I put about 45,000 on my '07 engine and it ran perfectly until I hydrolocked it. You'd be surprised how cheap the hemi conversion places sell left over engines. I had a 2010 engine put in after the hydrolocking tho.

 

I am a recent toyota convert. I had nothing but issues with Toyota and their products and even worse their customer service is the worst I ever had. My last straw was a FJ Cruiser,,, barebone stock only had 2,000 miles , bought it new and left me stranded with a automatic tranny failure. After going through the tow process and I get to the dealer, and after having it for 2 hours, they said nothing is wrong with it. I asked if nothing is wrong with it then why have my FJ Cruiser in your bay area on the lift for 2 hours , with 2 techs working on it? If that is not bad enough the dealer tries to put the tow tab on me. I told the service writter that they were really pising me off. AFter an hour of back and forth bs , they take back the tow bill.

Are we there yet??? NO... leaving the dealer lot with my questionable FJ Toyota Quality,,, Just as I leave the lot and a 1/4 mile up the road when the FJ gets into third gear,, BAM,, Tranny locks up again. They flat bed it back to their lot. Basically I told them I had enough,, give me my blue book value and let me walk. IT took another 5 hours after dealing with the owner of the dealership, and I got what I deserved.

Toyota makes nothing but crap,, I was a Toyota Customer as well as my family members for a very long time, just got tired of the rust bucket / body bulging/ brake isssues / accerlation issues / bad ball joints / crappy ifs systems ----> garbage vehicles. Toyota has lost the edge in the Auto Market. They can not stay off the news channels without having some sort of re-call.

Toyota of yester year is gone. Look how many rust bucket chasis skeletons they have way in the back of their service bays from all their not so old pickups and suv's " Dont deleive me,,, check for yourself,,, very sad" and now the 2007 FJ's have the same issue with their chasis rusting out,,, very sad... I do not undertsand why Toyota keeps buying crappy steel for their chasis,, you think they would have learned with their old pickups on their buy back program.

I had my Jeep for a year now with no issues. THe purchase was a pleasure , no hagaling and very easy to do busisness with. And the service / parts dept is more friendly and productive on how they do busisness.


One word best desribes Toyota == CRAP Do what your heart desires , but their is nothing like working on a Jeep , with easy maintenance and solid axles.

If there is one thing that I could do,,, I wish I would have bought a Jeep earlier,,, I love my Jeep,, would not give it up for the world. As far as the little quirks,, fix it your self, get a service manual , tools, and repair and service your Jeep yourself, it is the most re-warding thing.

If you can read all the post and threads on this and many other forums , you can repair almost anything yolur self with the right tools, it will not leave you stranded if you do all the proper maintenance , and like a doctor always keep an eye and ear for telltale signs that something is not normal, this can prevent a small repair going into a major repair.

MY 2 cents

SLIM

 

There are going to be problems with all vehicles. Just buy something you like and get a warranty.

 

I agree. If it was falling apart I'd say go ahead and get rid of it. But if it's running well, keep it.

 

2007 X bought in July of 2007 with no major problems to speak of. I have no noticable oil consumption between changes either. I think major oil consumption would be a tell tale sign of future engine woes, keep an eye on that at every oil change and in between.

 

Dude, the FJ (aka Fake Jeep) is lame...right up there with a PT Cruiser. Stick with your Jeep, it'll be fine.

 

Beside the clutch TSB under warranty the drive system has been strong on my 07.

All other little issues I had were taken care successfully by the dealer.

Don't walk on the dark side

 

keep your hands off my wood!

 

There are hundreds of thousands of these vehicles out there. You're hearing from 20 or 30 of them here......and the worst ones are gonna make the most noise. Know what I mean??

 

A guy in my club calls the JK a 80,000 mile time bomb. LOL!!! And his thougth process held true for one of our club members who just hit 80K and his engine died.....but he beat the hell out of his Jeep so probably not a good example!

think of it this way, going with the 80K time bomb...your only halfway there!