2018 Prado

[Freddysrig2370 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Freddysrig2370]

Have just bought a gxl 2018 fitted with toyota black bullbar, snorkel, bonet protector and side wind deflectors, looks great in the white about to add a light bar and have put cross bars on roof racks drives great with all the new gadgets better that my old 2014 model could do with a better sat nav program tough

[Snouto Member Find all posts View Profile Close Snouto]

Hi I am looking into getting a VX and my wife was at a dealer and she was told the auto wipers cant be turned off - I assume this is incorrect. Can anyone with a new VX confirm that you can turn off the auto wipers.
The sales guy also told her that she couldnt remove the 3rd row seats, so again I am assuming that he had no idea what he was talking about...
One last question - has anyone seen or purchased the RED - Wildfire colour. I was wondering what it looked like in person - not just in a picture.
Thanks

Red Wildfire is one of my favourite colours for the Prado, and I'm not a fan of red on anything except blonde chicks. With the tinted windows it looks great, but you defo need to go see one.

[Fastwolf Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Fastwolf]

We got our Crystal Pearl GXL a couple of weeks ago for $66,800 - Leather pack, Tint, Front sensors and Tow-bar. Pretty happy with the deal from Sci-Fleet Taringa, Brisbane. Think I'll add the ARB Summit bull bar. Loving this car!

[Mushie Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Mushie]

Red Wildfire is one of my favourite colours for the Prado, and I'm not a fan of red on anything except blonde chicks. With the tinted windows it looks great, but you defo need to go see one.

Thanks Snouto - Does anyone know if a dealer has one in stock to look at. (Victoria)

[Mushie Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Mushie]

OK you guys are going to hate me - but I have gone off the Prado - too many people having issues with the DPF and injectors. Diesel seems to be getting more and more complicated these days. Shame they didnt bring it out in Petrol. I think I am going to look at something else.

[Yellowdog Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Yellowdog]

OK you guys are going to hate me - but I have gone off the Prado - too many people having issues with the DPF and injectors. Diesel seems to be getting more and more complicated these days. Shame they didnt bring it out in Petrol. I think I am going to look at something else.

No hate from here - completely agree with Mushie. DPF problems on my 2018 2.8 GXL just wrecked a Sydney - Gary Junction Road - Sydney 12,000km trip. It became a tour of Toyota dealers rather than a fun trip. Just wish I'd kept my 2015 3.0 GXL rather than updated. Also, regarding your comment about diesels being more and more complicated these days, I had a Pajero before my 2015 GXL. This broke down in Kalgoorlie with one cylinder being flooded with diesel fuel. The Mitsubishi dealer worked on it for 2 weeks without being able to get it to run on 4 cylinders.

I definitely wouldn't buy another 2018 Prado until they sort out the DPF problems.

[Teepee146 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Teepee146]

Will the manual DPF burn button be able to be fitted to any model with the 2.8?

[ObsDoc Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close ObsDoc]

2018 Kakadu ARB side rails and steps can’t be fitted secondary to the different suspension.

[CamJam Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CamJam]

OK you guys are going to hate me - but I have gone off the Prado - too many people having issues with the DPF and injectors. Diesel seems to be getting more and more complicated these days. Shame they didnt bring it out in Petrol. I think I am going to look at something else.

Go a petrol 4WD for less upfront dollars. The fuel economy is far better than you think, and the actual dollar costs - when you actually work them out including petrol, servicing, future issues with DPF, EGR or Injectors - are either in your favour or you'd be paying a thousand or so per year for the peace of mind of having no turbo's, no DPF, no EGR, no Ad Blue, no Common Rail or injector issues. The only thing that held me to diesel for so long (had a 2.8L Prado GXL that I had to trade in due to issues) was the range - but in a current petrol 4WD I'm getting around 1000km per tank and have the option of a 150L extension if I need it (bringing in 290L in total - if range was an issue for you). I also won't get the run around from dealers telling me I should 'take it for a run so it can burn off' if, for whatever reason, I need to do three weeks of short 15km hops here and there.

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

No hate from here - completely agree with Mushie. DPF problems on my 2018 2.8 GXL just wrecked a Sydney - Gary Junction Road - Sydney 12,000km trip. It became a tour of Toyota dealers rather than a fun trip. Just wish I'd kept my 2015 3.0 GXL rather than updated. Also, regarding your comment about diesels being more and more complicated these days, I had a Pajero before my 2015 GXL. This broke down in Kalgoorlie with one cylinder being flooded with diesel fuel. The Mitsubishi dealer worked on it for 2 weeks without being able to get it to run on 4 cylinders.

I definitely wouldn't buy another 2018 Prado until they sort out the DPF problems.

what issues are u having, I just got a Prado after having a 2.8 Hilux for 75k no issues at all?? Be interested to here more.

[Rorz Banned Find all posts View Profile Close Rorz]

OK you guys are going to hate me - but I have gone off the Prado - too many people having issues with the DPF and injectors. Diesel seems to be getting more and more complicated these days. Shame they didnt bring it out in Petrol. I think I am going to look at something else.

I've gone off the Prado 2018 as a purchase due to the lack of up to date interior. As silly as it sounds the infotainment system being the main reason. Spending 60k + you would expect a modern dashboard and technology. Will hold off for a couple of years until they get round to updating it. Shame because its such a good road trip and surfy car.

[Yellowdog Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Yellowdog]

what issues are u having, I just got a Prado after having a 2.8 Hilux for 75k no issues at all?? Be interested to here more.

My issue is that I get "DPF full see owner's manual" warning when using on the open road. Toyota customer experience response just refers me to the owners manual which says "drive continuously (for example at around 65kph) for 20 to 30 minutes". Well, in north-western or northern Australia, this is all fine if on an unsealed road, but I'd like to see them driving for 30 minutes on a major highway at 65kph with a triple road train and 3 caravans on their back bumper - it would be outright dangerous.

I have driven for a thousand or so kms with this message, each time to get to the next dealer who does a manual burn. The helpful dealer at Mt Isa also did a 5th injector clean, and it has been better since then. However I want to go over the Gary Junction road again on the way to Broome and I just don't trust the car not to break down.

[Shmakt Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Shmakt]

2018 Kakadu ARB side rails and steps can’t be fitted secondary to the different suspension.

Sorry - what are you saying here?
you can only fit the side steps and brush bars before suspension upgrade?
Dd you get a lift on yours?

[ObsDoc Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close ObsDoc]

No the Kakadu has a different suspension to the standard Prado and at this point in time ARB doesn’t have side rails and steps that can be fitted to it,

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

Have just bought a gxl 2018 fitted with toyota black bullbar, snorkel, bonet protector and side wind deflectors, looks great in the white about to add a light bar and have put cross bars on roof racks drives great with all the new gadgets better that my old 2014 model could do with a better sat nav program tough

Freddy, did u use the cross rails off your 2014 model?