Hi everyone,
I’m looking into buying a used Prado. So far I have already inspected and test driven Prado’s from 2015-2017 with the 2.8L engine - all have between 24000km - 60000km on the clock. Everything seems to be great. I found Prado’s with an okay price and I’m also going to send an independent Mechanic for a pre purchase inspection.
However I'm still confused as you read here on the forum so many horror stories about people having massive problems with the DPF, but then you also read about so many owners still recommending the 2.8L engine over the 3.0L engine despite the known DPF issues. So I try to ask a few more specific questions.
1. Do you have to be extremely unlucky and treat your car not 'DPF friendly' and by that I mean driving only short distances and fill up dirty Diesel, to end up in one of those horror stories?
2. Basically if my first question does not apply, will then every single DPF in a Toyota 2.8L Diesel engine fail sooner or later as they are all the same badly designed DPFs which are simply doomed to cause trouble?
3. Is there anyone with the latest intel on Toyota's plans to help on this matter? Last week a dealer told me all their cars got the latest ECU update which fixes that issue - thoughts?
4. Is there anything a mechanic or I can specificly check or look for within a pre purchase vehicle inspection to see whether the Prado I'm looking at had suffered or is most likely going to suffer from DPF issues?
I think everyone pays a descent price for a Toyota Prado and therefore I don't want to miss to ask as many questions as possible.
Thanks in advance for all your opinions and advice! Cheers!
I’m looking into buying a used Prado. So far I have already inspected and test driven Prado’s from 2015-2017 with the 2.8L engine - all have between 24000km - 60000km on the clock. Everything seems to be great. I found Prado’s with an okay price and I’m also going to send an independent Mechanic for a pre purchase inspection.
However I'm still confused as you read here on the forum so many horror stories about people having massive problems with the DPF, but then you also read about so many owners still recommending the 2.8L engine over the 3.0L engine despite the known DPF issues. So I try to ask a few more specific questions.
1. Do you have to be extremely unlucky and treat your car not 'DPF friendly' and by that I mean driving only short distances and fill up dirty Diesel, to end up in one of those horror stories?
2. Basically if my first question does not apply, will then every single DPF in a Toyota 2.8L Diesel engine fail sooner or later as they are all the same badly designed DPFs which are simply doomed to cause trouble?
3. Is there anyone with the latest intel on Toyota's plans to help on this matter? Last week a dealer told me all their cars got the latest ECU update which fixes that issue - thoughts?
4. Is there anything a mechanic or I can specificly check or look for within a pre purchase vehicle inspection to see whether the Prado I'm looking at had suffered or is most likely going to suffer from DPF issues?
I think everyone pays a descent price for a Toyota Prado and therefore I don't want to miss to ask as many questions as possible.
Thanks in advance for all your opinions and advice! Cheers!
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