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Originally posted by Wee Hooker
Just wanted to pass on my disapointing experience to any potential Tacoma buyers.
Got a new 2001 Taco 4x4 xtra cab sr5 off the lot 16 months ago. I have babied it and NEVER taken it off road. Had immediate rattling and suspention problems the first week. From there the dash developed a symphony of squeeks, groans and rattles. Seat and clutch are now dooing same. Fender and interior moulding s have popped and other hardware has loosened as well. Even failed to start already on one occasion. 5 trips to the dealer have left me with nothing but regrets and frustration. Same goes for a letter to the company. Too bad, truck drives and handles nice but is built like a Hyundai. I havn't had this much trouble with my last 5 new vehicles combined! This is my first and last toyota. I could never justify the extra buying price to risk this kind of quality again.
FWIW, Several friends with new toyotas have had similar , but not as frequent complaints.
With all the "TOYOTA rules" advice I got, I'd just figured I'd pass along that their QA /qualityis not as great as you might think.
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For some reason the later '01s came out like thi and the half ay through the '02 was like this.
I seen more Tacos from these two sets ith the same problem. Overall Tacomas are a really good truck, and so is the Tundra. I had special order the '04 and it's great. Another good truck is the T-100, but get the ext cab it looks better thean the regular cab. It's a shame they drop this if only they waited a year longer they would have seen their sales surpass the F-150s
