How many miles on your 4runner?

[BrianDavid]

Hi, this is my first post. I bought a '97 4runner for my wife about 5 years ago (she kept seeing them on the road and asking, "What's that? I want one of those."-- I guess I'm just lucky!)

Anyway, it had 50,000 miles on it when I bought it and now it has over 176,000 miles. Haven't done a thing to it except preventive maintenance and oil changes. Oh, and a brake job.

Question is: how many miles on your 4runner? How many miles should I expect to get?

 

[bmanning]

This is a question I've wondered, as my 97 is over 150,000mi, with seemingly tons of life left.

Like you, routine maintenance has been just about all I've had to do, save for a rack & pinion unit that died last summer. I blame valet parking (I park in New York City every day in a valet garage)...those cats squeal around tight corners like Mario friggin' Andretti, and my heavy LT265/70R16 BFG All-Terrains worked the fluid hard until a seal finally blew.

I also replaced my shocks with Bilsteins, but that was preference, not part failure.

I'm hoping to get completely tired of the truck before I'd ever "need" to replace it, and I'd love to see about 2 dozen replies from 200,000mi + 4runner owners...

 

[Anti-Everything]

This is all generarations but I thought it might be interesting to you anyway

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13255&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

 

[02SE]

83,000 miles on my '97, 5 speed, 4x4, rear e-locker, SR5. Still runs and looks like new.

 

[alaskanboi]

Just over 50k on my 2000

 

[fr8hauler]

116,000 on '99 Ltd

 

[lee]

i have 78K or so... goin strong.

looking to make it to 200K easy

 

[ohio4runner4x4]

109K on the 97 SR5
116K on the 00 Limited

 

[jvangun]

51,000 on my '02 sport
125,000 on 89 2wd pick up

 

[broncosi]

182,000 on a 98' and still going strong. I might just buy a new 4runner when this one dies just to stay on this board! ill post a pic of my odometer for all you non-beleivers

 

[iaonbb]

$132K on a '97...starter, H20 pump and routing maint only...

 

[ebelen1]

98K on a '99. Just got this a few months ago but looking at service records, the brakes have never been changed. I heard it wasn't unusual for these trucks to go 100k before a brake change. Any experiences?

 

[broncosi]

it will be a sad day when she goes

 

[PioneerMeta4]

74K for my 99 2wd, stock engine/tranny with regular maintenience and oil changes. Changed the brake pads once. Changed the rear shocks once too. Other than that...like the first day i got it.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

108k and the only thing besides routine maintenance I had to have done was the rear axle seals.

 

[BC_Runner]

99 SR5

38k miles.


looking at some of these other totals I'd say I have a few miles left in her...

 

[lee]

a 99 with 38K??

wow.

 

[jev2022]

miles

70k on my 01' SR5 2WD. Just did spark plug change, change out all fluid and filters. Use Castrol 5W30 every 3000 with a bottle of Rislone (good stuff). Nothing major yet. Will do timing and H2O pump @ 90k. Original brakes and shocks still. Hoping to get over 200k. Still running strong and looks new.

Mods: TRUE FLOW air filter from burtmanindustries.com, newly cleaned throttle body thanks to yotatech.com DIY forum.

 

[rytard]

148K on my 97. I got it with 96,375 and it's been smooth sailing ever since. I'm aiming for 200K, at which point i'll probably be ready for something new (like that new FJ Cruiser if toyota ever decides to sell it).

 

[Jay]

2001 4Runner 56,250 miles