Prado review please

pradopoint.com is good for this sort of info.

As far as I know, very reliable... The petrol having no common problems that I know of. The Diesel can have a few more issues, but still very reliable.

http://www.pradopoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&p=129611

They can destroy rear diff ring gears under certain conditions, but given the number of vehicles on the road and the handful of documented cases on pradopoint, its not that common. Usually from lifting a wheel, spinning it up and it getting traction suddenly.

http://www.pradopoint.com/viewtopic.php?t=1206

Good car. I have a 2004 Diesel so I am biased of course.

D

Hi. I have a late 04 petrol auto(5speed) that we bought new. It is close to 90000k now and has been trouble free in that time exept for seat back stitching on the drivers seat. The covering was replaced under warranty. It is used as a shopping trolley, mum's taxi, tourer and a towhorse and has delivered on all four when required. Recently brought a 2.5 tonne van back from SA and averaged 22 l/100K. It gets about 15l/100 around town and has been down a bit under 12 on a trip. We find it just a nice all round vehicle that is easy to drive and park and very comfortable when travelling long distances. Regards, Bob

i just bought a 2005 prado petrol grande with under 60,000kms on clock.

so far very happy with decision to upgrade from the previous 90 series. only things i dont like are small things like lack of storage space etc for day to day things. had no major issues so far.

suggest he checks service records, visually checks air cleaner/filter and also the air cond filter. i just replaced both mine despite a service just done before i bought it. the a/c filter actually had leaves and dirt and crap in it - looked like it had been out in the garden for a year or so. real easy to remove and check - a 5 minute job to remove and refit. genuine filters in excess of $60 each so worth check first, but you can buy replacement filters at bursons for example for a/c for $20, although not genuine toyota.

buy as low as kms as possible etc - all in all very happy

Stop SHOUTING And I may hear you long enough to reply.

At the minute it is to loud to respond to.

There is a web site called 'lcool' which is only for Toyota's. There are individual sections for dedicated to each series of Toyota from the latest models to the early models. i was able to get good feed back when I was looking for my 100 series turboWell worth a look.
Bill

We have a 2003 petrol Grande. We recently did over 20 000km travelling around Oz, and it didn't miss a beat. That included some hairy river crossings on the Old Telegraph Track at Cape York, lots of corrugations, and an absolute hammering coming out from Mitchell Falls to meet an ambulance on the Gibb River Rd.
It is now used as a shopping trolley, but does this in great comfort. The only problem we have had is the scratches where you open the door, not from bush bashing, 4wding but from the long nails of the lady we bought it off in Melbourne LOL
Cheers
Tim