what toyota quality?

[croman]

I feel your pain!!!

I had a 95 S10 size 4x4 blazer. It was my first suv so I didn't know any better.

Bought it used at 35k. In the next 100000 miles it went through 2 engines, the rearend, fuel spider assembly, starter, 2 U-Joints in the rear drive shaft, and intake manifold gasket. Upper & Lower ball joints, 2 new coils, and new brakes every 25k. One of the new motors they put in had no o-rings on the valve seals and used a quart of oil every 500 miles it took multiple trips to convince them something was wrong. In that time it took out the O-2 sensor, the cat and spark plugs.

Then the tranny started to go. It wouldn't go into lock up in overdrive. When that started I dropped it on a dealer as soon as I could.

It was a real POS!!!

Mid-1990s GMs are horrendous. Pre-1990s are like tanks. I had a 1989 Pontiac LE 6000 and it ran like a tank (though the paint wore off). Only one valve sensor, then I donated it.

Then I had a 1994 Grand Am. I owned ot for 5 months in 1999 and after 2500 worth of work traded it in for a toyota corolla.

I'm here because I had a grinding noise when turning far right. I thought it was one of the flaps but it was fine. Somehow the metal piece that protected the undercarriage was bent and touching the left wheel. Bent it back 1/4 inch and it's fine.

 

[99LimitedKS]

Do you have oversized tires on the truck?

 

[White4runner]

The whining on this board about every little thing that goes wrong is getting monotonous. I don't if people expect a vehicle comprised of thousands of parts is never going to have a problem or what. I have just over 5K on mine, had to replace the windshield and also both switches for the side mirrors. No whining. You know why? Because I know I will get over 200K+ out of this thing, without a doubt. Try saying that about ANY American made SUV and all you will hear is laughter, a lot of laughter. That's my piece.

Bob

And another thing, things you hear about "decreasing Toyota quality" I'm sure are just some propaganda planted by the Big Three, who have to be feeling the heat.