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Originally Posted by Severecaraddict
There are flukes with any manufacturer's vehicle or dealership service. With that said, I think its fair to say that VW has been known for 'issues' with their cars and are notorious to say the least when it comes to horrible service.
I've never owned a Toyota but they seem to be known for great reliability and resale.
Glad to see that after two problematic Toyotas and poor dealer services that you opted to get something other than a Toyota to replace your 4Runner.
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Actually, these aren't "flukes". Both vehicles had issues common to that model that Toyota refused to fix.
'99 4Runner had a problematic clutch pedal that had to be replaced every 6 months.
The '03 4Runner has many issues. A few bad switches, rattly sunroofs, rattly seats, sunroofs going bad (no power) and needing to be replaced, and I had to put new brakes on it every 6 months. The '99 I actually enjoyed despite the clutch pedal. But the dealership became more and more problematic each time the problem came up.
The '03 was just horrible from the beginning. As Toyota has grown, their reliability has dropped. The last few times I had my Toyota in for service, I couldn't even get it onto the lot due to the long line of cars waiting to check their cars in for service.
At least with VW, when they do have issues, they recall parts, extend warranties, replace parts with better ones, etc.
Toyota won't do that. The driver's seat on my '03 rattled from the day I got it. Every '03 - '07 4Runner off the truck from the factory had the same issue. It took Toyota THAT long to replace it in the new models, but they refused to fix it in the ones already out there with the bad seats.
I know Toyota is "known" for quality, but those days are over for now.