Don’t want a new truck

[Mike D Texas]

I would knock on wood...you can't do maintenance on all the electronic components today...Body Control module start acting up on my '12 Expy. 4wd would work sometimes, sometimes it wouldn't, nothing wrong with drivtrain. 4wd worked driving out on the beach to fish, started it up to come home no 4wd had to dig my self out and get towed back to ramp....sold it at 275k..

Maybe but a BCM, PCM or any other CM still doesn’t cost $70-$100k.

My son still drives my hand me down 2004 Z71 with 435,000+ on the original motor. It has been through 2 transmissions.

 

[Ultracarry]

My 2007 4runner has 257,000 now but still runs very well. I tried to sell it recently but only got real low offers which tells me that what's it's worth to others. So I will keep it now and run it for a year or more and hope the catalytic converters don't need replacing at about $2700. If they do, I'll replace them and run it longer to get more use out of it. I would like to get a newer one though sometime. I just don't have the free time to work on vehicles much any more. My 09 Sierra only has 107,000 so I should be good for quite some time with that truck.

I have an 06 4Runner with 285k - timing chain cover oil leak and AC fan motor… both repairs don’t break the bank and the timing chain got replaced @220k so I’m really wondering how long it will last .

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Maybe but a BCM, PCM or any other CM still doesn’t cost $70-$100k.

My son still drives my hand me down 2004 Z71 with 435,000+ on the original motor. It has been through 2 transmissions.

That's great!...You do you buddy! I prefer a new truck every decade with 100k extended warranty. Gives me a few years where maintenance isn't my problem.

 

[rustyN]

Have you replaced the condenser? Might save you from overheating while towing.

No, first I've heard of anyone mentioned replacing the condenser having an effect on it. Guess I'll look into it more.

I could drop probably 4k on aftermarket radiator, trans cooler, and oil cooler, but even that people have reported not totally rectifying the issue. Improvement, but not fix.

I did replace water pump, have coolant system flushed and serviced, and am always on top of oil changes and that didn't seem to do much if anything.

 

[M1SF1T]

We get screwed in North America with protectionist auto regulations that keep simple, reliable, affordable, easy to maintain vehicles out.

Toyota is making a $15K basic pickup you can option with a little turbo diesel, no electronic BS or complex computers or engine killing emissions components. The price of a new Hilux, again with an optional turbo diesel, is half of what a new Tacoma goes for. You can get awesome Land Cruisers too, everywhere except North America...

All these simple, reliable, repairable.

I really like my '23 F350 Powerstroke, but it's full of computers. I had one issue with a coding glitch in the ABS module that left me inoperable in 4x4, drive modes, power steering, ABS, and all these other features for most of the past summer while they figured it out... If that stuff starts going sideways out of warranty you can't fix it yourself.

That said, this is my first new truck, my last truck was a '92 Toyota, and I'm planning to keep this one. Running T6 synthetic, Archoil additive, upgraded fuel filters, drain water separator regularly, DPK to protect if the CP4 goes, then I'll switch to a DCR. Full warranty is up next year and the emissions components are going to get pulled then.

My son is 16 in a year and already a gear head, I'm looking for a 7.3 for him, something he can work on and keep running himself.

 

[HiMtnHntr]

No, first I've heard of anyone mentioned replacing the condenser having an effect on it. Guess I'll look into it more.

I could drop probably 4k on aftermarket radiator, trans cooler, and oil cooler, but even that people have reported not totally rectifying the issue. Improvement, but not fix.

I did replace water pump, have coolant system flushed and serviced, and am always on top of oil changes and that didn't seem to do much if anything.

I have a 150 that overheated while towing in summer with A/C on and replacing condenser fixed it…