you sure it's not the direct injection you hear ?? they sound louder they a regular injector, went threw that with lexus dealer, i thought the same thing till i start listening to other vehicles with D.I. almost sounds like a diesel, with that said i believe there awesome trucks, i don't baby mine or beat on it, had two in almost 20 years , nothing but good to say... have had the others from the big 3 and i thought they were junk always working on them , sorry for your loss..