Hey guys,
I am new to the forum and was hoping this would a great place to get advice on my situation. I found an 04 LX 470 that I am thinking of purchasing.
It has 115k miles. Timing belt amd water pump was changed at 95k. I made several phones calls to the dealerships where it was previously serviced to get an idea of its history.
Historically it's been serviced by toyota and Lexus and completed the 120k mile service. Clean history and no accidents reported.
One red flag is that the toyots dealer/seller is currently replacing the Transmission Pressure Control Solenoid and leaking tranny line. Now I wonder if the previous owner was having symptoms with shifting or overheating and now questioning how much life this specific transmission has left? How has your LC100 perform engine and tranny wise >100k miles? Any known issues with the 5speeds? I read of the early '00 transmission failures. What do you guys think? Is this worth taking the risk? I am not able to physical test drive it for another couple days due to work etc.
I'm have a FJC and it has been super reliable so I would expect a 100 series in general to be twice as reliable being that its overbuilt naturally. Thanks.
I am new to the forum and was hoping this would a great place to get advice on my situation. I found an 04 LX 470 that I am thinking of purchasing.
It has 115k miles. Timing belt amd water pump was changed at 95k. I made several phones calls to the dealerships where it was previously serviced to get an idea of its history.
Historically it's been serviced by toyota and Lexus and completed the 120k mile service. Clean history and no accidents reported.
One red flag is that the toyots dealer/seller is currently replacing the Transmission Pressure Control Solenoid and leaking tranny line. Now I wonder if the previous owner was having symptoms with shifting or overheating and now questioning how much life this specific transmission has left? How has your LC100 perform engine and tranny wise >100k miles? Any known issues with the 5speeds? I read of the early '00 transmission failures. What do you guys think? Is this worth taking the risk? I am not able to physical test drive it for another couple days due to work etc.
I'm have a FJC and it has been super reliable so I would expect a 100 series in general to be twice as reliable being that its overbuilt naturally. Thanks.