I have an 09 twin cab Triton ute 3.0 common rail turbo diesel, in 6months I have put just over 15000km on it with out a problem, on highway driving I am getting 850 km out of a tank and around town I get 750 km out of a tank of fuel. It has alot more leg room in the back than any other of the twin cabs on the market, so far it has been a good all around ute.

Old rule of thumb with gearboxes, never tow in fifth gear. I look after a few(motor mechanic), I would go the ranger.

I have a 04 D22 navara been good from new until 104000km then it blew a turbo (broke the intake wheel to bits ) other than that it's been good, gets 10lt per hundred . and not much less towing . has no rear leg room .

spaz has a 2.5 navarra which he tows that big trailer with the hilux inside i followed him to wariadla last year and was very impreessed with he way it went and the economy it got .

 
 if you want reliable, get a bloody toyota

jones off road wrote:

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dessert-people wrote:

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if you want reliable, get a bloody toyota

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Bloody Toyota's are doing injectors every 40000km (@$4500 set), rear wheel bearings, sagging rear springs, radiators,bonnet latches, heater control mechanisms,  and the highest mileage one I have seen is 120 000km.

 

 

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So apart from that they are doing ok Steve??

 

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the D40 Navara's have weak radiater mount's, when they let go the radiater jump's into the fan causing a bit off a mess & you can't buy the bottom mount's without the whole front radiater support.

that said I know a few people with them and they are pretty happy.

currently driving a 12 month old Triton "not my choice" but the 10 year drive train warranty is hard to go past, it does everything asked of it, but it's the little thing's I don't like

I had a D22 nav as well turbo at 100 thousand clutch at 110 and the gearbox at 135
and yes i'm hard on equipment.

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i've got 2 ford rangers.
 one ford ranger is going it tows great.
the wolf buggy got towed to oran park for rush before finke.

the other the front end fell out.and we only drove it 406 kms

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I wonder if the result would have been different for the 'other' if it was still a Navara

 

over here on the mines there seem to have quite a few dramas with the hylux gearbox's

at work we have a ranger 2.5l which melted a piston at 15000 km's
and when we towed it into the ford dealers there were 3 other's there with the same problem
and it took them almost 3 months to get an engine in off the production line !

we have a few d max's which have been faultless at the moment with 50000 km's on the clock , and always carring toolboxs and engine parts to site and back on very bad dirt roads ,

what about getting a daul cab patrol / cruiser
it's a very popular modifaction here , not to expensive

I thought heating oil was OK in deisels?

Are you talking current (2007 on) hiluxs?

I know the pre current model seem good, but the new common rail seem to be a problem?

Do people realise that if any form of bio-fuel (including commercially available) is used that your warranty is voided?

If you can smell fish and chips out of the exhaust it's a pretty good bet your on bio-fuel...

Bio-Diesel has the same smell like an old jam jar in your grandfathers shed with a paintbrush sitting in old stale turps, it's not all fish & chips.

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=28245&p=3&topicID=29108546

What do eskimos say when they see a wolf?...........cause I know what I say when I see a VW!!! especially late model VW crap.