ExFlyBoy5
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
I loved my old 4Runner, which was electronically much simpler. Alas I sold it in 2017 when I became a nomad. Everyone I know who has had a Toyota has loved it ... but I know no-one with a recent Toyota.
There is some forum chatter about lemon laws and law suits, but I don't want any part of that if possible.
Sigh.
Toyota isn't always the saint folks have been saying here.
It's rare to find a car that it totally free of some sort of major issue though all years of a model. I was hunting for a 2nd "beater" car and *almost* bought a 2002 4Runner that had low miles and appeared very clean (in pictures). I did some research and saw that for several years the 4Runner, Tundra and Tacoma could have rust issues w/ the frame. Not just "some rust", but could be bad enough that the vehicle could fall apart. There was a class action lawsuit over it and it made Toyota look very, very bad. There is lots of information about the claims, the lawsuit and how Toyota did their hardest to avoid any blame.
Anyway, I went to look at subject vehicle and it had a LOT of rust that was eating though the frame. I couldn't believe it. So, I am buying a 10 year old Accord instead...
That said, we had 2012 Highlander that was bullet proof for the 80K miles we had it and it was replaced w/ a 2020 4Runner. So, I am not trying to hate on 'Yota... just wanted to make it clear that they have had lemon issues in the past.
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