I still don't know how any of you are seeing 19/20/21. If a 25 or 30-gallon fuel tank option doesn't come out soon then sadly this will not be a long-term ownership experience for me.
The rear seats don't go down flat. Folding in half and then tumbling forward is rookie material. Fold those puppies flat or make them a cinch to remove. The rear area is perfect for sleeping, except for the damn seats. Take a page from the Land Rover LR4 and fold 'em flat.
The stock rock rails from Lexus. Were they purposefully trying to force us to buy a more expensive rock rail / running board that you can actually step on? If so, where the hell is that product? If they don't offer it, then the design must just be sheer stupidity.
Stingy spare tire space - they knew bigger tires would be fitted, they thankfully left plenty of room in the wheel wells, but the stock spare tire is like a sardine in a can.
Fake engine noise in Sport+ mode. Maybe all the engineers' wives fake their orgasms too.
The little hump on the floor between the rear seats. Other manufacturers have been able to eliminate this...Lexus you could have done it too if you tried.
You can see a lot of hoses and mechanical bits exposed in the rear wheel wells. That should all be buttoned up to prevent damage and for aesthetic reasons.
But I still love the truck (as much as one can love an inanimate object). None of the above are deal-breakers except for the fuel tank size and poor efficiency, in that order of importance. If this thing came with a 25+ gallon tank I'd just man up and accept the poor efficiency. I'm used to Rover V8s so this is an improvement for me.
The tailgate spoiler feels like it's barely attached. When drying it after a car wash it moves up & down far too easily.
The arm rest at the top of the inner door panel is horrible. It's hard plastic and crowned - just the sort of comfy place to rest your arm on a road trip (sarcasm). I bought a door arm rest pad online and it was a great product but far to big and cumbersome so I returned it.
The door panel storage bins are tiny. Can even fit a slim water thermos in there - all it fits is a typical crappy plastic water bottle. I'm used to keeping tools, tape measure, gloves, pens, markers, bluetooth speakers, rocks, spare magazines, etc. in the doors.
Glove box is tiny, thinking I'll have to keep the owner's manual in my office to free up some space. I can barely get the door closed with a D-cell mag light in there, not to mention the Brunton compass, small books, spare glasses, chapstick, pens, spare boxes of ammo, etc. that I stored in my Land Rover's TWO glove boxes.
Not a lot of other available storage. But lots of room back behind the cargo area plastic panels and I imagine more room down below the cargo area floor. Will need to free up a couple days with no distractions to take all that apart and investigate.
Hood flutter, don't even get me started. I have another "fix" in mind if the dealer doesn't step up.
Rear brake squeal in reverse - not a major issue, but wow is that loud and annoying. The good thing is that I don't expect to ever have to buy my own brake pads - I'll just complain ceaselessly at each service interval and insist on replacements.
Those overhead console lights are indeed super-sensitive. Every time I use my windshield sun shade I hit the lights by accident. The overhead console lights are pretty weak too. Should have auxiliary push-button map lights.
The big central screen - this is getting ridiculous. Why can't we have TWO AIR VENTS up there that can blow in your face like a normal car? How about buttons or sliders for air vent settings, dials for temperature range, etc.? Something tactile that you can feel with your fingers and muscle memory while keeping your eyes ON THE FREAKIN' ROAD? The battle of the biggest touch screen is the single biggest case of idiocy displayed by our species in a long time.
Not being able to hit the radio power button and listen for an hour while setting up camp, or listen for 15 minutes while sitting in the shade with the windows down and waiting for whatever. Going to need to find a way around this bullsh*t.
Tiny fuel tank, futile range, and less-than-advertised mileage. I've never seen above 15.21 mpg calculated / 14.9 mpg indicated on the display and this was before the lift and bigger tires when I was trying to get the best mileage possible. I still don't know how any of you are seeing 19/20/21. If a 25 or 30-gallon fuel tank option doesn't come out soon then sadly this will not be a long-term ownership experience for me.
The rear seats don't go down flat. Folding in half and then tumbling forward is rookie material. Fold those puppies flat or make them a cinch to remove. The rear area is perfect for sleeping, except for the damn seats. Take a page from the Land Rover LR4 and fold 'em flat.
The stock rock rails from Lexus. Were they purposefully trying to force us to buy a more expensive rock rail / running board that you can actually step on? If so, where the hell is that product? If they don't offer it, then the design must just be sheer stupidity.
Stingy spare tire space - they knew bigger tires would be fitted, they thankfully left plenty of room in the wheel wells, but the stock spare tire is like a sardine in a can.
Fake engine noise in Sport+ mode. Maybe all the engineers' wives fake their orgasms too.
The little hump on the floor between the rear seats. Other manufacturers have been able to eliminate this...Lexus you could have done it too if you tried.
You can see a lot of hoses and mechanical bits exposed in the rear wheel wells. That should all be buttoned up to prevent damage and for aesthetic reasons.
But I still love the truck (as much as one can love an inanimate object). None of the above are deal-breakers except for the fuel tank size and poor efficiency, in that order of importance. If this thing came with a 25+ gallon tank I'd just man up and accept the poor efficiency. I'm used to Rover V8s so this is an improvement for me.
