My brother swears by toyota vehicles. His ancient small taco truck - minimal trouble. His prius was trouble-free until it was totaled. His Avalon has had dash rattles, frequent CELs and numerous repeat trips to the dealer to fix electrical, tech/infotainment issues and other misc. problem$.My local dealer, who some of my really good friends work at, have had the following: 2014 3.5 F150 with 525,000 miles. Still runs like new and has had minimal stuff done.
Their service vehicle, a Hybrid Escape is almost at 400k, and nothing big at all besides normal maintenance.
All vehicles are going to have issues. Ford gets a bad rap because of all the recalls, and they’ve been sort of lackluster in fit and finish. However, I’ve had many Toyota, and they’ve all had problems. My last Gen 3 Tacoma, a 2022 had the entire steering rack go bad at 17,000 miles. Some random electrical stuff. My two previous Gen3’s had the same, but had some trans issues. Our LC200 wasn’t perfect either, but was the most reliable. However, parts cost a fortune for that truck.
The thing with Toyota owners is, they will never admit to their vehicles having problems. They bought into the hype that they are absolutely perfect, when they aren’t. I’m not a fanboy, so I always let people know honestly that I had issues with my Toyotas. The new stuff has problems, also. From the Tundra engine ordeal, to the new Tacoma having engine and transmission problems.
Ford has always been good to me, but I go in knowing it might have some problems at some point. Just the nature of vehicle ownership anymore. I currently own a Bronco full size, a F150, and my Maverick Hybrid. I just drive them and enjoy them.
my dad's '23 Tremor 3.5 had deep sleep also, as he sometimes takes long trips and other times goes a week without driving that vehicle. on his own he found out about Forscan and changed the SOC target to 100% which he said fixed it. I was pretty impressed, lol.
