A close friend offered to sell her 2012 Toyota Rav4 120k (it's her daily, mixture of city and highway driving) for 8-10k. As far as I know, there shouldn't be any mechanical issues. Only some scuffs and a few dents. Oh, and they tend to brake a little harder because they don't drive with enough distance between them and the driver in front but no accidents 🤣Â
depends on the area of the country you are in for price, but that doesn't sounds crazy high to me as for the rest I would test drive it and if I liked how it drove I would take it to a mechanic to check out before buying it.
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Gotcha. I'll definitely test drive it before buying it. I'm in Los Angeles!
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Would you happen to know if there are any issues with this generation/year of Rav4's?
Not really. Take a look at carcomplaints.com. Any car will have good and bad model years depending on redesigns. But the RAV4 has generally avoided major flaws.
Gotcha. I just wanted to make sure because for example, Car complaints for 2002-2006 Camrys are low in issues but they had severe problems. Thanks!
If it’s a 2.5L (not 2.4L) - yes.
If it’s the rare 2.0L, check that it’s a conventional automatic, and if that’s the case - also yes.
Before purchase take it to a pre-purchase inspection to verify that there aren’t any major issues with the car.
(Since neither your nor her are mechanics you may just not notice a serious issue…)
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(the only things to avoid are 2.4L engines and CVTs, the rest are solid)
