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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Many here know, from another thread, I will be getting something different to drive, thank you all for your kindness. Along with a very solid low milage cargo van, I keep going back looking at a used Sienna van. I do like the Sienna as a well built van. It shows 120,000 miles. I've asked the dealer, through their site if they are flexable on price being as it wouldn't be financed. A acquaintance stated that Toyotas have transmission problems. I have never heard that before and all Ive ever heard is good of them. Please, my goal is not to live in a vehicle much longer. Is 120,000 considered high milage on the Sienna van ? I have seen other Toyotas go way beyond that. I dont drive fast and hard like other drivers. The van is a 2011 and that makes it the 1st year for the body style change. I am wondering, being 1st year is there any draw backs from bugs being worked out ? I know there are Sienna owners on the board here. Whats your experience and hows your vans milage and repairs doing ? Thank you. | ||
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What kind of mileage do you use? If you drive a lot and start at 120K then problems could surface faster. A lot would depend on the history, condition and records of the vehicle too. Good Luck | |||
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No first-hand knowledge here, but my co-worker is on their 3rd Sienna. They lease them, so high mileage isn't there for them, but they've all been trouble free. They'll likely lease another when this one is up. Any thoughts about checking out the Odyssey as well? Anything 2005+ avoids the major transmission issues Honda had in the late 90s-early 00s. The J series V6 is a solid engine, my Acura has 275k on it when I traded it in, and for me, I prefer the Ody to the Sienna. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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A couple of years ago I bought a used vehicle. After narrowing my choices down, I took the leading candidate to the shop where I get my maintenance done. His fee for a very thorough pre-buy inspection was ninety-five dollars. This turned out to be money well spent. Among other things, he found that the factory original spark plugs had never been changed, the cooler for the power steering fluid was leaking at a connection, and there was a vibration that turned out to be a cracked transmission mount. The Ford dealer where I was going to buy the vehicle had a "no haggle" policy, for non-negotiable pricing. I took the list of discrepancies that were found on the pre-buy inspection to the sales manager and told him I was willing to pay their asking price for the vehicle, provided that they fixed the problems before delivery. The $95.00 for the inspection was money well spent. If I had had to pay to have the problems fixed, it would have been costly. My suggestion: either get the dealer where you buy your vehicle to include a GOOD written warranty as part of the deal, or get a thorough inspection from a good independent maintenance shop before buying. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| A teetotaling beer aficionado  |
I wouldn't be too concerned with 120 OD on a Sienna provided it has a clean CarFax record and all maintenance was preformed as per the manual. I see used Siennas with 120~ OD selling for about $10,000 on CarMax (2008 - 2010). Of course these are inspected and somewhat backed by CarMax. Is the price point on the unit you're looking at comparable? What generation is it? Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. -D.H. Lawrence | |||
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I would suggest looking up the routine maintenance schedule and see if this vehicle had the servicing done. Toyota's are great if they are serviced. Also, I know of many people with minivan's (and cars) that rarely had them serviced (including oil changes). | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
My parents have rocked Siennas for awhile, they usually run them up to around 150-175K before trading them in on another lightly used model in the 25-50K range, then do it again. Nothing is really wrong with them at 150-175K, they just decide to move them before getting too close to 200K. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
120,000 miles for any Toyota is really nothing to be honest, I don't think you have a lot to worry about. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
I would always offer lower than what the dealer is asking. No matter what they say, they expect it. Educate yourself about current prices online and factor in mileage. Understand the prices you see are asking prices and actual can be much lower. Any promises made need to be in writing or they meaningless. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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| The success of a solution usually depends upon your point of view |
Not so much about 120K on a Toyota but didn’t you say in a different thread that the cargo van only had 31K on it? No matter how good a Sienna is built, I don't know that I could take a vehicle with 120K over a similar(ish) one with only 31K. “We truly live in a wondrous age of stupid.” - 83v45magna "I think it's important that people understand free speech doesn't mean free from consequences societally or politically or culturally." -Pranjit Kalita, founder and CIO of Birkoa Capital Management | |||
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| If you see me running try to keep up  |
Good advice, there’s no use guessing about condition when you can pay an expert to evaluate it. Some vehicles are inherently more reliable than others but there are no guarantees and the amount of routine maintenance performed goes a long way. A good mechanic can tell whether it’s been maintained or not. | |||
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| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle  |
Here are the reliability rating for 2007 to 2016 Toyota Sienna mini-vans per Consumer Reports:  | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Good advice Vtail. Thank you. | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Same price range Navy. It has a clean CarFax report and stated to have regular maintainance. They didnt know about the rust protection I asked about. | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Oh yes. The cargo van has no warranty. It is a 2003 in beautiful shape. It is from Florida and a Government vehicle. I gotta wonder why only 31,000 miles on a 2003 ? Also, being a 360 CI its not economical compared to all the V6 engines of today. That no warranty thing I dont understand. | |||
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Sitting around not traveling much in 16 years is not always a good thing either. Depends on how frequent it’s trips were and the duration of operation during the trips. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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