Faults:

Starter motor started to slow down at 160,000 miles, reconditioned it.

Wiper mechanism started to get very loose. Needed replacing at 200,000 miles.

ABS has always been a little intermittent, ignition off and on fixes it.

General Comments:

Not bad speed off the lights for a vehicle that weighs 2.5 tonnes.

Great for over taking with the Auto box.

Very solid on the road for a 4x4, great for cornering! Far more stable than the brand new Land Rover Discovery, which is about the same weight and just wallows around the place when cornering with its independent suspension.

Starts instantly always! Half a turn thanks to 24 volt starting.

The engine uses no oil between services, which is good for an engine with 310,000 miles on the clock. At the last test, the tester told me the emissions were cleaner than the new Pajero.

I have owned this car for 9 years and it's by far the most reliable vehicle I have owned. All it needs is oil, filters and brake pads, so I have found it to be cheap to run.

Faults:

One of the batteries had to be replaced.

Rear seat release came away in my hand.

General Comments:

One of the quickest 4x4's I've had the pleasure to drive.

She's a bit juicy, but the fact that you don't have to keep paying out on it to be fixed totally out weights that. Very reliable.

Went to Scotland in her, camping, so she was fully loaded with gear. Covered about 2000 miles in a week and a half. She didn't flinch.

The one small problem we had in Scotland was that she started to warm up on the really steep hills, but put the interior fans on blowing how air and she keep under cotrol.

Faults:

Nothing I was entirely satisfied with it.

General Comments:

I was a reluctant convert to Toyota, having owned Volvo's for many years. However, I have never regretted my decision of buying a RAV4. I could never have afforded the Volvo 4x4.