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Toyota

Vellfire: common problems

Pick a symptom to see what to suspect first, how to tell, and typical repair cost.

Pick a model code / engine to switch the weak points, cases and common failures below.

Illustration for reference

By symptom

No reviewed cases for this model yet.

Most common failures on this model (by part)

Share of the 69 repair cases we collected in which each part was the cause or was replaced. This is not a failure rate per vehicle on the road.

  • CVT17 cases 25%
    Main symptom: No acceleration / lack of powertypically around 70,000 km
  • ステアリングインターミディエイトシャフト4 cases 6%
    Main symptom: ハンドルからカタカタ・ガタつきtypically around 50,000 km
  • Body panel3 cases 4%
    Main symptom: Broken or detached partstypically around 130,000 km
  • Paint3 cases 4%
    Main symptom: Paint peeling / flakingtypically around 110,000 km
  • Weather strip / seal3 cases 4%
    Main symptom: Water leak into cabintypically around 50,000 km
  • Bracket / stay2 cases 3%
    Main symptom: Broken or detached parts
  • Brake actuator (hybrid)2 cases 3%
    Main symptom: Weak brakes / long pedal
  • Crank / cam seal2 cases 3%
    Main symptom: Oil leak / seepage
  • Oil strainer2 cases 3%
    Main symptom: Stalling / stops while driving
  • Wiper motor2 cases 3%
    Main symptom: Wiper fault

What fails inspection at this mileage (UK data)

Failure rates by mileage from the UK MOT open data.

20系　2AZ-FE / 2AZ-FXE

5〜10万km349 testedStabiliser link 6.9%Ball joint 5.2%Lower arm / bush 2.0%
10〜15万km602 testedStabiliser link 7.3%Ball joint 4.8%Lower arm / bush 4.0%
15〜20万km126 testedStabiliser link 13.5%Ball joint 4.8%Shock absorber 4.0%

20系　2GR-FE 3.5L V6

5〜10万km140 testedStabiliser link 6.4%Shock absorber 5.0%Lower arm / bush 3.6%
10〜15万km167 testedStabiliser link 6.6%Wheel 2.4%CV boot 1.8%

Corrosion and consumables excluded. Source: DVSA (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Japanese inspection (shaken) cost for this modelOn our sister site shakendai.com (Japanese)