Toyota reliability

[Motu]

Must have some good Austin Allegro and Marina stories bro.

With a very small stroke of a black felt tip pen in the rear badge of and Allegro, you can turn the A into an R. You need to back it into the car park so the customer doesn't see the boot lid first.

[Ocean1]

I don't know where this myth of Toyota reliability comes from....the media? After 44 years of fixing cars for a living, I've never noticed Toyota staying away from any workshop I've worked in...my job has probably depended on Toyota to some extent.

Which conflicts with observations from my local. They reckon they see slightly fewer Toyotas in spite of their numerical predominance in the national fleet. A reliability more or less directly in line with the premium prices they command, they said.

You can't fool all of the people for very long at all when it comes to the value of reliable transport.

They did point out that there's a fairly wide spread in reliability even across Toyota models, though.

[Logpot]

My Triton has had to have a clockspring and entire steering column replaced, neither under warranty or recall.

And our Commodore has had numerous recalls to fix "potential" faults.

[imdying]

Mazda, Subaru, Honda, Nissan, even Mitsubishi, the bottom feeders of the group, don't have the problems that Toyota have and no re-calls that I can remember from recent memory at least not in the frequency that Toyota seem to have experienced..

They have the same problems, they just don't give as much of a crap about their reputation and don't issue recalls.

[TheDemonLord]

My Missus Swears by Toymotas - and I have to say, they are pretty reliable - The engines are quite bulletproof, I have had less problems with the Toymotas that we have owned than with other cars. The problems we have had, have all been reasonably minor as well (like replacing worn brake pads)

[Banditbandit]

I don't know where this myth of Toyota reliability comes from....the media? After 44 years of fixing cars for a living, I've never noticed Toyota staying away from any workshop I've worked in...my job has probably depended on Toyota to some extent.

I'm sure you will remember Top gear's Hilux - the one they tried to kill and could not ...

[Ribit]

According to the 'dog and lemon guide' writer, hondas are the most reliable cars these days.
The bikes have a pretty good rep too....

[devo]

According to the 'dog and lemon guide' writer, hondas are the most reliable cars these days.
The bikes have a pretty good rep too....

but fortunately not everyone is gay.

[Tazz]

Seems it's always Toyota having another recall, regardless of the severity of the issue, broken spring whatever..

Another recall ? Toyota ...yet again, what a surprise.

Mazda, Subaru, Honda, Nissan, even Mitsubishi, the bottom feeders of the group, don't have the problems that Toyota have and no re-calls that I can remember from recent memory at least not in the frequency that Toyota seem to have experienced..

Without even putting much thought into it (bit dangerous) have a look at what they are fixing and then Google the Nissan ZD30 (aka hand grenade), which has never been recalled and I bet is a massive problem compared to whatever is being sorted at the minute.

Best Regards,

A non Toyota driver.

Didn't the new head of GM just do a recall on something they have been sweeping under the carpet for a number of years (that possibly killed a few people?).