100 series landcruiser clutch shudder

Richard, thanks for your reply. I find it hard to accept that we should have to put up with a manufacturer fault especially when they admit to it. I am going to continue to demand satisfaction from Toyota until they do something. Maybe if enough of us complain it may prompt them to act.

Michelle, thanks for your reply. Even second hand it's a big investment & 75000km isn't a lot of k's. You would think there was something they can do, after all according to them, they are the most qualified to work on the Landcruiser.

do they make them in 4wd now??

I'll pay that one Moose ... hope you don't mind if I use it in future against the tojos?? :))

I doubt whether this is the problem. Constant 4wd has been a feature of various Land Rovers since 1969 without any clutch vibration.

After nearly 20 years in the Army and driving 110 Land Rovers on and off since 1989 I have experienced the same problem in them as in my Cruiser and when speaking to our mechs they metioned that it 'might be a problem with the constant 4wd'; however as it was never a major problem then one worried about it. Furthermore when we use ours in the field we are towing loads heavier than would be expected of civilian vehicles and in situations worse than civilian vehicles would normally expect and at times you do feel a shudder etc from underneath which could be anything I agree but as yet no-one is worried about it, but it does happen on Land Rovers.