Highest mileage before first 'repair'... post your experience

88 S10 blazer, 130k miles shutting the door a wire snapped killing the power windows and locks. car was totaled at 156k miles
94 Explorer XLT (family owned) 210k miles the crank position sensor. cost 1k to fix (first issue with the vehicle) sold at 262k original everything
01 Xterra owned since 20k, Radiators kept going out on 140k, 200k. 236k the engine started over pressurizing the cooling system (traded in)
12 Impreza, New short block at 77k oil consumption. Totaled at 85k (first new car)

 

My 2019 Ford F250 made it to 2,894 miles before the motor started knocking.
My 2019 Tacoma TRD has 2,400 on it, so far, so good. Hopefully it's as good as my 2002 tacoma that's still going strong at 226k.

 

2004 Legacy. Cats @90k, 1 wheel bearing @ 175k and small head gasket leak @ 210k. Never fixed the leak and drove it another 50k.

$1000 in repairs in 260k miles.

 

Made it a whopping 210 miles on my brand new 19 tacoma.... rear drums were out-of-round from factory, shook pretty bad. Plus my first intro into the diff howl can of worms
Had already off-roaded it by then

 

Bought my wife's 2011 Subaru Legacy brand new and no repairs by the time I sold it at 140,000. I don't count wearable items as repairs such as battery, tires, brakes, wipers, bulbs.

My 2019 Tacoma, however, made it 1,300 miles before I found a coolant puddle on the garage floor. Been at the dealer 2 WEEKS for a cracked plastic coolant bypass valve. Seems a little excessive, however I am putting the mileage on the Highlander they loaned me rather than my truck... (Long story-they had to go national, then ordered the wrong part, then re-ordered the correct part, then mechanics back logged).

If only Subaru made an awesome truck....

 

Never had any drastic early deaths............but well OK I always buy new cars, because I keep them a good while.

2006 Honda Odyssey - Power steering pump popped the bed at 3K miles, and the warranty replacement the same, (you know replaced crap with crap). 3rd one was noisy but if tank overfilled at all times quiet. Otherwise van was flawless and sold a couple months ago with around 150K

2014 Subaru WRX hatch limited - Didn't make it to 40K. 39K miles synchros started prematurely dying. 2-3 shift was nearly impossible. Past warranty. Otherwise good reliable fun car traded, dealer didn't care when traded for Tacoma, gave me $20K (paid $29K new)
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EDIT - LONGEST 1996 Volvo base 855 (850 wagon) with 5 spd MT. 218K miles. ORIGINAL Clutch. Did replace wheel bearings at 175K or so. Engine was pristine (always ran Amsoil synthetic). Transmission and body fine. Timing belts and such, normal maintenance.

1985 SR5 Pick-up MT (pre Tacoma days) 190K miles when sold. Front seal blew. Idler pulley seized earlier. Original clutch! Nothing major. Ran fine. Fixed and sold

 

Looks like you’re in first place so far. 2nd owner so there’s a caveat there. . It yeah, the civic and corolla.... fun reliable appliances.

 

Single owner first place so far.

 

Edited my post to add my longest.

 

Ain't that the truth....

 

Didn’t they have that brat-thingy? Sort of a cross between an el Camino and outback? Loved the idea of OEM bed seats.

 

21000 on the 2018 Taco with zero issues.

Best was probably a VW with 115k in 2 years with zero issues, or my '03 Ram w/ Cummins that has almost 300k with only ball joints replaced as a non-maintenance item. My step-father still drives it as a daily driver.

 

300k it is to the man in the Blue Pro....

 

Maybe that weird Subaru Baja?

 

I think the Baja was the reincarnation of the brat.

 

Granted I didn't have my 1992 Mazda B2200 more than a couple years, everything was stock except for an alternator (battery too), and the power steering reroute that I had to do. Bypassed the cooler it had and used a direct line from the resevoir to the pump because it stays pretty cool here. Went 224,000km without needing that big fix.

 

I have not had the best luck but some of the failures were my fault.

1995 Nissan 200SX SE-R. Alternator failed at 14k miles .

1997 Camaro Z28. Shattered second gear in the T56 around 20k miles. Street racing on a 75 shot of nitrous and drag radials, doing a WOT powershift.

2001 Trans Am. Spun a rod bearing at just under 34k miles. It had a cam, headers with full bolt ons, and a lot of miles on a road course doing track days (HPDE).

2017 Tacoma. Battery failed around 15k miles. Otherwise perfect .

Only other new vehicle I bought was a 2005 2500HD truck to tow the Trans Am. Only kept it for 20k milws but no problems.

 

The quote was "awesome". Pretty sure the brat doesn't qualify

 

2013 Tacoma, compressor for ac went out just over 45k miles. $2k to replace the system..

 

Ok, DQ on a technicality.