Anyone own one? I'm looking at a few in the 2004-2007 model years to use in Houston as a commuter/beater.
Any issues with the 3.3L V6 ?
TIA.
Any issues with the 3.3L V6 ?
TIA.
MouthBQ98 said:
My mother in law drove one forever and it was reliable.
Flaith said:
My wife drives an RX330... same car
It's been very dependable.
Normal maintenance items that I've done (ours is a 2005 with ~165k miles):
steering rack
timing belt, water pump
valve cover gaskets
spark plugs
PCV
drive belts
fuel injector seals
front control arms and ball joints
transmission drain/refill
Oil pan gasket
Transmission pan gasket
Depending on miles, I'd check to make sure it has had a timing belt service and spark plug/valve cover gasket/injector gasket service. The rubber and plastic seals all get brittle over time.
BQ04 said:
I will soon be selling a 2005 RX330. 201xxx miles. Clean.
It has been a good car. Will echo everything that Flaith said.
We simply grew out of it. Let me know if there is interest. Houston area.
Umm ... yes. Major issue with Unintended Acceleration with the Engine Control Computer.Quote:
Any issues with the 3.3L V6 ?
Uh, I'm pretty sure this was determined to be 1 of 2 things:TxAggieBand85 said:Umm ... yes. Major issue with Unintended Acceleration with the Engine Control Computer.Quote:
Any issues with the 3.3L V6 ?
Toyota to Pay $1.2B for Hiding Deadly 'Unintended Acceleration'
An Update on Toyota and Unintended Acceleration
The above is just a start. Please know that Toyota knows about Unintended Acceleration and is settling it case by case without a recall or fix. That Highlander you are looking at has this issue.
Just Google "Toyota Unintended Acceleration" and go forth and buy at your own (and anyone standing in front of the running Toyota) risk.
TxAggieBand85 said:
Not false.
Car and Driver test was before Michael Barr's evaluation. C&D is 2011.
I've tried to point out plenty of information to be had simply using Google. (see above, try it yourself)
A concise presentation on what technically is wrong.
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/pubs/koopman14_toyota_ua_slides.pdf
Read Michael Barr's testimony in the Bookout trail. I personally found this testimony chilling.
http://www.safetyresearch.net/Library/Bookout_v_Toyota_Barr_REDACTED.pdf
A $1.x Billion judgement against Toyota is not lightweight.
Bottom line is that
1) Toyota knows they have firmware in the engine control computer that can fail with a throttle stuck wide open.
2) Knows people will likely be injured and possibly die.
3) Decided to handle this on a case by case basis.