so i was on TTORA.com today just reading about the newer tacos just out of curiosity and omg! just flip through this and read how many issues these guys are having with them.. amazing... my current taco with 110k miles has NEVER had one problem not ONE time! f'ing crazy!


http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93334

 

Looks like less than half the replies actually had issues. I bet if you started that same thread with your year truck you would see a lot too. The new Tacos are only a few years old and will inherently have a few issues to work out. Even with a issues they are leaps and bounds over the 04's. I love my 06.

 

we got me mother in law a 2007 4x4 trd v6 auto and it has 20k on it with out one problem, i didnt read the whole thread but seems like a lot of guys had no problems on just the first page.

 

let me rephrase, it seems like they are having too many issues with that little of mileage that they are at.. hell a handfull had like 4 or more issues and didnt even hit 40k yet.. thats kind of what i am getting at.. besides i thought the 04's were still 3rd gens?

 

tranny issues for autos

http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102284

 

I bet if yotatech was on the net in the late '90s you might be reading about more problems with the original Tacomas but since yotatech didn't show up til '02 the issues with Tacos were sorted out by then and you just don't read about them as much.

I do still think the new gen does have more issues than the older ones but the originals did have their growing pains.

 

I agree.

In the so-called "information age", you are much more likely to hear about such things than in years past, and it seems like the negative things get way more attention than the positive things. This is the case on forum sites like this (since those that are having problems are more likely to post than those that aren't), as well as in the general media.

As a result, it's not hard for someone to have a negatively biased or unreasonably negative viewpoint on something, because their perception of things is caused by what they tend to hear the most of.

Like was said, the current Tacoma (which was released in '05) had some issues when first released. One was the weak spring issue, which has since been resolved by Toyota. My spring issue was resolved when I installed my lift, which included new rear springs.

Not only that, but the latest generation of Tacoma can be had with so much more equipment than older versions, so there is so much more to go wrong with them.

So I wouldn't be too concerned about the Tacoma. My '06 has been trouble free, and I love it.

 

how many miles on your 06 taco?

 

Nope: 3rd gen trucks were 89-95.5.

there are issues with every make and model of cars.
Look at the buy backs on early Tacoma because of the frame issues.
I have had a couple of issues with my '05 Taco, the paint seemed soft, but it would have helped if I had mud flaps to keep rocks from getting kicked up. rear springs included.
I have had 5 toyota trucks (86 4Runner, 84 Extra cab, 97 Tacoma X-cab, '05 Tacoma and '81 Trekker) over the last 22 years, the rear springs have sagged on all of them, toyota has never gotten it right. At least with the rear spring TSB they fixing the issue.

I had a '91 Ranger I bought brand new, after 10K the inside seams of the bed were splitting. Ford refused to deal with it. I dumped it to buy my '84. Drove it for 5 years and put a ton of miles on it. Only sold it to get the 97 when I needed more room.

Only reason I would sell my '05 right now is that I could use a truck with more towing capacity...

 

i dont mind little issues like springs.. but when it comes to trannies having issues and it seems to be quite a bit of them per TTORA website it just kind of freaked me out. you pay that much for a "quality" truck and you get one whos tranny is craping

 

I'm gonna be honest Toyota is not making trucks like they used too. If you want a tough Toyota. Your gonna have to get one thats at least 4 years old and older. The newer ones are getting cheap. Toyotas famous fully boxed frames are already disapearing. The new tacomas only have full box in the front of it. THe rest it plain opn frame. While Toyota will stay tough they are getting alittle cheap latley. Get an old yota and your good to go.
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95 Toyota 4runner SR5 V6 3.0 Automatic 4x4 151,000 Miles

 

About 38,000, bought it used with about 15,000.

Mine has bigger tires (more drivetrain stress), and I tow my boat alot with it (at least 4000-4500 pounds).

Which transmissions have been having issues, the manual or automatic?

Kiroshu, the issue about the frame not being fully boxed may not be an issue. After all, with modern metallurgy and computer aided design methods, properly designed and positioned crossmembers, enough metal in the frame (thicker? taller?) etc., the frame isn't necessarily going to be weaker.

Years ago, I looked at 2 different Toyota trucks (2nd generation) that were for sale by different owners. Both had badly rusted boxed frames, and both had mud and other trash trapped in them (which traps moisture, and some soils are acidic), which very likely was a big contributer to the rust.

And also, there's the issue that was already brought up about early Tacoma frame rust issues. Could that also have, at least partly, been due to the frame being boxed and trapping debris? Maybe.

I would be willing to bet that Toyota has come up with a way to make the boxed part of the frames on current Tacomas more rust resistant.

I would by no means rule out the current Tacoma, especially since some of it's issues have already been addressed. What you are telling him to do is to buy an older Toyota that may already have many miles on it, enough miles that there may not be any real advantage to him over buying a current generation Tacoma (except purchase price).

 

William, the auto is in question for the 4.0's .. i think its the "sealed" tranny. its in one of the links that i posted above. i think i got that right..

 

As for worrying about the frame not being boxed, [B]dont worry[B]!
I got T-boned in our D/C last October. We got nailed hard too. The body shop was amazed that there was no frame damage, just a little scarring. But it still did $12,000 in damage.