3rd Gen is the Most Reliable Model (So Far)?

Luck of the draw I guess. Here is a portion of what I posted on CraigsList:

Here's the facts:
First off don't drive it at night unless you know you have gas because the
gas-gauge light is gone.
Check the weather too because if it's raining you are sh*t out of luck as
the fking WindShield Wipers don't work. Well they do if you manually push down
on the stick-thing but that's it.
Pray that you don't have to use the horn you'd be better off screaming out the
window because it sounds like a dying baby duck. My daughter brings her friends
over to hear it just so they can laugh.
If you like Radiator Fluid you'll love this car it leaks like nobody's business
into the back-floorboard ( Heater Core Issue)... best just re-route the core-lines
and forget about heat. Or just make damn sure no person ( or object ) touches the
back passenger floorboard. Oh... keep some fluid handy too.
The Hot-Water-Light comes on pretty often just to remind you what a piece of
sh*t car this is, and when you go to fill it up you realize it's still pretty full.
Just a joke from Chrysler I guess to make you look stupid.
Don't make quick moves while driving it either, I swear the front-left wheel bearing
is about to snap just take it easy and slow way-down for speed bumps too.
Don't keep valuables in it because the hatch-back won't lock. I keep it pretty
trashed to keep would-be theives at bay anyway.
I wouldn't drive it more than 5 or 10 miles at a time, I really don't trust it at all.
(just being straight up).. but school commutes or Walmart runs are fine for it.

Let's talk about what's good and what works.
It's got flames for crying out loud... FLAMES !!!
The headlights work, but they are dim as a fence post.
The seatbelts work, but really, what's the use.
The blinkers work. That's a big big plus.
The radio works.
I think it has a CD Player but I won't put one in there, would you?
Got kids that are of driving age?
They wouldn't be caught dead in this thing, so they'll never ask for the keys!!!
If you like to play tricks, take a 2-3 day drive to Memphis and leave it running
in some ghetto parking lot and laugh like hell when some clown steals it...
the joke will be on him!!

 

Low reported drivetrain defects but they can’t fill a transmission all the way up at the factory, can’t seal the rear differential on half the trucks they build, and can’t seal the timing chain covers. I don’t believe it’s gone down at all.

 

LOL yeah "most reliable ever" *cough* I don't think so.

You wanted a 1GR-FE (2006 or later) in a 2nd gen Tacoma. That's a reliable V6 engine.

 

Or 3rd gen 2.7L

 

So far it has been 100% reliable vs any other vehicle I've owned which had problems within the first 10k miles. That is all that matters to me. If my next vehicle is as reliable, that would be a miracle.

 

No way Gen3 is better than Gen1 or even 2, especially mechanical. Makes no sense. Maybe they are reporting problems under electronic failures and not driveline/engines...

 

I would always wonder how they determine that. If I google most reliable pick ups, what I will see is 2024 trucks, which makes 0 sense since they just been out for 1 year lmao. This was same in 2020, 21,22 etc. How the hell can you tell me most reliable truck/suv/car is the one that literally just came out and only year has been passed. They are just focusing on dumb customers " come buy this brand new BUT RELIABLE" car.

Also, I think most of the truck owners do their own maintenance except commercial vehicles. How many tacomas do we had and have out there who are in for home care? so not sure how they determine reliability and all that.



As far as 3rd gen goes, I mean there is 2018 400K 3rd gen out there and then there are MULTIPLE travel around the world 3rd gens, so ill leave it to that.

 

What about this one for reliability

 

I love a thread that has cool graphs

Every Toyota I've owned has been top notch reliable...(so far)

 

The engine/tranny combo is tuned for maximum reliability and minimum performance, like the Toyotas of old.