Thread: dude bought a LEMON LANDCRUISER 200 series

glancing through his story it seems that he relies on an indicator (warning light) to show when his engine oil level is getting low !!!!

.... not the way I was brought up - but that was a long time ago I guess , it seems that many new car buyers never lift the bonnet...

Oil use of 500ml per 1000 kms does seems a bit high though....

It must be very nice to have a new motor car, but ...well, "you pays yer money and yer takes yer chances" as they say

I imagine that there's little sympathy from the local consumer affairs department as well

I wonder how carefully he looked at the specs before buying. Does this confirm the rumour that West Aussies are overpaid?

If he'd bought a 15 year old disco for $5000 he wouldn't have had too much of a whinge if it had used a bit of oil - but it probably wouldn't have used that much anyway

Think its shame full on Toyota's behalf and the dealership as well..

Years ago I bought a used pajero from john hughes in perth and got to Pemberton and pulled in for fuel and checked the oil and it was on the low mark,I rang and complained and they said to bring the car into the dealership, done a full service, gave me an independent report on the car and a full tank of fuel for my trouble...

shame that the next car I bought from a dealer was a Disco, and got the same treatment that Toyota bloke is getting...Wouldn't reccommend that L/rover dealer in Perth to anyone, and when my wifes dad bought his Disco we ordered from east and sent it to Perth..

From what I hear from some people in Darwin , he's not the only 1 with all those complaints..

good on him for having the balls to let people know of his expierience..

Cheers Ean

Don't worry..there's plenty of D2 owners who can tell you a tale about lemons...

Good read his site...makes the Puma look value for money

Go to the link MORE COMPLAINTS..some doozee's there..

Thanks for this thread.
My current boss has an earlier model Landcruiser. He has similar issues with it. I joined a Landcruiser forum (thinking they'd be similar to this one) and posted the question. I was ignored (or there is really no one on it and they're fictitious users and posts).
This thread has pointed me in a better, more helpful direction.
Who'd of thought a Landrover forum would have helped me with a Landcruiser question.

I feel for them,100K down and nothing but issue's.Oh well,my Tdi clicked over 440,000 trouble free K's on the weekend loaded up with the last of my gear from Kalgoorlie. Pat

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