That "shear a pin" part is the worst. I read once that those shear pins are supposed to be the weak point on purpose, so something cheap breaks instead of wrecking the whole gearbox. Doesn't make it any better when it lets go at the exact wrong second and dumps heavy wet clay on your foot. Hope your boot took the worst of it and your toes are okay. That dense Tacoma clay feels like a bag of cement when it hits.

Doubt it's that big of a deal tbh.

Planned obsolescence gets talked about a lot, but is it really a manual they follow? Batteries are just chemical packs that wear out differently for everyone. Maybe some fail at convenient times by pure luck.