We purchased the Prado new as a replacement for a LandRover Discovery3. We have now had the car almost 6 years and travelled 100,000kms. We have had it serviced by the Toyota dealer since new whilst the 6 yr warranty ran. There have been a couple of warranty claims...nothing major, just niggles. Now, post warranty we will get the car serviced by a more local specialist.
We have modified the car to make it better for touring /off-road (suspension, snorkel, under body armour, dual battery, ARB bull bar, secondary fuel filter, diff breathers, thr...Read more

we are on our 2nd 150 series gxl turbo diesel now, and would not be without one now. the prado is great for towing a mediem size caravan or boat, and still great to pick the kids up from school or go to coles. we have the 3ltr turbo diesel, i would never buy a petrol v6, they are very heavy on fuel with a low resale price for this reason. The only real maintenance ive done is changing the oil every 8,000km, i do the oil and filter myself, my prado now has 170,000kms and still runs perfectly. i had nunawading toyota in melbourne do the...Read more

I had a Prado (series 90), which I thought would see us out, as it was a great 4WD. Then when I was at CMI Toyota having it serviced, I happened to see the new series 150. I think I fell in love yet again, so I arranged for a test drive so my wife could experience it too. We went and it was great, so we ordered a diesel GXL, Black (how barmy). I gave my daughter and husband a deal they couldn't resist on the old one and a few weeks later we took delivery of it. We have it serviced as it should be by CMI and it's ran amazingly ever since. The on...Read more

Great to Drive this is my 5th Prado 2x120 GXLs 1x150 VX 2 x 150 GXLs very comfortable in the roughest of conditions climbing on the Flinders Ranges across the Big Red Sand Dunes or the Cordillo Downs Rd!
Never Let Us Down and they can go most places as standard, that other 4x4s go with their big tyres lift kits, lockers etc excepting maybe deep MUD ruts thats understandable. Since owning my first Prado 12 years ag I can't see us changing to any other 4wd. Only ever 2 issues in that time 100s of thousands of kms over some of the roughest roa...Read more

The prado was great for the first 50 000ks unfortunately once off road the prado was very disappointing, unfortunately the dealer was not interested in the problems with the vehicle, warranty would not cover the cracked chassis rail as they said it was neglect. I have had issues with the electronics and gearbox. I could not purchase an 18 ft van with the prado with 2.5t towing. There are better 4x4 vehicles on the market at a much less purchase price.

January 6th 2018 Update: Overrated and overpriced toyota

Take my advice don't tow an Rv...Read more

Have owned 2014 GXL Prado from new and have done 75000klms, been a great car, I get 10L/100 around town, even better on the highway driving, 150ltr fuel tank means I fill up once every 3 weeks or so. 3.0ltr engine I find has heaps of power. Very comfortable car for the seven passengers. Replaced tyres at 68000kms servicing cost great.

In the 3yrs the only things that required to be replaced was the media unit. The only disappointing part of this was it took 3 months to arrive and Toyota would only replace with a second unit. Driver side wind...Read more

in 2010, we sold our beloved 100 series and bought a Ford Ranger. I liked the Ranger but the missus was apprehensive. So, in late 2015 we decided to get another LC. However, trying to find one in good nick at a decent price is harder than you think. We opted for the less expensive and cheaper to run 150 series. We found an ex-company lease GXL with 200,000km on the clock. I know where the car came from and the type of driving it was used for, so the high K's don't bother me. It was going fine at first and then became a bit of a pig on performan...Read more

We bought our new Prado glx diesel d4d in July 2014. The car has a problem with the fresh air coming in through the dash vents. The car has been to toyota (Port Macquarie) and an indepth talk to a mechanic at another and both had the same view. Drive the car with the fresh on and it will go away. We have done this and the mouldy smell will not go away at all. I took the car to a air conditioner pro and he said there must be mould on the evapourator or the plastics and to fix it the dash will need to be taken out. Now this should be looked at ...Read more