I took a 2000 LC for inspection before purchase. During that the CEL came on. After returning to the Toyota dealership the salesman said the code had to do with "roll stability". That sounds like a bigger problem than I had hoped, especially since on Friday the dealership was saying they had no margin for additional refurbishment and yet today they are willing to fix that and a few other things I brought up as well (windscreen chips and sticky driver door lock).
All of that will take until this Friday to repair. Almost seems like they want to get it sold to a willing party ASAP before other problems show up. The previous owners traded it in with a decal showing Costco had installed new tires only 3 months ago, which makes it seem they weren't intending to get rid of it.
Contacted them again for the specific code and, "The code is P1126. It's for a server motor for the throttle body." Searching leads me to discussions ranging from Throttle Control Motor replacement to exhaust problems suggesting O2 sensors and/or CAT replacement.
Is this a big enough issue to be a concern when purchasing a used vehicle that will be taken off road?
The secondary inspector did say that, although it is not a concern at the time, the exhaust is pretty much all fused together from rust that would require replacing everything from the manifold back, including CATs ($2-3k job). Other than that though the vehicle has essentially zero rust. He said that was to be expected along with the worn suspension given the vehicle age. Acceleration and shifting all seem fine.
I will also mention that there is no record of timing belt replacement, currently ~175k miles. But my understanding is that would be a sudden catastrophic failure with no real prior symptoms.
Thanks for your input!
All of that will take until this Friday to repair. Almost seems like they want to get it sold to a willing party ASAP before other problems show up. The previous owners traded it in with a decal showing Costco had installed new tires only 3 months ago, which makes it seem they weren't intending to get rid of it.
Contacted them again for the specific code and, "The code is P1126. It's for a server motor for the throttle body." Searching leads me to discussions ranging from Throttle Control Motor replacement to exhaust problems suggesting O2 sensors and/or CAT replacement.
Is this a big enough issue to be a concern when purchasing a used vehicle that will be taken off road?
The secondary inspector did say that, although it is not a concern at the time, the exhaust is pretty much all fused together from rust that would require replacing everything from the manifold back, including CATs ($2-3k job). Other than that though the vehicle has essentially zero rust. He said that was to be expected along with the worn suspension given the vehicle age. Acceleration and shifting all seem fine.
I will also mention that there is no record of timing belt replacement, currently ~175k miles. But my understanding is that would be a sudden catastrophic failure with no real prior symptoms.
Thanks for your input!
