At least there is yet another thread to offer suggestions on what to buy now that the FJ is discontinued and will not have any parts available after May 23, 2015 as they will be all sold out and no more made........
Just ready that a brake job is $3000 an axle (to do it yourself) Thats just pads and rotors
A set of tires will set me back $2400... thats for 4 :lol: and they like the brakes can be done in 6-12K
The tranny can blow up too... With repeated use of launch control. It used to 23K but now is a super cheap 12K :lol:
At least he never owned a 1970's WV Rabbit. The company tried going to a newer, more metallic non-asbestos brake pad material at that time and the damn things squealed when they were almost brand new! They'd work fine for a few miles, then SCREECH! When they got wet, even worse! Us poor mechanics were pulling out our hair out trying all sorts of dampening compounds and caliper lubricants just to shut them up because the customers complained like crazy. I would have too by the way. It was LOUD. Never did find a really good fix for those new style pads, so VW eventually went back to some softer formula. They wore out quicker, but hey, they didn't squeal.
Ever have that head gasket start leaking coolant in that thing? Those engines with the cast iron block and aluminum heads were notorious for blowing out head gaskets and causing overheating.
I never did. That thing also ran straight from October to April, it was easier to leave it running all night instead of cold starting and letting it warm up.
You were lucky. I'd say about 60 percent of those engines blew their head gaskets well before they should have. Maybe leaving the engine running helped. Less thermocycling, which I think was the probably the cause. Aluminum and iron never matched in expansion and contraction rates, at lest with that engine, so the head gaskets would constantly get scrubbed, then eventually fail with the high compression pressures. That engine was based off of their gas engine, so it's wasn't a great from-ground-up diesel design to start with anyway.
At least it wasn't as bad as the Oldsmobile fiasco.
Yeah, see there.....Ya should have gotten a Jeep, i mean Fiat...
It cramp inside,drives like an old leaf spring based flatbed, and isn't very reliable and you would have probably sold it after a couple years. Problem solved.. no squeaks or breaks for the life of your ownership.
Went to dealer today for an oil change and they said I only have 70% left on my brake pads after 50,000 miles. I immediately asked to speak to a manager regarding warranty work to replace them. :spineyes:
PIC,
50K on brakes with more than 50% left on a wear item like brakes and or tires is pretty good wear on a 4K pound truck, IMHO.
At that rate, you could get over 100K+ on the brakes.
I would be thrilled with that performance.
What are you expecting.
These types of wear items vary depending on the terrain and you driving habits.
i would say that you are pretty easy on the brakes, and they are lasting pretty well!! What did the manager say?….gm
I was being sarcastic based on previous comments that started this thread. I'm actually amazed at the over engineering put into the FJ. This is also not a mall crawler and sees regular off road use. The statement about 50000 miles and over 70% left on brakes is true though.
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