200 series any problems?

Potential problems? Missing 1 arm and 1 leg after purchase....:)

Suggest you check out the LCOOL website various problems discussed including oil level& usage and gearbox gremlins in Auto.
Good Luck.

Before spending up big time, you might want to check this out.

http://www.ohwhatalemon.com/

Garry

At the beginning of this year I went to Mr Toyota and had a test drive of a 200 with the view to update my 2004 LC100. The test drive was good but I was disappointed that it was not a major improvement on my current vehicle.

I have spent quite a lot of money and time on the 100s and I think I had not appreciated how good it is now.

The clincher was they wanted $65k on top of my trade in. Given it has only got 110K on the clock I think it is going to happily see me out. It was worth the effort as I made a firm decision.

I know 5 people with wagons and utes running the new V8 diesel. Most are happy with the performance, 2 have had noisy injectors replaced and the same 2 have oil use issues. In both cases the vehicles are not driven hard. The ones that pull big loads seem to be better and do not need topping up between services. It is consistent with the stories on LCOOL.

Unless your 100s is high mileage I would keep it. At the least avoid the vehicles from the first couple of years of release. Like all new models they seem to have mostly sorted problems out by now.

cheers

Hi Chrisso,

Suggest you take a look at LCOOL.org and get a perspective from OWNERS of 200's, rather than "my mates mate had a problem with...". Like any vehicle, they have the odd issue, but far less IMHO than most others. And the common issues they have don't leave you stranded on the side of the road.

There are several threads about "should I upgrade to a 200" and the overwhelming majority give a resounding yes. A good percentage of 200 owners are ex-100 owners (some still have both) and they give the best back-to-back comparison. I came from a GU (previously 80 series) and there is simply no comparison, on or off road, plus the added benefit of far more safety features. But it comes at a price - the real question is if the benefits are worth the $$$ ?

Cheers

Captain

I bought the Petrol model for my wife and as our family car, I drive a Hilux as a daily driver. The Hilux is diesel and I have had to replace the injectors at my cost. That is one of the reasons I bought a petrol 200, they are over $10k cheaper and are not prone to any problems whatsoever. The diesel model has had some minor issues, oil useage and will be subject to injector failure if you are unlucky. All vehicles and brands are subject to some type of failure, I believe the 200 series petrol model will give me better reliability than other vehicles in the same category and class.

Most of the people who are aware of lots of problems, don't own them. Most people that own them love them.

True.

Issues identified above by non owners are furphies ( eg gearbox problems above).

There is one possible serious problem that appears to affect about 5% of owners. Excessive oil use. Generaly this is neglegable and goes away after running in ( 40,000km). Toyota have a corrective document for this but some owners are still not happy - one or two on LCOOL.

As mentioned, go to LCOOL and ignore " mate of a mate" stories or people who don't own one.