Thread: Toyota FJ thoughts

Originally Posted by Zeros

Jeepers! That’s more than your central locking not working! What caused the fire? an electrical fault?

I don't know much about these stuffs

But it is due to probably corrosion from the windscreen leakage. Or manufacturing problems (contamination of metallic particles, bad soldering

Not thing I am certain is this black box is giving a lot of ppl headaches..

If only there is a solution to remove this and install aftermarket central locking.

I wouldn't entertain the idea of an FJ. They must have one of the worst interiors ever when it comes to seeing out. That ridiculous thick pillar makes lane changing a matter of prayer and guesswork. A quick neck swivel head check of the blind spot is a pointless excercise. I, for one, don't like design that puts form ahead of function.

Having serviced a few of these vehicles I can say that they are a good vehicle. The engine and running gear is solid - the IFS is used across a number of the Toyota platforms and has a similar front axle load capacity as the Defender 90 and 110. The weight limit on the front was implemented to reduce the occurrence of cracked front chassis mounts from heavy barwork in early vehicles. Bullbar manufacturers still supplied and fitted their anchors to these vehicle with no problems - non that I saw anyway.

The engine will go down in Toyota's history books as another great engine - I can see why they didn't have a diesel option. The engine out performs the diesel 1KD in every area except fuel consumption.

Storage can be an issue if you carry too much.

Offroad - they are extremely capable in their stock form. The available aftermarket parts will certainly take it further.

Their looks... well they are polarising. I'd have one though.

Wow, every time fj cruiser is mention you always get the same moronic response - "shoulda had a diesel option"
I wonder if any of you have ever had a proper think about it? Toyota's model designation has always been FJ** for petrols, HJ** for diesels... its called an fj cruiser hence the only petrol option.

YOLO110 I'd have one in a heart beat, especially if i was planning on doing some long distance touring with the wife.

The more I read the reply on this thread, the more I ask myself..

IS my 2015 Puma reliable enough to not leave me stranded out bush... either with some bizarre electrical failure, or a loss of drive from the infamous transfer box drive... My truck is coming up to 3 years of age now, the comfort and support of having a warrantee will then go!

Another 'calling' towards a Toyota...

Curiously, both the missus and I are however seriously in a 'heart v head' battle here... simply because we love the 'Defender'... but perhaps that is the misty eyed Defenders of old, that a bloke with a spanner could get going again in the middle of no-where!

Thoughts continue!

Originally Posted by komaterpillar

Wow, every time fj cruiser is mention you always get the same moronic response - "shoulda had a diesel option"
I wonder if any of you have ever had a proper think about it? Toyota's model designation has always been FJ** for petrols, HJ** for diesels... its called an fj cruiser hence the only petrol option.

ha, i didnt know that.

is there an HJ criser?

As far as I recall they never did get around to a diesel HJ Cruiser as it was primarily designed for the Middle East and USA markets, so petrol only. Also, the originally intended short production run didn't turn out to be as short as they initially planned on either!

Originally Posted by YOLO110

The more I read the reply on this thread, the more I ask myself..

IS my 2015 Puma reliable enough to not leave me stranded out bush... either with some bizarre electrical failure, or a loss of drive from the infamous transfer box drive... My truck is coming up to 3 years of age now, the comfort and support of having a warrantee will then go!

Another 'calling' towards a Toyota...

Curiously, both the missus and I are however seriously in a 'heart v head' battle here... simply because we love the 'Defender'... but perhaps that is the misty eyed Defenders of old, that a bloke with a spanner could get going again in the middle of no-where!

Thoughts continue!

The engine is a good one...
The steering, diffs, electrical, are all average. As in they fail, regularly..

I’d say your current vehicle is as reliable if not better - because you know the owner!!!

Get a Gap IID for the toolbox and you’ll be no worse than days of old...