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I think it is related to ensuring that the 12v battery stays charged. In my wife's Lexus BEV the official cause of 12v battery discharge is the Lexus app. As long as you are logged in the car sends regular status updates to the app server, and if the car is not driven for a while that will run...

This must have changed with the 2025 models, although only Toyota know why and they aren't talking.

Yep - no alternator on my 2024 Pro. It charges strictly from the traction motor. Some hybrids and many electrics have trouble keeping their 12 volt batteries charged. My wife went 5 days without driving her BEV and we had to jump it, even though it had a full traction battery. I guess Toyota...

Better mudflaps definitely helped my truck, but what really saves the sides are the RCI sliders. Unless you have a slider or step down there I think you will always have a chip problem

It's here and it looks awesome. Congrats!

@james cole The best I could do to get an objective measurement was from the inside of the rim to the outside of the frame. Mine is shifted about 1/8" to the passenger side by that, but I have no idea how accurate that is. I also don't know what an acceptable tolerance is or if that could cause...

Where are you measuring that from?

Make your dealer figure this out, because it is not normal. I have been driving my Pro for 8 months and it tracks straight and true, as your's should too.

iOS 18.4 caused a lot of CarPlay issues, and many Toyota owners had them. Hopefully 18.4.1 fixed that problem, which I avoided by not installing 18.4 until that was resolved. People on Apple forums starting reporting this almost as soon as 18.4 rolled out, which is why I waited.

Exactly, and after a total fail at factory QC they should have replaced your truck, since you can only have a factory paint job once. That is what you paid for and had every right to expect.

Good post. I have put off hood struts because it seemed like a minor upgrade, but what happened with your truck makes it seem a lot more important. I guess Toyota designed it to hold the hood up and not down.

Thanks for the heads up. I put off installing 18.4 because of the CarPlay problems, and I just finally did it today. Installing 18.4.1 now so hoping to skip these issues.

Congrats - you are going to love it! My truck arrived pretty quickly once the ship sailed, so you should have it by the end of this month.

Yes, that is true. There are some unpainted metal pieces under the hood that develop surface rust, and it isn't really a problem either, except for cosmetics.

Wow, that is weird. Mine does not do anything like that and you might want to see what your dealer has to say about this. These seats seem like they are kind of one off prototypes, and not really fully sorted production items.

MIne did that when my truck was new if I pushed my upper body against the seat back. But then it stopped and the last time I tried to make it do that it wouldn't, no matter how hard I pushed. Maybe some of the parts just need to wear in. I also stopped using the suspension for on road driving...

I guess it couldn't hurt, although probably not necessary. Light surface rust actually protects the metal underneath it, like the surface rust engineered to develop on the outside of some guard rails. Unless the metal is in a really corrosive environment it should not rust anymore. On really...

I just checked under my seats and they look about the same as @pepco's and @Starman202's trucks. Overall there is less rust than either of your trucks but more than I would have expected. It is just surface rust on unpainted metal though and I don't see it ever becoming a problem.

Yeah - Toyota dealers have almost no say in what they get sent. For my dealer to get an allocation for exactly what I wanted was like winning the lottery. It was the only Pro they got in the 2024 model year. Another customer told my salesman that he would pay me $10k over sticker if I would sell...

Yep - my sticker says the mud flaps were from the factory and they were listed in the original allocation.