CO-Cygnus
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You can get a brand new SR-5 Premium for that much. Pass Go, Collect $200, acquire brand new truck.
5th generation Lack of oil changes
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You can get a brand new SR-5 Premium for that much. Pass Go, Collect $200, acquire brand new truck.
Northern 4Runner
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I took my 4Runner in for its first oil change at my local toyota dealer. They messed up and the kid forgot to tighten the centre plug in the oil filter cover. I had a mess on my garage floor. My 4Runner is leased and I will change my own oil from now on, which won't show up in any online system but it's still getting changed. I changed my own oil in every other vehicle I've owned. I wouldn't worry too much about online listed maintenance saying it wasn't done.
Senorlechero
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Maintenance required lights come on every 5k, if you peruse the owners manuals there is a recommended service every 5k, it's a tire rotation and vehicle inspection at 5k then an oil change at 10k.
Maintenance required lights come on every 5k, if you peruse the owners manuals there is a recommended service every 5k, it's a tire rotation and vehicle inspection at 5k then an oil change at 10k.
nglayton
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That's kind of true. I've leased 3 Toyota vehicles over the years, maybe it's just my dealership, but they could give a sh!t what I do the the vehicle. As long as when I bring it back I have both keys, no dents and no broken Glass, all they want is to get you into a new one. If I'm over on mileage for the 3 year period they try to charge me, if you under mileage they could care less, doesn't increase the value a single bit. The vehicle is not inspected by the dealership when you turn it in, it's done by god knows who from a finance company or someone that is hired just for that purpose and to take photos and ask questions. It's kind of weird. I totally smashed the front window in one leased vehicle and had to replace it. When I turned it in at the end of the lease the inspector didn't even care that it had a different windshield. They also do the inspections at least a month before we actually turned the cars in. Lots can happen in a month.
I paid 32,500 for mine, NEW with less than 100 miles on it.
FYI, FWIW, IMHO, CARFAX is a joke. It's a total 100% voluntary system that relies on someone (AKA: Random dudes) reporting to CARFAX that anything was ever done to the vehicle. They charge potential owners to buy the CARFAX which is also a joke. There is no incentive to the repair shops to supply any data of any kind.
Consider this quote directly from the CARFAX website,
"CARFAX does not have the complete history of every vehicle. A CARFAX Vehicle History Report is based only on information supplied to CARFAX. Other information about the vehicle, including problems, may not have been reported to CARFAX. Use a Vehicle History Report as one important tool, along with a vehicle inspection and test drive, to make a better decision about a used car."
