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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by Lazare on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @07:32PM (#38467565)
Interestingly the article actually calls out the 4Runner as "among the most reliable models in the survey". Apparently the newer model years are still pretty solid!
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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by sciurus on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @07:43PM (#38467658)
The 4Runner hasn't been redesigned in a long time. A 2024 4Runner is substantially the same as a 2010 4Runner.

Rumor has it that Toyota will finally unveil a new design for the 2025 model year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_4Runner#Fifth_generat...

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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by ghaff on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @09:20PM (#38468530)
On the other hand anecdata, I had a 13ish year old 4Runner with only about 70K miles lose a transmission line on me a couple years back. The dealership shrugged and said maybe it was a chip on the coating from a piece of gravel. Though it may well have been a manufacturing defect. In any case, ended up having to nurse the vehicle home and basically nurse it 2 months until I could get a new Honda.

Which I actually like a lot better. The 4Runner is a very old platform. Other than the infortainment system, a rental I coincidentally had a couple years back was basically identical to the fairly poor handling SUV I had for 10+ years.

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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by fingerlocks on Thursday November 30, 2023 @05:11AM (#38471760)
What is a transmission line?
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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by ghaff on Thursday November 30, 2023 @07:33AM (#38472700)
Automatic transmission hydraulic fluid line.
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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by richiebful1 on Thursday November 30, 2023 @09:52AM (#38474205)
Why did the transmission line require replacing the vehicle? I've replaced them on a cargo van...it was cheaper and easier than a pair of rear drum brakes, a normal piece of routine maintenance
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Re:Who makes the most reliable new cars? by ghaff on Thursday November 30, 2023 @11:40AM (#38475614)
The transmission was drivable but damaged because it was a bad leak. Given its age and some body damage, it didn't make sense to repair--and I got a ridiculously good trade-in anyway.
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