Documenting my High Milage Taco

On this thread I’m planning on documenting the ownership of my 2012 tacoma SR5, 2.7L. My goal of this thread is to help other prospective owners see what owning/daily driving a high milage Tacoma is like. I’m going to try and update all my maintinace, issues, and adventures in my Tacoma.

-The Truck-
2012 Tacoma SR5 4x4, 2.7L, access cab. 205,000 miles at the time of posting.


-10/16/2018-
I’m currently a little over one week into ownership of my 2012 Tacoma. The truck is currently at 205,000 miles. I bought this truck from a local dealership here in the Spokane, WA area. When I first went to test drive the truck there was a pretty substantial coolant leak, still wanting the truck i took it to a mechanic in town for a PPI. Luckily everything turned out okay, as it was just a loose clamp, not a head gasket failure. A week after the PPI the dealership and I finally agreed on a price, $13,500. I never found out definitely if the in house mechanic fixed the leak or not, but it stopped as soon as I bought it.

If you guys have any questions about the truck feel free to ask, i may not be the most active member but I’ll try to get back at you guys soon!

 

To give you an idea on what to expect. I owned my 98 tacoma for 17 yrs. The only thing that went bad was a starter motor. I did replace the serpentine belt as standard maintenance along with fluids,tires ect. But she was a good truck. Just hope my 15 will be that dependable, we will see.

 

My first Toyota truck was a 1983 2WD 22-RE 4 cyl single cab. Got 415K miles out of it. Engine/std. transmission/differential were OK when I sold it. The front-end steering/suspension was worn out, interior a little beat up and bed scratched to hell and full of deer blood.

Next truck - 2004 Tacoma 1st Gen single cab 4 cyl automatic. Had it for 10.5 years. This one only had 100K miles on it when I traded it in for my current 2015 2nd Gen Tacoma Double Cab 4.0L 2WD automatic. Wife hated the 2004 1st Gen. No interior room; hence the upgrade to the 2015.

Not as many frills/etc in the '83 model, but build quality/durability was better in my opinion than the 2 that followed.

Government safety mandates and CAFE standards have forced auto mfgs. to cut corners.

 

Check your Airpump for the smog control,2012 Tacoma's have a lot of failures,and there was a recall on the pump.