Avensis Longer Term Reliability

[tubaman]

I own a 2006 Avensis D4-D T180 D-Cat - unlike many of you on the list I dont seem to have had any problems with it. I find it fast, comfortable, and not bad on diesel for the size of the car.

I spotted a large fleet of Avensis being used as Taxis in York at the weekend.

As my motor has only done 35K miles, I`m interested to hear from taxi drivers who own Avensis have done considerably more miles than me. What things tend to fail, what issues I may have to keep an eye on in the future.

With forums like these, you seem to only hear the bad things about a particular range of car (cylinder head gasket - never had the problem personally or the EGR Valve - mine seems to self-clean quite well).

What can I expect in the future ?

[irishjay]

I own a 2006 Avensis D4-D T180 D-Cat - unlike many of you on the list I dont seem to have had any problems with it. I find it fast, comfortable, and not bad on diesel for the size of the car.

I spotted a large fleet of Avensis being used as Taxis in York at the weekend.

As my motor has only done 35K miles, I`m interested to hear from taxi drivers who own Avensis have done considerably more miles than me. What things tend to fail, what issues I may have to keep an eye on in the future.

With forums like these, you seem to only hear the bad things about a particular range of car (cylinder head gasket - never had the problem personally or the EGR Valve - mine seems to self-clean quite well).

What can I expect in the future ?

im TAXI MAN and i think youre very wise asking us taxi drivers as we knock the miles up rightly ,, i do around 7000 miles a month ! i own the 2.2 d4d at 40k injectors went at 46k head gasket went ,,, car now has 110,00 ,, just recently poor starting probaly needs a new styarter as glow plugs and filter change wont work ,,, but from 46k to 105 k trouble free just the usual needs arms brakes tyres etc but i dread to say not much has went wrong

[cmia]

we have 8 of the 2.0 and 2.2 D4D combos,

apart from the headgasket faliures one two cars the other ones have been fine.

[carday]

2003 D4D bought at 3 years old in 2006 mileage was 31000 mileage now 166200

This is the work done to date

Front and Rear Shock absorbers

AirCon Compressor

2 x Alternator

N/S Rackend

Droplinks

Clutch and Flywheel @ 32000

Handbrake shoes

Front and Rear Discs

Pads etc

Outstanding jobs to be done

Radiator (leak)

Aircon Control module (Aicon don't work)

Clutch will need replacing soon (not slipping yet but not far off)

[hora]

Based on the (limited) responses above the diesel doesnt seem very robust? Surely it should go well over 100k before encountering any probs?

Question to taxi drivers- do you stop, turn off the engine and restart alot during the day rather than idle/constantly moving?

Two (local) Taxi firms here in Manchester dont seem to stop and they all drive old gen Avensis, infact they positively swear by them?!!! A few did say post-2003 the cars changed for the worse. Could anyone argue this either way? As my experience is anecdotal.

[jamesholden]

Based on the (limited) responses above the diesel doesnt seem very robust? Surely it should go well over 100k before encountering any probs?

Question to taxi drivers- do you stop, turn off the engine and restart alot during the day rather than idle/constantly moving?

Two (local) Taxi firms here in Manchester dont seem to stop and they all drive old gen Avensis, infact they positively swear by them?!!! A few did say post-2003 the cars changed for the worse. Could anyone argue this either way? As my experience is anecdotal.

Up to about 1998 Toyota's in their entirety lasted a life time, up to about 2001 Toyota engines lasted a life time, then in 2003 the VVTi and D4D engines were used which don't last very well, then the MKII Avensis came out which has problems elsewhere as well as the short-life engines.

[cmia]

Based on the (limited) responses above the diesel doesnt seem very robust? Surely it should go well over 100k before encountering any probs?

Question to taxi drivers- do you stop, turn off the engine and restart alot during the day rather than idle/constantly moving?

Two (local) Taxi firms here in Manchester dont seem to stop and they all drive old gen Avensis, infact they positively swear by them?!!! A few did say post-2003 the cars changed for the worse. Could anyone argue this either way? As my experience is anecdotal.

Up to about 1998 Toyota's in their entirety lasted a life time, up to about 2001 Toyota engines lasted a life time, then in 2003 the VVTi and D4D engines were used which don't last very well, then the MKII Avensis came out which has problems elsewhere as well as the short-life engines.

Wrong.

The new avensis do have problems,

But probably not as the VW or the fords.

[hora]

Based on the (limited) responses above the diesel doesnt seem very robust? Surely it should go well over 100k before encountering any probs?

Question to taxi drivers- do you stop, turn off the engine and restart alot during the day rather than idle/constantly moving?

Two (local) Taxi firms here in Manchester dont seem to stop and they all drive old gen Avensis, infact they positively swear by them?!!! A few did say post-2003 the cars changed for the worse. Could anyone argue this either way? As my experience is anecdotal.

Up to about 1998 Toyota's in their entirety lasted a life time, up to about 2001 Toyota engines lasted a life time, then in 2003 the VVTi and D4D engines were used which don't last very well, then the MKII Avensis came out which has problems elsewhere as well as the short-life engines.

Wrong.

The new avensis do have problems,

But probably not as the VW or the fords.

True. If you take VW into isolation? Older pre-PD TDI more reliable than later cars?

Ford have always been Ford.

[irishjay]

The best Avensis where pre D4D then in 98 went downnnnnnnnnnnhill