How many miles are on ur Tacoma, & what all have u had to replace?

What motor do you have, the 2.7L I4 or the 3.4L V6? I sure hope to make it that far in mine!

Leaf springs wear out when they wear out... Unloaded highway miles, and they might last 300k. Heavily loaded offroading and they might last 30k.

-Sam

 

I feel that the truck is not sagging. But you guys chime in. BTW - check out the corroded leaves. I will change them eventually. Threw in the a odo pic to show I'm not just blow'in smoke!

Also, Phidauex - It's a 3.4V6. The engine runs like a top. No real oil consumption or anything.

 

The leaf springs look fine. You can still load a descent amount of weight in the bed?

I wish i remember where i saw the leaf springs from a while back. they bent down.

 

i have 133k and it still runs like new

 

203k on a 96 regular cab with a 2.7 I just bought it and have probably 1000 on it. Rear leafs were replaced with 98s I don't know what else has been done. Runs great but I got a list of stuff to do. Brakes tomorrow clutch is going as well. I think i'll easily get her to at least 300k.

 

Our trucks are truly amazing and or course well built! I still put heavy tool boxes in back, pack it full of wood and stuff when camping, load it up with a full bed of fertilizer bags and it doesn't really sag at all! Literally, this is the best quality vehicle I have ever owned! BTW - I do go offroad with it. But no Baja 1000 shenanigans. Just trail riding.

 

I bought my 04 Double Cab with 74,000 on it, right now she is sitting at 91,000. So far I have replaced the squeeking u-joint, it drove me crazy. I did the timing and drive belts, spark plugs and front brakes as far as maintenance items go. I just installed the adjustable 5100's for looks, set at 2.5" it really did change the look so much for the better.

 

6k and broken tailgate

 

bought my 04 new w/ 8 miles on it. just rolled past 60K. only item i've had to replace was windshield wiper motor and i was covered under warranty.

oh, and for when my truck got hit while parked by an old dude driving his brand new BMW i had to replace the rear bumper, driver bedside, rear left rear tire, left brake light and tailgate

 

I posted earlier on this thread, just turned 240,000 today on my 96' Taco. I think Timex could take lessons from these trucks. To date uses no oil and @ 3k oil changes, oil still looks like it came out of the bottle when drained.

 

Since we are not blessed with Toyota diesels here in the USA, thats an apple to orange comparison. I have 2 Dodge diesel trucks, 01 with over 300k and an 04 with over 200k- both pulling 40' G/N trailers, I doubt a 300TD could handle that. I have seen/heard of high mileage diesel mercedes. What about the gasser mercedes models?

 

1001 Miles Replaced the Oil & filter. Does that count?

 

I think my truck must have hit a gypsy and had a curse put on it before I got it. In 4 years and about 150,000 miles:
- replaced: egr, rad/hoses/thermostat, all 4 shocks, rear springs (the stock ones had a broken leaf on both sides), new exhaust and muffler from cat back, O2 sensor

-2 accidents, neither of which were my fault: snow plow backed into me front drivers side, needed to replace whole front bumper.
2nd one: woman took a left right into me while I was traveling in a straight line, again hit the front drivers side but this time took out my radiator, left control arm, and bumper.

All this on an 01! I think maybe the red attracts the morons.

 

For sure its not an apples to apples comparison. Even the large Cummins diesels aren't a good comparison to the Toyota diesels available elsewhere in the world due to their very different sizes. I've put a lot of miles on Isuzu NPR diesel engines, DT454s, etc. The Benz was just my baby, so I think of it when I think of high mileage.

The diesel in the benz wasn't just high mileage, it was very old, and as a city car, not a long haul vehicle, they were "rough" miles. It did weigh 4000lbs, with only a 125hp motor, usually running full bore. To that end, it served very well for a motor with no electronics, no monitoring, no sensors, etc. Mercedes gassers from the era last a long time as well, but their dismal mileage has taken most of them off the road already.

I'm certainly not going to start an argument about what motor is the longest lasting motor out there, since we all know there are just too many variables to make anything productive come of that. All I know is that if 30 years ago people were building all mechanical engines that easily break 300k, then I'm not satisfied with modern engines with closed loop engine control, multiport fuel injection, sensors up the wazoo, etc., that can't break 200k. I'm glad to hear that many of the Toyota motors are going for far longer than that.

And I think we can all agree that some quality turbodiesel options would be very welcome in the US Toyota line.

-Sam

 

216,801 with only shocks replaces and the ball joints

 

178k, only had it since 174k, already replaced a carrier bearing... probably going to have to do u joints pretty soon.

 

190,000 miles. Turbo and never opened the valve cover. BUT Alternator gave up, coolant temp sensor gone bad, ball joints upper and lower, tie rod ends, fuel filter, spark plugs and wires, shocks of course, rack and pinion leaked and replaced the fluid with anti leak fluid when it ran dry so now it stopped leaking, brake rotors, thats all i can think of right now.

 

311,000+

97 xtra cab 2.4L 5-speed 2wd

two right door windows and 1 left door window as when going around off-camber corners, the windows can just shatter.

Exhaust heat shield disintegrated at 38,000 but was told this was not under warranty.

Exhaust manifold broke in half at 41,000. Also not under the 100,000 extended warranty as it was not an internally lubricated component.

A/C condenser tube cracked at 98,000. Not covered under warranty.

Head rebuild at 147,000 as the exhaust valves had all recessed into the head to the point that I had no compression in 2 cylinders.

5 windshields as they would get so pitted and sandblasted that they were totally unsafe.

2 headlight assemblies as the plastic yellowed all the way through and could not be polished out.

1 clutch and a replacement trans at 174,000 as the 1-2 synchro was shot and it was cheaper to put in a replacement trans from a lo milage wreck than to rebuild the trans.

Wheels when I ran over a chunk of something that punctured right through the rim at 80+mph. That will get your attention!!

2 catalytic converters and 2 sets of O2 sensors. Complete exhaust system.

4 shocks replaced with Rancho shocks 8 years ago.

Leaf springs need replacing soon.

Tie-rod ends and ball joints should be replaced soon as a maintenance item.

4 sets of rotors. I set of rear drums. Several sets of brake pads and shoes.

The truck is in for a complete motor rebuild as the head has cracked from the exhaust valve seats to the spark plug hole on 3 of 4 cylinders. At this time we are replacing all water and vacuum hoses, water pump, etc.

I purchased a replacement head from www.japanengine.com. The Toyota parts guys looked over the new head and gave it their blessings. At $450.00, it is hard to say no to. Toyota's price was $1100.

For the most part, I have bee very happy with my truck. I was disappointed in Toyota's warranty not covering any of the items that failed that I felt should have been covered. After they denied the exhaust manifold, I demanded a refund of the money I had spent on the extended warranty. It took over a year of arguing before they agreed to refund that extra $1900 that I had paid for coverage. Seems that the words "Bumper to Bumper" were more than a little misleading. And the judge thought so too.

Things I have a problem with from Toyota.

Their stock replacement exhaust manifold cost more than $100 more than the 50 state legal header from Downey. The header actuall dropped the torque curve down about 500 RPM which made the truck capable of staying in 5th on hills. It also raised my fuel economy from about 26 to about 28 mpg combined driving.

They want $8 PER LUG NUT for factory replacement lug nuts. Are they insane?

The will not sell you just a bolt in a lot of cases. I need a seatbelt anchor bolt for the top of the seatbelt. They want you to buy the whole seatbelt assembly to buy a $5 bolt. Their price? Over $200.

Why is the Tacoma not the best fuel economy truck being sold now? They had the technology 12 years ago, so why do today's trucks get so much worse fuel economy? The Ford Ranger gets significantly better fuel economy either city or highway. What happened to Toyota?

 

my truck has right around 59,3xx something miles on it....04 double cab 3.4 v6....and the cel came on today......checked code, p0031.....a/f/r sensor...bank1 sensor1.....and the dealer had some in stock..so i got one. gonna change it out shortly.

 

89,000 - normal wear stuff - tires, brakes, etc. other than that new plugs and wires, only cause its a 98 and i wanted to upgrade them, and a new battery. these trucks last forever!